Have you ever wanted to succeed at a high level? To set yourself apart from others and achieve things most people don’t? Would you like to be the one at your office that everyone else thinks of as the go-to person? The path to becoming a high achiever is quite simple. Easy never, but very simple. The Way to Live In Matthew 5, Jesus is teaching the crowd how to live. He cites a law…
A Christian is one who follows Jesus as his Lord. Instead of serving our own desires and conforming to what our surroundings tell us to be and do, we have found the freedom and life found in Jesus alone! How wonderful it is to follow our Master, for he is loving and His burden is light. I never realized what a load I had been carrying until I came to Jesus and found strength and…
Are you a blessing to those around you? Should you be? If so, what does it take to effectively speak into their lives, encouraging them and helping them to live a thriving life? Those Who Have Helped You God has designed us for community—we grow through our interactions with others, as iron sharpens iron. Who are some of the people who have been most positively influential in your life? Are you glad they took time…
You and I are capable of amazing things—when we let ourselves dream, search out and discover wise means of reaching our dreams, and focus and commit to building ourselves brick by brick, day by day. God has created us with limitless potential, and you’re used to reading words here that will challenge and encourage you to take action today toward growth and pursuit of your goals. As you go forth on your journey, however, you…
Have you ever had a day get off to a rough start, and you felt behind all day? Maybe your coworker rushed into your office before you’d had a chance to check your email, upset and needing your immediate assistance. Your plans for the day get all thrown off, and you may feel like control of your time and activity perpetually eludes you. Anything here sounding familiar? How did you respond? Are there things you…
What would you do if your transmission went out tomorrow? If your identity were stolen and your credit frozen, would you be taking the bus to work? If your uncle offered to sell you his mint condition Ford Mustang for only $5,000, would you be able to come up with the cash? We’re apt to take many of the great things in our life for granted, up to and including out income. In our culture,…
“Why would you want to read when you got the television set sitting right in front of you? There’s nothing you can get from a book that you can’t get from a television faster.” If you’re wondering where that sage advice comes from, hearken back to a little movie called Matilda. That’s right, this little dandy comes from Matilda’s scumbag father, played by Danny DeVito. We all get a good laugh hearing such a ridiculous…
Who likes smiling? Buddy the elf, of course, but is he the only one? How about you? Do you enjoy smiling and laughing? What I’ve recently realized is that in the past, I had waited for something external to me to cause me to laugh or smile. And in doing this, I gave up the power to control my state of mind, not to mention the state of mind of those around me. Are you…
Can you believe 2014 is here already?! I hope you had a great year, and I further hope that you’re looking to make the coming year even better! One good thing that many people do is to use the new year as a time to set goals to improve themselves—this IS a good thing, IF we take these resolutions seriously and succeed. Unfortunately, in many cases, our lofty goals are left unfinished and our resolutions…
Have you ever pursued success in an area of your life and found the journey to be more challenging than you expected? Maybe you’ve been on a new diet and fitness regimen for a week and a half, but instead of weighing less and looking better, you look the same and feel hungry. Or maybe you’re on month two of living on a budget and even though you’re following the plan, you’re still stressed out,…