1. Beware of the state of mind that accompanies the physical state of exhaustion. Know your weaknesses. Be fair to others and try not to take it out on them. 2. Get physically rested. 3. Renew your mind by spending time with God and in his word. 4. Sit down…
We fill our time with so many activities that most of us are exhausted. When we are tired we sweat the small stuff. Our focus turns inward towards our need for rest. That means we have a lower tolerance for others and the things they do. Or for the situations…
I mentioned in a previous blog that opportunity shies away from need. Think about it. If someone is looking for a mate, are they looking for someone who seems insecure or needy? Or are they attracted to someone who has confidence and has a plan? It’s like the victor/victim mentality…
We know God wants good things for us, yet it often surprises us when he lays down blessings in our life. How often do we get blessed just by being in the proximity of others? Blessing by proximity regularly happens. Have you ever been with someone who gets a free…
Do you ever wake up and think this is the way it’s always been so this is the way it will always be? Many times the reason we develop that mindset is because there are others around us imposing their view on us. Long ago I began to feel like…
The greatest resistance comes from inside of the organization. It comes from coworkers, family members, and sometimes unexpected friends. Many people drop back and seek comfort because they don’t naturally want to step out with us. When Phillip was called out and it wasn’t to go to Easy Street on…
A pioneer can’t help but wonder what’s on the other side of that horizon. A pioneer sticks with the wagons and the crew until he gets to the destination. Back in the day, the average Joe said that the world was not round, and that Christopher Columbus was going to…
Pioneers are those who break new ground. They are available; they get their priorities right; they do the right things; they step out boldly (or do it afraid), and they pave the way. Adam and Eve pioneered sin. Noah pioneered boating. My Dad pioneered a church that was in a…
How often do we start things on our own that don’t go quite right or we lose steam and then we turn to God to fix what we started? We need to be humble enough to admit when something is over, or we are at the end of ourselves. God…
The marriage that didn’t work out, the business that failed, the overwhelming debt, the undesirable job, God doesn’t cause them, he allows them. We cannot grow if everything always goes right. We also won’t learn to lean on Him if we are sufficient unto ourselves. “And it came to pass…
We hear the message at times, “This is a test, this is only a test.” The idea is that we aren’t to take action regarding the action or message following that statement, such as for tornado drills or fire alarms. When we hear the word test, many of us become…
The computer is designed to do a job. There are programs and mechanisms in place to filter out the bad files. There are viruses that can destroy everything with just one click. Sometimes we shouldn’t click on something (or talk to someone or participate in an activity or make a…
