How do you handle change? Most of the time, we despise and avoid it. Why is that? What prevents us from being ok with change? Being Ok With Change: 3 Tips 1. Walk in Faith Walking in fear causes us to fear change. We’re afraid of what might be, what we might lose, or what we might experience due to change; however, what if we flipped this thinking around? What if we walked in anticipation of what good may come our way, what we might gain, or what this change could lead to? We fear change because fear has taken root in our hearts. Instead of thinking and seeing possibilities,…
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Dealing With Your Triggers: 3 Steps
Have you grown to a place of knowing what your triggers are? Or, are you constantly frustrated and thrown off by day to day situations? As you go through life, growing through your various trials, you must get to a place of being able to identify and deal with your triggers. Dealing With Your Triggers: 3 Steps The first step in dealing with your triggers is being able to identify them! It is very easy to go through life, facing the same issues over and over, without ever really stopping to see what those issues are revealing about us. In order to identify and effectively deal with our triggers, we…
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Difficulties Expose You
Though we don’t necessarily prefer them, we can’t avoid them. Difficulties are apart of life, and you know what I’m learning? Difficulties Expose You. They simply reveal what’s within. They allow us to better understand ourselves. Difficulties simply show us what we’re made of. Essentially, difficulties are necessary for the growth process. Think about it. How do you get stronger? Difficulties. How do you develop character? Difficulties. We must adjust our mindset as it relates to difficulties, and stop avoiding and denying them. I get it. Hard times are hard so though we may not actively seek them out, when they do come (as they will), we must face them.…
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Living With Well-Defined Priorities
How are things going for you? What are you focusing on? Lately, I’ve been really focused on prioritizing my priorities. You know it’s very easy for us to say we prioritize something, yet neglect it at the same time. We must begin living with well-defined priorities. What are your priorities? Have you considered your priorities lately? Maybe the seasons have changed and so have your priorities. I encourage you to take a few moments to list them out. Sometimes things are added to our plate and we fail to realize that it causes a shift in our attention and energy. As I was driving the kids to school this morning,…
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Where’s Your Focus?
In life, we’re faced with situations that simply reveal where our focus is. Where’s your focus? Do you focus on others, situations, opposition, the past, or do you focus on where you’re going? Where’s Your Focus? If we are going to progress in life and keep momentum going in the right direction, we must begin to control our focus. In life, things happen. The unexpected constantly occurs. People come against us. We see and feel opposition on a daily basis. For myself, being a public speaker, I’m faced with negative expressions and energy while speaking. I’m learning to not take it personal, or absorb the negative energy of others, but…
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4 Days Left in 2020: Start Visualizing for the New
We’re down to 4 days left in 2020. How are you feeling? How will you spend the remainder of your year? I’m feeling optimistic and excited about the new possibilities that are right around the corner. 2020 has been quite a year, and we’ve all been impacted in various ways, but regardless of what you’ve faced: I encourage you to take the time to start dreaming again. Start Visualizing for the New. What do you see? What would you like to accomplish in 2021? If you don’t take the time to reset, refresh, and reimagine, no one will do it for you. You must dream for yourself, and that’s exactly…
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THANKSGIVING 2020: Thankful in the Midst of it All
The world celebrated Thanksgiving yesterday, but how is your heart? Is it truly full of thanks? Are you thankful in the midst of it all? 2020 has been quite a year. We’ve all experienced changes we would’ve never expected, but for us as Christians, the command is still the same: “Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.” – Philippians 4:4 You may sincerely wonder: How can I rejoice with so much going wrong all around me? The answer is this: It’s a matter of perspective. Yesterday as I sent out my Thanksgiving text messages, I told a loved one: “Today, even with unmet desires, I choose to…
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The Key to Success? A Strong, Spiritual Foundation
What do you feel the key to success is? What do you rely on, above all, to be successful? If you ask me: What is the key to success? I’d have to reply, with no hesitancy: A strong, spiritual foundation. This world that we live in throws out countless ways to succeed. Browse articles online or books in a bookstore, and there is no shortage of “10 Steps to Success” style books. The thing is: Everyone wants to succeed, yet, very few figure out how. Now, I don’t plan to present you with another to-do list. My aim is to get you to realize the importance of a strong, spiritual…
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I’ve Never Failed So Victoriously
Yesterday I failed a test, and I have to say that I’ve never failed so victoriously. I’m primarily sharing this for myself as I’m continuing to progress through my own freedom/humility journey. Secondly, I want to document this for our girls. Lastly, I want to encourage others from the lessons I’m currently learning from my real life. The test that I failed was the SIE exam, an introductory exam required for investment licensing. Though the test result displays fail, I know without a doubt that I spiritually won. The lessons for me were countless, and honestly the failure had nothing to do with the exam. It. Was. All. Spiritual. Do…
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A Continual Convictor of the Soul
Do you realize the many benefits that come along with being a child of God? First off, as we place our faith in Christ, we are saved from the penalty of sin. As we experience freedom in Christ while living, we are saved from the power of sin. Lastly, when Christ comes back to gather His own, we will be free from the presence of sin. Though we are indeed free from the power of sin, as children of God, we will still find ourselves fighting to do right. Thankfully, we have a continual convictor of the soul through the Holy Spirit of God. Do you realize that you are…
