Do you know why many people do not progress in life? It’s not due to ability or intellect, but rather due to their inability to stay focused. Focus is essential to achieve anything worthwhile in this life. If we are going to stay focused, we must begin to better identify our distractors. Many of our distractions are emotional in nature. In order to progress in life, you must learn how to keep calm & stay focused. I encourage you to take some time to ponder this question: What distracts me? The first step in identifying what’s hindering your progress is to identify your distractions. I believe we all have particular…
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How to Keep God First: 5 Tips
My mission in life is to inspire women to follow Christ and be all that He created them to be. This is the purpose that God has placed in my heart, as well as the experience that I live. I live following Christ, aspiring to do all that He created me to do; and I encourage others to do the same. A common struggle that we all face is keeping God first. How to Keep God First: 5 Tips 1. Make Time for Him If we are going to keep God first in our lives, we must make time for Him. This is an area that requires sincere intention and…
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FAMILY & PARENTING: Prioritize Parenting
Do you prioritize parenting? This world does not. In fact, the world’s value system ranks parenting so low that parents find themselves pulled away from their children. As followers of Christ, standing on God’s Word, we must prioritize parenting. What does it mean to prioritize parenting? Well, for starters it means that we understand the importance of being active and engaged with our children. Our kids are very dependent as babies. We tend to think that as they age, they need us less and less. In some ways this is true, however, in other ways our kids will begin to need us more and more. For instance, as they get…
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Keeping Your Priorities in Place
One of the most difficult things to do in life is to keep your priorities in place. Often, the things that we pursue aren’t necessarily wrong, it’s just that we go at them the wrong way. You know, the ‘laser-focused’, ‘hustle-hustle’ mentality. This attitude causes us to lose perspective and lose sight of what’s most important. No matter what we’re aiming to achieve in life, we must focus on keeping our priorities in place. What are your priorities? We all may answer this question a little differently, but the 1 thing that must be the same is our #1 priority. No matter our season in life, as followers of Christ,…
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Walking in Authority: 5 Tips
Much of our stress in life is a result of not walking in authority. As born again followers of Christ, we have authority. We just have to learn how to appropriate it. When we do, we place ourselves in a position of overcoming the distractions designed to destroy us. None of us are exempt from difficulties. Day-to-day obligations cause us to burnout, preventing us from excelling. We desire to thrive, yet we only find ourselves surviving. If we’re honest, we can look back over our lives and see very little change. Why is this? Much of our lack of movement in life is because we are not walking in authority.…
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LIFE & GROWTH: The Process of Changing
Living is all about growing. Growth, however, requires change. This often poses as the challenge for most. Changing. We must adjust the way that we look at change and realize that if we are to grow and be all that God has called us to be, we must change. Let’s discuss the process of changing. Change requires growth and growth requires change. We must start by adjusting how we view these two terms. As we do, our mindset will be in a position to cooperate with growth and change, as opposed to rejecting it. Mindset is key. If you are to engage in the process of changing, you must get…
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HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY 2022: What is being a mom all about?
Happy Mother’s Day 2022! As we celebrate this Mother’s Day, the question on my heart is this: What is being a mom all about? No doubt, we may all answer this question differently, but here are a few things that I think mommyhood is all about. Being Present. Being a mother is about being present. I mean this in the physical, emotional, mental, and above all, spiritual sense. Children need present mommies. Hopefully, we realize that society does not push mommies to their babies, but instead society pulls mommies away from their babies. We rush back to work, overly focus on our goals, all while missing the main thing: Being…
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How To Handle Unexpected Last Minute Changes
Life does not always go as planned. Days do not often go as planned. For that reason, it is imperative that we learn how to handle unexpected last minute changes. How do you tend to handle unexpected last minute changes? Or, plans not going through? Our reactions show the state of our heart. Since we know that life happens, we must change how we respond when it does. How To Handle Unexpected Last Minute Changes Once we focus on and grow in this area, we will be much more efficient in navigating through situations outside of our control. This topic truly is a result of my past 2 weekends, which…
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INTROSPECTION: Why It’s Necessary
Do you make introspection a priority in your life? It seems there is always something to do, something always commanding/demanding our attention, which makes it hard to just get quiet. However, it is in those quiet times that we gain what we need to live. Though we live in a constantly moving world, we must take the time to ensure that we are not living from the outside in, but rather from the inside out. Introspection makes this possible. According to Merriam-Webster, introspection is defined as: “a reflective looking inward; an examination of one’s own thoughts and feelings.” Introspection provides you the opportunity to really get to know you. Do…
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Possible Does Not Mean Easy
One of the biggest misperceptions that causes us a lot of stress is thinking that things will be easy. We’re fed the fairy-tale illusion by the world, which leads us to underestimate the cost that we’ll have to pay to attain our dreams. God’s Word tells us that anything is possible with God. That is absolute truth. We must, however, realize that possible does not mean easy. Anything worth having will not come easy. What are you going after? How much are you willing to pay? Have you accepted the reality that anything worth having will not come easy? Personally, I feel like this is a truth that I have…
