Jess Connell » heart change

I’ve always thought of myself as pretty brave. Whether that’s true or not I don’t know but I looked to the externals and deemed it so: moving around the world, multiple times, as a growing ...

https://jessconnell.com/2017/01/23/im-fighting-3-fears-right-now/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=im-fighting-3-fears-right-now

Is this you, Mama? Are you tired of fighting against this sin? I get tired of it, too. Over the last 10 years, I’ve made progress in my fight against sinful anger, but I’m not “over it”�...

https://jessconnell.com/2016/11/28/want-stop-yelling-kids/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=want-stop-yelling-kids

I’ve never been a particularly disciplined person. People who know me well, saw my room when I was growing up, or who have ever seen the dishes stacked in my kitchen, are probably snickering ri...

https://jessconnell.com/2016/04/06/im-growing-self-discipline/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=im-growing-self-discipline

The angels announced the coming of Christ to the shepherds: “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom He is pleased!” Christmas lyrics echo the cry of the angels...

https://jessconnell.com/2015/12/21/peace-on-earth-peace-in-my-controlling-heart/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=peace-on-earth-peace-in-my-controlling-heart

This question came in response to my advice about handling tantrums— Q: I have a 3 year old daughter, who I think should just be re-named “stubborn”. I know I am going to have to put my fo...

https://jessconnell.com/2015/11/02/help-i-feel-like-my-daughters-in-charge/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=help-i-feel-like-my-daughters-in-charge

Q: When you suddenly notice arguing, general strife that is seemingly NOT momentary…..what do you first address in the home? I am feeling frustrated because it seems sort of sudden and not just...

https://jessconnell.com/2015/09/28/kids-need-bickering-bootcamp/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=kids-need-bickering-bootcamp

Romans 12 challenges us to righty, soberly assess ourselves and our faith. “I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judg...

https://jessconnell.com/2015/09/25/a-sober-estimate-40-questions-for-personal-revival/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-sober-estimate-40-questions-for-personal-revival

One of my favorite passages in C.S. Lewis’ fiction is from his book, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. For background, Eustace is a wretched, spoiled boy who constantly complains and makes life ...

https://jessconnell.com/2015/09/04/eustace-hard-dragon-heart/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=eustace-hard-dragon-heart

Today I got to thinking that, in the last week, I’ve said several things to my children that I should take to heart. Here’s 10 that came to mind. ABOUT HEART ATTITUDE– “That heart attitud...

https://jessconnell.com/2015/05/15/10-things-ive-said-to-my-kids-in-the-last-week-that-i-need-to-hear-too/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=10-things-ive-said-to-my-kids-in-the-last-week-that-i-need-to-hear-too

If you are one who: loves Christ, desires to see people come to worship and know Him, and longs to find her purpose in the world, Let me commend to you the role of mother. If you are a young woma...

https://jessconnell.com/2015/02/25/11-ways-mothers-change-the-world/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=11-ways-mothers-change-the-world