Thoughts that lead to brokenness are the devil’s way of blocking what God wants you to know about who you are in Christ.
You Become What You Think About – Think, Act, Blossom
Today, there is a single thought that captivates me: “You become what you think about.”
Divine Redos: Bouncing Back When You’ve Messed Up
So, when you’ve really done something monumentally dumb, how do you recover?
Cultivating a Positive Mindset: Harnessing Biblical Wisdom for Hope and Resilience
Because of our daily trials, tribulations, and occasional uncertainties, positivity becomes a beacon, lighting our path towards hope, resilience, and personal growth.
Embracing Disappointment: How to Move On and Thrive.
Disappointment is an inevitable part of life. Whether it’s a missed promotion, a failed relationship, or an unexpected event, we all experience letdowns from time to time. But disappointment doesn’t have to define us or keep us stuck.
Overcoming procrastination – 8 strategies.
Procrastination. I’m so good at it I could teach it on the graduate level. I’ve tended to blow procrastination off as just a “thing,” a tendency that isn’t exactly laziness but just a desire to put things off. Never put off anything until tomorrow unless you can put it off till next week, right? Yet, […]
Negative self-talk and other perils of life.
As Christians, we believe that we are created in the image of God and that God loves us unconditionally. However, sometimes we forget this truth and allow negative self-talk to take over our minds. This is a pretty nasty deal.
7 life rules for 2023
It seems that some “life rules” for this new year might be in order. There’s nothing magical about these, but they seem pretty appropriate. Fact is, they’re good life rules for any year.
Moving from brokenness to wholeness.
This “brokenness to wholeness” paradigm is a pony I’m riding hard these days. Why? Because I’m seeing broken Christians everywhere I turn, and it doesn’t seem to be getting any better. So in these days I want to contribute to the Kingdom by addressing this, and even providing some tools to move hurting believers in […]
8 things in your control, Part 2.
Let’s talk about eight things in your control. Last week I shared seven things that were out of your control, so this time around we’ll balance that out. Last week was a reality check for most of us. Today, though, take heart. There are things in your control. You just have to act.
Hard lessons I’ve learned in the last year.
Life is full of hard lessons, now isn’t it? This should be self-evident, but we could probably save ourselves a lot of grief if we’d just simply chill. What I’ll share with you today falls in that vein. This pondering on hard lessons might strike you as defeatist. I’ll go with it anyway; you may […]
Why you should never give up.
You should never give up. It’s easy to just call it quits, y’know? And perhaps there are times when you need to say, “I got nuthin’. I don’t need to continue this track. I need to protect myself.”
Granted. That’s not what I’m talking about. In one sense, there are times when it’s absolutely appropriate to back away. Rather, I’m talking about throwing in the proverbial towel just because things are horrendously tough.