Another year is coming to a close. Before I enter into the new, I must reflect on the lessons I’ve learned this past year. 16 Lessons from 2016 1. Take care of yourself. There is always something to do but we can only offer what we have to give. Replenish, refresh, rest and restore yourself. 2. Don’t lose yourself. Before you are anything else, you are you. Always remember that. 3. It’s all about the heart. We must get deep and pay attention to the heart issues. The heart, not our actions or appearances, will tell us everything we need to know. 4. Just apologize. No explanations or counter-arguments. Just…
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FAMILY LIFE: 10 Ways to Celebrate Christ during Christmas
What is Christmas all about? How does your family celebrate Christmas? December 25th is the day that the world acknowledges the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, but do we truly celebrate Christ during Christmas? Do we spend more time exalting Santa Clause than Jesus Christ? Do we spend more time shopping than praising God for the wonderful, perfect gift of Christ? Throughout the last few years our family has been on a journey of making Christ the center of our Christmas. First, we started by buying less stuff. There is a tendency to just buy, buy, buy; but how is that celebrating Christ? If we’re…
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You Control Your Mind
In life, we often find ourselves trying to control everything around us: our mate, our children, our friends, etc. You may not think you’re trying to control, but how do you respond when things don’t go your way? Instead of trying to control situations, I’m encouraging you to control your mind. Our mind is such a powerful force, yet we must control it to make it work for us and not against us. Where our thoughts go everything else will follow. Our emotions follow our mind. Our actions follow our mind. Beliefs, attitudes, and even self-esteem are all directed and influenced by the mind. We can have everything in…
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LIFE: Fight For Your Focus
If you are going to overcome the challenges that you face in this life, you must fight for your focus. If you are going to accomplish your goals, you must stay focused. In order to even enjoy the things that you currently have, you must stay focused. Without focus you won’t get very far or acomplish very much. When you are focused on something, it affects how you deal with the things that you aren’t focused on. Staying focused helps you to ignore those things that aren’t important. Think about it, you can’t focus on everything- and that’s okay. That’s why we must prioritize where our focus needs to be.…
