Your habits determine your future and as with anything, the more you do that activity or task over and over it becomes easier. Many people confuse discipline and habit. Discipline is the conscious effort to BIRTH a habit. Once a habit is in place, less discipline is needed to reinforce…
If Eve had engaged the information instead of believing the lie that there was something better out there, we’d be in paradise today. We would be a very fit population if we were to engage the information that would result in six-pack abs. If drug users were to engage the…
I mentioned a few things in yesterday’s blog about how to deal with being overwhelmed. We need to identify that we are overwhelmed, be kinder to ourselves, stop trying to earn God’s approval through checkboxes and do that thing that refuels our soul. Each of us has something unique that…
Definition: to bury or drown beneath a huge mass. How many people find themselves overwhelmed on a daily basis? 1. We need to realize, at that moment that we are overwhelmed. When we don’t admit it and deal with it, then other problems rise from it. We stop getting along…
God talks to his people in endlessly creative ways. He works through us and performs miracles around us in equally unique approaches. There may be 256 denominations in America but I believe if we go up our tag will fall off and if we go down it will burn off….
There are times that I get into arguments with loved ones and if I haven’t been talking with God regularly, I don’t back down. When we realize we are wrong halfway through the discussion, we need to stop and say we are sorry. Our inner lawyer will back off if…
Just 40 years ago, we had a newspaper to read in the morning, three channels to watch on television, we had a few billboards and magazines. Now we have exponentially more options that compete for our time. We have smartphones that put dumb distractions at our fingertips, hundreds of channels…
In India, a long time ago, a group of people in a small town knew that an enemy was coming. The town had a huge gold statue of Buddha. They camouflaged the statue by covering it with plaster and paint. When the enemy came through, they took everything but the…
We all have things we want in life. We have things God has placed in our heart to pursue for his purpose. These things become dreams and goals. But life can get in the way and create obstacles. Some of us make it over or around those obstacles and some…
Everything big starts small. That dream that you have, that goal, that ministry that you’re supposed to start, that business… it is often fear that causes us to think, “I’m going to be ashamed if this fails.” Plans For Good In Jeremiah 29:11, the bible says, “I Know The Plans…
Do you have any challenges being productive? There are times that I don’t think there are enough hours in a day. I have a feeling that it’s not the lack of hours but the struggle to stay focused and to say no. In order for us to be successful, we…
If you wake in the middle of the night screaming, only to find out you haven’t gone to sleep – – you’re too STRESSED! Life is a marathon, not a sprint. In my life, there have been times that I took on too much. I pushed myself too fast. I…
