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…
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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…
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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?…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
