• Making Adjustments
    Life

    Happy 2022: Making Adjustments in the New Year

    It’s a new year. How new do you feel? Does your life feel new? Likely not. Though it is a new year, we must begin making adjustments in order to experience the new. Making Adjustments in the New Year Many people begin the new year with New Year Resolutions. We create lists of what we want, what we don’t want, or what we want to see change in our lives. This is good and this gives us a starting point, but so often this is all we do. We declare what we want without the follow through of how we’re going to make it happen. In order to see lasting…

  • Keeping First Things First by Margo Woodward
    Life,  Margo

    Keeping First Things First

    As we journey through life, it is imperative that we learn to keep first things first. No matter the season that we find ourselves in, our priorities will always be challenged. If we are going to experience the full blessing of God in our lives, we must understand the importance of keeping first things first. Keeping First Things First: 10 Tips 1. Set rules for yourself. What is the first thing you do when you wake up in the morning? What’s your personal order of operations? We must be intentional to not quickly throw ourselves into our day without first throwing ourselves at His feet. 2. Remain humble. For me,…

  • maintain momentum by Margo Woodward
    Life,  Margo

    Maintain Your Momentum: 3 Tips

    It’s one thing to start your day strong, but it’s another thing to be able to maintain your momentum throughout the entire day. Take a moment to reflect on your days: What takes you there? Disturbs your peace? Messes up your energy? Today is my last day of 35 and the Lord is actively teaching me how to maintain my momentum- regardless. He’s making me extremely aware of those little things that mess up my energy, disrupt my joy, my flow, my peace. If we are going to be all that Christ created us to be, and do all that He has for us to do, it’s imperative that we…

  • IT'S SUMMERTIME: 7 Rules to Live by this Summer by Margo Woodward
    Life,  Women

    IT’S SUMMERTIME: 7 Rules to Live by this Summer

    IT’S SUMMERTIME! Though we all enjoy the break, the fun, and the sun; we must also be intentional to use the summertime wisely. IT’S SUMMERTIME: 7 Rules to Live by this Summer 1. Keep a Planner It’s very tempting to leave the planner by the wayside during the summer months, but I encourage you to keep a planner during the summertime. Though you may have a lighter load, you still want to think through how you will use your time. Create some summer goals. Maybe even a summer to-do list, or a reading list. Plan for your fun things as well, like shopping and eating. I encourage you to keep…

  • Doing Too Much by Margo Woodward
    Life,  Margo

    The Dangers of Doing Too Much

    We live in an on the go, hustle & bustle type society. Busyness is applauded and constant activity is desired. We feel that our activity levels reflect our success in life, but I need you to know that is not always the case. Busyness is often a thief of God’s best for us. The Dangers of Doing Too Much 1. Doing Too Much Limits Effectiveness I am personally experiencing the effects of doing too much. We often commit to doing too much out of fear. Fear that we aren’t doing enough, fear that we won’t make it unless we do that, fear that we aren’t enough. Anytime that fear is…

  • Start Each Day With a Clean Slate by Margo Woodward
    Life,  Women

    Start Each Day With a Clean Slate: 3 Tips

    How was your yesterday? If you’re human, there were some good and some not so good moments. None of us are perfect so there are areas of opportunities in every day. How do you deal with those imperfections? Start Each Day With a Clean Slate It really takes intention to start each day with a clean slate. Naturally, yesterday tries to spill over into today. If we’re not careful, we’ll find ourselves living yesterday over and over and over- unable to BREAK FREE & LIVE! That is not God’s will for us. God’s will for us is to start each day with a clean slate. How do we do that?…

  • Discontentment Leads to Sin by Margo Woodward
    Life,  Money

    Discontentment Leads to Sin

    Are you content? Are you content in your heart for all that God has done for you, or do you find yourself discontent, always striving for more? Though we live in a world that teaches us to strive, grind, and pursue; really discontentment leads to sin. Discontentment Leads to Sin Discontentment leads to sin because our discontentment really stems from a few heart issues: Ungratefulness Selfishness Pride Entitlement Greed These are just a few of the heart issues that can cause us problems and lead us to sin, resulting in us aborting the plan and process that God has for our lives. Consider Philippians 4:11, which discusses contentment: “Not that…

  • being ok with change by Margo Woodward
    Life,  Women

    Being Ok With Change: 3 Tips

    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,…

  • Dealing With Your Triggers: 3 Steps by Margo Woodward
    Life

    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…

  • DIFFICULTIES EXPOSE YOU by Margo Woodward
    Life

    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.…