Transformed You With Mark & Melissa Dejesus

I receive numerous questions about the role of evil spirits, demons and spiritual warfare and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. This week I received a question, asking to understand how the spiritual battles we face can impact someone who struggles with OCD. In this broadcast, I will be address the subject of spiritual warfare within the context […] The post What Influence Do Demons & Spiritual Warfare Have on OCD? appeared first on Mark DeJesus.

How do you navigate parenting while you are aware of your own need for healing and freedom from broken patterns in your own heart? In today’s broadcast, we want to have a discussion about this and how we process our own healing journey within the context of also being parents. Video Broadcast: Watch on Rumble: […] The post Parenting While Working Through Your Own Brokenness appeared first on Mark DeJesus.

If you want to make room to invest in what matters most in your life, you will have to learn to say NO. In fact, healthy people have learned to say NO and say it a lot. Practicing saying NO helps you get clear on what your YES is. But in order to experience this, […] The post Learning to Say NO appeared first on Mark DeJesus.

Those who battle with the influence of perfectionism and obsessive compulsive struggles are not typically aware of how much shame actually drives their life. In this broadcast, I want to peal back the layers of OCD and perfectionism, to get to the heart of the shame battles we carry that need acknowledgement, grieving and healing. […] The post Discerning the Shame that Drives Perfectionism and OCD appeared first on Mark DeJesus.

As we discover, “What Does Love Look Like?” I pray you have discovered that learning what love is, while untangling what love is NOT, is a journey. This is a lifelong discovery. For the rest of our lives, we will explore the depths, breath and beautiful meaning of God’s love for us. Today is a […] The post God’s Love Wins: Learning to Mature in Love appeared first on Mark DeJesus.

One of the common patterns for Christians with OCD, is the compulsion of excessive confession of something that disturbs your spirituality. There can be a nagging sense that something is not right in your stance with God or there is some specific issue that needs to be dealt with and remedied. Confession to God, repentance […] The post Religious OCD: The Guilt and Confession Cycle appeared first on Mark DeJesus.

As I encourage, equip and empower the mental health of my brothers and sisters, the first thing I emphasize is the power of slowing down. Within the context of slowing down, I have personally learned to appreciate the God given practice of meditation as a habit that can recalibrate my heart and mind into the […] The post 5 Forms of Biblical Meditation You Can Practice appeared first on Mark DeJesus.

When many talk about their struggle to slow down and walk a more heart aware life, they often mention the inability to emotionally “settle.” In today’s video, I want to share about seven reasons why we can’t seem to settle and what it means for our journey. Video Broadcast: Watch on Rumble:   Recommended Resources:  […] The post 7 Reasons We Cannot Emotionally Settle appeared first on Mark DeJesus.

Join me in this OCD Live Q&A as I address the questions you have sent regarding obsessive compulsive struggles and the battles that surround the healing and freedom journey. Here are many of the questions I cover in this episode: Religious OCD About Missions Work What About Living In Boldness Contamination OCD OCD & Getting […] The post I Address Your OCD Questions Live! #10 appeared first on Mark DeJesus.

Join me as I address the questions you have sent regarding obsessive compulsive struggles and the battles that surround the healing and freedom journey. Here are many of the subjects and questions I addressed: Intrusive Thoughts Against God Child Obsessed with Video Games OCD & In-Laws Fear That I Was Never Really Saved Relationship OCD […] The post I Address Your OCD Questions Live! #09 appeared first on Mark DeJesus.

How do you deal with the emotional weight and burdens that come your way? What do you do with the pull of emotion energy from family members, people you help and those you serve? What about all the energy from world news and events that pulls on your empathy and overwhelm your emotional capacity? Today, […] The post Sharing Our Personal Struggles – Part 4 appeared first on Mark DeJesus.

In this broadcast, I will be responding to an audio message of a cry for help in the midst of an emotional spiral. You will see the impact of religious OCD, unprocessed grief, phobias and anxiety that often leave us becoming angry with God and angry with ourselves. I pray that today you can experience […] The post Spiraling in Overwhelming Anxiety, Religious OCD and Pain appeared first on Mark DeJesus.

Join me as I address the questions you have sent regarding obsessive compulsive struggles and the battles that surround the healing and freedom journey. Within today’s broadcast, I will dive deep into a variety of subjects that relate to OCD, including: I Emphasizes The 7 Distortions of OCD Guilt Confession OCD about Relationships and Real […] The post I Address Your OCD Questions Live! #08 appeared first on Mark DeJesus.

Love brings the power to endure, the ability to hang in there and remain in the journey. When I first began to seek deeper heart healing and freedom in my life, I realized very soon that I did not know how to experience God’s love. I not only needed healing in my heart with the […] The post Love Hangs in There appeared first on Mark DeJesus.

My first recommendation for those who want to experience greater mental and emotional health is to SLOW DOWN. This can be much easier said than done, as the world lives at such a high rate of speed. We feel that pull every day. But what I want to do is share with you some observations […] The post 12 Ways Slowing Down Has Improved My Mental Health appeared first on Mark DeJesus.

We continue our series on sharing some of the struggle we are navigating through by focusing in on the family dynamics that arise as you seek to navigate your healing journey. When we step into healing, all of us have to come to terms with what it means to “leave father and mother” and heal […] The post Sharing our Personal Struggles – Part 3 appeared first on Mark DeJesus.

We can all benefit from a healthy dose of slowing down. We know we need to, but what is preventing so many from living a better paced life of the heart? Today I want to bring out ten reasons why we do not slow down. See if you can discern what may be preventing you […] The post 10 Reasons Why We Do Not Slow Down appeared first on Mark DeJesus.

If I was to look back at the early stages of my healing journey and the lives of those I have seen pursue a heart healing path in life, there is something very important that needs to be embraced along the way. It cannot be overlooked. Those who truly learn to experience greater mental, emotional […] The post Where Do I Start in My Heart Healing Journey? appeared first on Mark DeJesus.

As I seek to help people through teaching and one on one work, there is often a statement followed by a question. “This is hard. Why is healing from brokenness so hard?” Today I want to address this question by providing eight perspectives that are important to keep in mind. Video Broadcast: Watch on Rumble: […] The post What Makes Healing from Brokenness So Challenging? appeared first on Mark DeJesus.

This message is dedicated to all my brothers and sisters who are struggling with deep discouragement, weariness or even depression. I want to be a voice of healing and freedom for your life and speak to the heart of this issue, so that life can begin to reignite the power of hope within you. So […] The post Love Strengthens Hope appeared first on Mark DeJesus.