Difficult Relationships - Christian Wisdom for Life's Toughest Ties

3 Signs God is Saying it's Time to Let Go

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20 Truths About Toxic People I Wish I Knew in my 20's

Is My Relationship Troubled or Toxic?

Will God Let Me Divorce My Narcissistic Spouse?

Am I a People Pleaser Quiz?  Discover Your Type. https://krisreece.com/am-i-a-people-pleaser/ Want to learn how to identify and deal with all the difficult people in your life?  Be sure to grab your FREE Toxic People Survival Guide https://krisreece.com/toxic-people-survival-guide Being in a marriage with a narcissist can leave you feeling like you've got only two choices: resign yourself to a life of misery or pack your bags and leave.   Before you make a decision that will change your ...

10 Clear Signs You've Been Abused by a Narcissist

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11 Demonic Mind Games Narcissists Use to Manipulate You

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The Boundary Mistake 90% Christians Make and How to Fix it

If you struggle with only being OK when others are OK with you, please check out my online course called Conquering Codependency Biblically. https://krisreece.com/conquering-codependency/  Want to learn how to identify and deal with all the difficult people in your life?  Be sure to grab your FREE Toxic People Survival Guide https://krisreece.com/toxic-people-survival-guide Have you ever wondered WHY that person isn’t respecting your boundaries?    Perhaps you think you need to find a bet...

Why God Isn't Taking Away Your Hurt Feelings - The Shocking Truth

Grab your FREE Toxic People Survival Guide right here https://krisreece.com/toxic-people-survival-guide Why is it that some Christians are able to move on from toxic relationships while others stay stuck in their hurt feelings?  Maybe you've suffered so long, you don't even know what happiness feels like anymore.  Before you go thinking that God's forgotten you (or worse, getting angry at Him), I want to break down for you three very powerful reasons why this hurt may be lingering more th...

If I've Forgiven, Why Do I Still Get Triggered?

Grab your FREE Promises of God Guide https://krisreece.com/13-promises-of-god/ Need a counselor?  Connect with Faithful Counseling. https://faithfulcounseling.com/krisreece  What if I told you that everything you thought about forgiveness was wrong? That in seven short minutes I will help you understand why these people still set you off--even years after you've walked away and forgiven them?  I'm going to answer the question that's been haunting you once and for all—“Have I truly forgive...

93% Christians Stay Stuck in Hurt Feelings Because They Miss THIS Purpose

 AGrab your FREE Toxic People Survival Guide right here  https://krisreece.com/toxic-people-survival-guide Why is it that some Christians are able to move on from toxic relationships while others stay stuck in their hurt feelings?  Maybe you've suffered so long, you don't even know what happiness feels like anymore.  Before you go thinking that God's forgotten you (or worse, getting angry at Him), I want to break down for you three very powerful reasons why this hurt may be lingering more...

3 Signs God Says it's OK to Give Them Another Chance

 If you’re ready to learn how to identify and deal with all the difficult people in your life, grab a copy of your FREE Toxic People Survival Guide. https://krisreece.com/toxic-people-survival-guide So you’ve finally put your foot down. Maybe you’ve kicked the narcissist to the curb or cut ties with toxic family members. After much prayer and soul searching, you’re ready to move on. But before you can cue the confetti, you get the message, “I’ve changed.”  Could this be the turnaround yo...

When God Exposes the Narcissist - Expect THIS Predictable Pattern

And if you're ready to learn how to identify and deal with all the difficult people in your life, be sure to grab copy of Toxic People Survival Guide     https://krisreece.com/toxic-people-survival-guide You've done your research. And you now believe beyond a shadow of a doubt that you're dealing with a narcissist. You know it.  They know it.  They know you know.  Now what?    Today, I want to dive deep into the pathetically predictable pattern you can expect to see when God exposes a ...

10 Undeniable Signs Your Mother is a Narcissist

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5 Signs That Prove People See You As a Doormat

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The Biblical Formula Proven to Stop Overthinking

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5 Signs God is Showing You People Walk All Over You

Take your FREE: Am I a People Pleaser Quiz?  Discover Your Type. https://krisreece.com/am-i-a-people-pleaser/ Tired of feeling like a doormat, like you attract people who just take from you with no regard or concern for your wellbeing?  Christians are often encouraged to give until it hurts. “Let people take advantage of you,” “Forbear under abuse,” that’s what Jesus would want us to do, right?  WRONG.  There’s some serious scripture twisting and misinterpretation going on when we believ...

