Trusting your inner voice is crucial, especially when anxiety takes over. Your intuition may just be God's compass guiding you! How do you reconnect with your intuition during tough times? Share your thoughts below! Welcome to Emotional Healing for Christian Women. Thank You! For listening/Watching. I’m Marvel Adeyemi, a licensed Psychotherapist and Faith -Based Coach who supports Christian women. ✅ Join my soulful restoration Christian women's retreat Imagine waking up without the weight of shame, fear, and loneliness. Imagine finally feeling worthy, confident, and at peace — and doing it with God by your side. That's the healing we begin together Perhaps you’re struggling with low self-worth, rejection, persistent anxiety, spiritual confusion, neglect, abandonment, or feeling disconnected from your purpose… If you're afraid of repeating painful patterns in parenting or relationships… If your past still triggers you — please know that healing is possible. Through biblical lens, I’ll help you rebuild self-worth, trust, peace and clarity — so you can feel empowered, beautiful, and confident. WHAT NEXT? ✅ Get free resources for guidance and healing from past wounds and finding clarity and purpose. ✅ Order my new book, Beyond the Hurt. E-book and Paper back 📌Work with me 1:1: book a session: Book Here ✅Please leave a comment/review, subscribe/follow and share. ✅ Join my private face book group ✅ Book a 1:1 Coaching Call if you’re ready to dive deeper into your healing journey. https://marveladeyemi.com.au/ ✅ Send me an EMAIL - contact@wholesomecounselling.com Connect with me, online for Christian Counselling and coaching. I support high-achieving Christian women or couples in Ballarat, Melbourne Victoria- Australia, and globally who are ready to transform their relationships through inner child healing and faith-led wisdom. 📢Disclaimer: I share content from my reflections for educational purpose only and should not replace professional therapy. If you need immediate support, please reach out to a licensed mental health professional. TRANSCRIPT Survival mode can quietly hijack your faith, cloud your clarity, and distort your moral compass. When your nervous system stays dysregulated, it constantly sounds danger alarms—leaving you anxious, reactive, and spiritually disconnected. Learning to recognise and trust those internal signals, without letting fear take the lead, is the first step toward emotional regulation, spiritual discernment, and lasting peace.” In this episode, we’re opening the Bible—not for a traditional theology lesson, but for a raw, psychological look at a hero running on fumes: King David, specifically in 1 Samuel chapter 27. This isn't the David of Goliath; this is David running on exhaustion, making flawed choices, and yet, still being covered by God's sovereign grace. We're talking about the painful reality of survival mode and how it can hijack your faith, your clarity, and your moral compass. Let's look at the truth about Saul. In this chapter, David says to himself, “I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul.” Now, this statement wasn't theological; it was motivated by his exhaustion. But listen to the key insight: his intuition—that deep internal knowing—was right about Saul's intentions. Our intuition is often God's compass for guidance, especially when our analytical mind is spinning from stress. When you are constantly disregulated, your nervous system shouts warnings. Learning to trust that inner voice, even when you're afraid, is the first step toward reclaiming your peace. Because he was so desperate for refuge, David moved far away, seeking safety with Achish, the Philistine. Now, think about the irony here. Sometimes, the safety and validation we desperately need comes from an unexpected source—even someone we might consider an "enemy" or an outsider—while the people who should protect us (like Saul, his father-in-law, in your case that can be your father, your mother, sister, brother, friend can become the very source of our harm. This is validation for the listener who has had to create a chosen family because their biological one was toxic. God can use anyone, anywhere, to be the shield you need in a season of intense fear. However, this desperation leads to compromise. The Bible tells us that David deceived Achish, raiding the Amalekites but claiming he was attacking his own people in Judah. This is the ugly truth of survival mode. When we are fighting for our lives, our character often takes a hit. We do things we never thought we would do—deceive, manipulate, cut corners—just to stay afloat. I want to affirm the listener: If you’ve made compromises out of desperation, you are not alone. David, the "man after God's own heart," was there too. Acknowledge the lapse without letting shame consume YOU....
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