How many of us are living life in a bubble? Sometimes we go through things that cause us to create a bubble around ourselves, it might be a divorce, a financial setback, or something that blew us away that we didn’t expect. We’re afraid to love, lead or learn again….
Have you ever noticed that when we do something wrong, we want to hide it? We don’t want anyone to know who might talk us out of it or make us feel guilty, we want to “enjoy” it in private. If we really think about it, when we do something…
When we drop a raw egg, it breaks, and makes a mess. After an egg has been in hot water and gets dropped, it cracks, but it stays together. God doesn’t create the chaos in our lives. He allows certain things to be filtered through his fingers of love because…
Have you ever driven by a Krispy Kreme just to get ONE donut, but your flesh voice on the inside yells, “I want MORE!” then your Spirit man says, “Don’t do it.” And your flesh argues, “Make it a baker’s dozen today!” This internal argument is something Paul talks about…
Imagine holding $1 million dollars in currency from another country, but because we don’t realize what it is worth, it has no value to us and we don’t benefit from it. That’s God’s GRACE. There are times when I think the reason we don’t embrace it is because it’s like…
Do you ever meet with people only to have them give more focus to their phone, texts and emails than to you? In a society full of distractions, where phones are extensions of our arms and our phone notifications come in all types of sounds, vibrations and flashes, it is…
Time Thieves Delay Goals You know them as well as I do. The following are some of mine and Nicole’s time thieves, we really have to plan and prioritize. It’s that next smartphone notification, unplanned phone calls, appointments, endless email, staff crises, speaking schedules, meetings with others, a new problem…
When we set goals and then put boundaries in place to keep us focused on those goals, it increases our rate of success. Let me offer a few visuals to help you get this ingrained in your mind. Bowling Alley Boundaries Picture having the rubber bumpers lowered down into the…
When I’m walking through the grocery store, and I walk by the bakery and smell those fresh donuts I am tempted to sacrifice my goal to lose weight for this temporary delight. When we have clearly defined goals, and we KNOW WHAT WE WANT, we tend to make better decisions…
The scales at the grocery store that weigh fruits and vegetables have a container that holds the items being weighed. Well, in order to find balance there must be boundaries and to determine where the boundaries are we need to have goals. In this scenario, the goal is to weigh…
Our imaginations can wander into places that they probably shouldn’t go. When our imagination takes us into the gutter instead of to the mountain top, we need to begin thinking like God thinks. God Can Do More Than We Can Imagine In Ephesians 3:20 it says, “Now to Him who,…
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…