Demonic Doors Narcissists Open in YOUR Life

 Struggling with people pleasing?  Take your FREE Am I a People Pleaser Quiz to discover your type.  https://krisreece.com/am-i-a-people-pleaser/ While you’re focusing on how to protect yourself from a narcissist’s manipulative schemes,  the enemy is laser focused on YOU. He’s using backdoor attempts to infiltrate YOUR life.  And while it’s tempting to blame the narcissist—after all, THEY are the Trojan horse—the truth is that 1 Peter 5:8 reminds us that we are to “Be sober-minded; be wat...

God's Relationship Detox - What God Will Do in the Month's Following a Narcissistic Relationship

What’s My Temperament? FREE Guide https://krisreece.com/whats-my-temperament/ FREE Toxic People Survival Guide. https://krisreece.com/toxic-people-survival-guide  After years of dealing with a toxic person, you’re finally free--free from the mental and emotional bondage of trying to live up to their narcissistic expectations.   Yet you may be wondering why you don’t feel as blissful as you thought you would.   That’s why today, I want to walk you through the three steps that God will br...

The ONE Trait Guaranteed to Attract Manipulators

Want to learn how to identify and deal with all the difficult people in your life?  Grab your FREE Toxic People Survival Guide here. https://krisreece.com/toxic-people-survival-guide Do you ever wonder why your relationships start out great but then turn into a confusing, one-sided mess that leaves you scratching your head and wondering Why do I ALWAYS attract these people?   Maybe you even feel torn between the desire to see it through and the urge to run for the hills.   Today, I’m going...

Why God May Have You in a Narcissistic Relationship

 To learn how to identify and deal with all the difficult people in your life, be sure to grab a copy of your FREE Toxic People Survival Guide. https://krisreece.com/toxic-people-survival-guide Who grows more in life--the person who never has anything go wrong and has the loveliest of relationships, or the person who had to overcome adversity and challenges?  If you said the overcomer, you’re right.  Understanding why God may have you in a narcissistic relationship can be challenging. But...

Overcome People Pleasing Biblically

As a people pleaser, you’re likely kind, compassionate, and caring.  You like to put people at ease.  You often go along to get along  You likely avoid conflict at all cost.  You assume the best of others, even when they’ve shown you their worst.  And you often say yes, even when you should say no.  People pleasers are just overall ‘nice’ people. And 'nice' certainly sounds like a 'nice' way to be. But ‘nice’ means that you’re pleasant and agreeable, even the expense of your own values...

3 Telling Signs You Don't Trust God As Much As You Think

Grab your FREE 5 Day Mountain Moving Faith Devotional.  https://krisreece.com/5-day-faith-devotional-series/ It was 2012. I was growing in my faith like many Christians, slow and steady. But something happened in December of that year that led me to make a decision that caused my faith to skyrocket. It was one of THE most difficult times of my life.  Today, I’m going to share with you the one simple change I made to strengthen my faith, and then I’m going to tear apart some common misconcep...

4 Mistakes Keeping Christians Purposeless

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Can God Actually Change a Narcissist?

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Your Love Can't Change a Narcissist but THIS Can

Want to learn how to identify and deal with all types of difficult people?  Grab your FREE Toxic People Survival Guide here. https://krisreece.com/toxic-people-survival-guide Have you ever been told that “Love conquers all,” or “All you need is love”? While these make for great song lyrics, they also make for great gaslighting weapons designed to make you believe that it’s your responsibility transform a narcissist.  These ideas may make you think if you can just love like Jesus, everythi...

5 Types of People God Wants You to Avoid At All Cost

 Want to learn how to identify and deal with all types of difficult people?  Grab your FREE Toxic People Survival Guide here. https://krisreece.com/toxic-people-survival-guide As Christians, we hear so many messages about loving others and forgiving and forbearing. While these are wonderful, Christlike commands that we should obey, do they apply to all people, all the time? I’m not advocating for malicious, cruel treatment of anyone, but you can run into a problem when you forbear under peo...

8 Relationship Red Flags NO Christian Should Ignore

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3 Signs God Is Telling You It’s Time to Walk Away From Someone

Grab your FREE Toxic People Survival Guide https://krisreece.com/toxic-people-survival-guide Quitting is a natural part of life that gets a bad rap.   For example, what would it be like if you stayed at your first job? Or if you married the first person you had a crush on?  There are many instances when quitting is the right thing to do.   So, how do you know when to stay and when to walk away?  Sometimes it’s obvious, like when you’re being pressured to do ungodly things and it’s clear...

The Bible Changed My Mind About Crystals

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How to Respond to Gaslighting Biblically

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False Teachings too Many Christians Believe - An Honest Review Of Allen Parr's Misled

Check out Allen's book Misled Misled - 7 Lies That Distort the Gospel by Allen Parr https://amzn.to/3Nz7tnk It’s a terrible frustration of mine—true God fearing people who are like sheep led to the slaughter simply because they’re believing false teachings.   I recently did a video about the four false teachings I used to believe until I came to my senses. Just a few days after the video launched, I saw this book by Allen Parr, called Misled: 7 Lies That Distort the Gospel. I had to get my...

15 Questions that Reveal You're More Toxic Than You Think

 FREE Toxic People Survival Guide https://krisreece.com/toxic-people-survival-guide Here’s a question I get asked often: “Am I the toxic one?”         And while in some cases that question is prompted from years of gaslighting, other times, it’s because you’re sensing that you may not be as innocent as you think.   One of my favorite scriptures reminds us, “For if anyone thinks he is something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself. But let each one test his own work, and then his reaso...

Satan Will Attack You On These 5 Occasions - EVERYTIME

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Biblical Proof that God Considers Gaslighting Emotional Abuse

FREE Toxic People Survival Guide https://krisreece.com/toxic-people-survival-guide You’re too sensitive. I never said that! YOU’RE the one with the problem. Why do you make everything such a big deal? If you’ve ever had these words spoken to you, you, my friend, may have been gaslit.   Gaslighting is the withholding of information or pretending that you don’t understand what someone else is talking about in an attempt to get that person to question their reality and good judgment. It t...

4 False Teachings That I Used to Believe Until I Came to My Senses

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How to Love a Narcissist without Losing Yourself

FREE Toxic People Survival Guide https://krisreece.com/toxic-people-survival-guide If you’re like many well-meaning Christians who choose to stay with a narcissist, you can’t quiet that nagging question—how do I love this person without letting their toxic behavior get to me? Another common thought is, I’m barely done forgiving them for their last offense and here come three more. The underlying question is, How do I love them without losing myself?! To love a toxic person without losing...

Christian Counselor Reacts to Toxic Comments

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How God Delivered Me from a Narcissistic Marriage

FREE Toxic People Survival Guide https://krisreece.com/toxic-people-survival-guide I didn’t even realize he was a narcissist until after we were divorced. I felt like a fool for not seeing it, embarrassed because it took me that long to put a label on it. But the truth is, it didn’t need a label. I knew something was wrong six days after we returned from our honeymoon. I stood at the kitchen counter opening the mail. As I scanned the unusually high cable bill, I saw one pornographic movi...

3 Signs God is Trying to Remove Someone from Your Life

FREE Toxic People Survival Guide https://krisreece.com/toxic-people-survival-guide I recently had to cut someone out of my life and just before I hit that send button, I realized, THIS IS SO CONFUSING! I vacillated between thinking, Maybe it’s me and No, I’m positive I’ve done all I could. And between, Maybe I didn’t give them enough chances and I can’t keep doing this. Days turned into weeks until five months later, I was no closer to setting boundaries and more confused than ever. Th...

Narcissistic Twist - What You Say vs What They Hear

FREE Toxic People Survival Guide https://krisreece.com/toxic-people-survival-guide Have you ever tried to speak to someone who spoke a different language than you? Maybe you’re really patient at first but the more you realize that it’s not helping, the more frustrated you get.  You likely start talking s-l-o-w-e-r. Maybe you even start yelling, as if a higher decibel is going to change the fact that they can’t understand you.  The same is true for a narcissist who doesn’t interpret thing...

Biblical Boundaries 101

 Are you ready to set boundaries like a boss? Check out my online course….Boundaries with Toxic family. https://krisreece.com/biblical-boundaries-with-toxic-family/  Maybe you’ve just discovered that your manipulative friend isn’t as sweet as she pretends to be. Or the guilt your mother has been laying on you isn’t your biblical burden to bear.    You’re probably here because you realize that ‘no’ needs to become a more regular part of your vocabulary.   After all, every relationship—whet...

The 'Christian' Covert Narcissist

FREE Toxic People Survival Guide https://krisreece.com/toxic-people-survival-guide There is a type of narcissist that is the worst of them all—the type of person Jesus warned of when he said beware of wolves in sheep’s clothing (Matthew 7:15).  This narcissist sneaks in undetected and infects your life in ways you couldn’t even imagine.  When we think of the grandaddy of all narcissists, we usually think of the highly abusive, malignant narcissist. But it doesn’t take a discerning eye to ...

What if Jesus were Codependent

Conquering Codependency Biblically Online Course https://krisreece.com/conquering-codependency/  When you think of love and care, the first person that will likely come to mind is Jesus. After all, he gave his life so that you and I could be reconciled with God and spend eternity in His presence. If that’s not love, I don’t know what is. And if you’re like most Christians, your desire is to BE more like Jesus. And yet, when you look at Jesus’ life and how he interacted with others, there a...

Demonic Spirits Behind Narcissism

The Demonic Spirits Driving Narcissists Why do narcissists mess with your mind so much? It’s because YOUR mind is Satan’s number one target. If he can get in your head, he can infect every other area of your life. And he starts by using the people closest to you. A narcissist is someone who has demonic spirits driving their destructive behavior. These spirits tempt the narcissist with a false sense of hope, strength, and control. Because the narcissist has a deep sense of shame that they...

Behind the Mask: What 24 Narcissists Had to Say About You

Grab your FREE Toxic People Survival Guide https://krisreece.com/toxic-people-survival-guide Behind the Mask: What 24 Narcissists Had to Say About You Narcissists have a superficial and alluring charm that draws you in to their web. They say everything you want to hear, but over time the cracks in their mask start to show. Maybe after years of inconsistent behavior that didn’t match their words, you’re left wondering if it’s ALL been a facade. Well, you don’t have to wonder any longer. I...

The Dark Side of Therapy - 5 Types of Counselors to Avoid

The Dark Side of Therapy: Avoid These 6 Counselor Types Finding the right person to help you in your struggle is crucial. That’s why I’ve teamed up with Faithful Counseling—to help Faithful Counseling  https://faithfulcounseling.com/krisreece  Counselors have become like hairstylists—everyone's got one. Just a few years ago, it was more taboo to need a counselor, whereas today, it’s often the topic of many dinner conversations. And that’s good. Mental and emotional health are crucial for ...

Can a Narcissist Be a Christian?

Grab your FREE Toxic People Survival Guide https://krisreece.com/toxic-people-survival-guide Can a Narcissist Be a Christian?  You’ve heard of an oxymoron, right? An oxymoron is a self-contradicting word or group of words, like ‘jumbo shrimp,’ ‘awfully good,’ and ‘only choice.’  If you were just learning the language, some of these figures of speech would confuse you, and rightfully so.   The same is true for an interaction with a person who calls themselves a Christian but displays pol...

5 Toxic Movies God Wants You to Stop Romanticizing

5 Toxic Movies God Wants You to Stop Romanticizing  Who formed your idea of love? If you’re like many, it wasn’t God, it wasn’t your parents, it wasn’t even the person you fell in love with. No, it was something much more distorted and toxic.  It was the movies.  For as long as films have been in existence, they have continued to pervert and disfigure the truth meaning of loving relationships.  That’s why in today’s episode, I want to talk to you about the 5 toxic movies that God wants y...

The #1 Reason Why You're Still in Bondage (Saved but not Free)

Join your FREE 5 Day Mountain Moving Faith Devotional  https://krisreece.com/5-day-faith-devotional-series/ Have you been saved by grace but still feel like you’re living in a chokehold?  In Galatians 5:1–15, the apostle Paul discusses the nature of freedom in Christ, beginning with an admonition to “stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.”  Paul contends that Jesus Christ came to set believers free. But d...

Discovering Your Purpose - 3 Ways God Will Guide You

Grab your FREE Uncover Your God-Given Purpose Guide http://krisreece.com/purpose God’s Calling on Your Life Will Be Revealed in These 3 Ways  Have you ever wondered what you were created to do?  Ephesians 2:10 reminds us, “For we are all God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.”  But you can miss your calling if you’re hung up on the ‘how-tos’ and the opinions of others. God will rarely use a megaphone to declare your purpose ...