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How To Take Charge Of Your Life With Simple Math

How To Take Charge Of Your Life With Simple Math

Ever pause enough to notice that we often fill our lives with unimportant stuff? We seem to it find easier to simply go along with the status quo, which over time actually leads to a life of heart-numbing mediocrity…and we settle for something less than God’s best.

Sometimes we can’t even enjoy anything because we’re trying to do everything. Can you relate? Is this you?

Time and life pass so quickly. Anyone have kids? Have you noticed this passing of time seems to accelerate as the years fly by?

In comparison to God, we only have a minuscule slice of time to do something with our lives. Wouldn’t the logical thing to do in our little blip of existence to focus on what’s really important? Family, others, giving God glory or [fill in the blank]? Why don’t we?

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April 1, 2014 Filed Under: Life Tagged With: courage, faith, God, journey, life, story

The Warrior Heart

The Warrior Heart

I have in my files a copy of a letter written by Major Sullivan Ballou, a Union officer in the 2nd Rhode Island. He writes to his wife on the eve of the Battle of Bull Run, a battle he senses will be his last. He speaks tenderly to her of his undying love, of “the memories of blissful moments I have spent with you.” Ballou mourns the thought that he must give up “the hope of future years, when, God willing, we might still have lived and loved together, and seen our sons grown up to honorable manhood around us.”

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March 11, 2014 Filed Under: Life Tagged With: courage, God, guest, heart, journey, leadership

Speak Life

Our HOPE in God’s Goodness is the force that keeps us going when we are discouraged.

 -TobyMac

Challenge: speak hope to a friend, family member, or stranger with a written note. Doesn’t have to be much, just a little inspiration. Ready, set, GO! Be inspired, go inspire!

February 24, 2014 Filed Under: Life Tagged With: hope, leadership, life, love, relationship, value, video

Warning: Striving Is A Cultural Lie!

Warning: Striving Is A Cultural Lie!

We have bought into a culture that demands an instant fix and that convinces us that our way is the best way! Over time, this becomes an automatic response, like breathing, and we blindly strive to satisfy this intense, cultural lie. This striving robbed me of my ability to rest and enjoy life’s moments, and for much of my life, I struggled with this. No matter what I did or where I went, something would entangle me and pull me into restlessness. I would later learn through months of counseling that I was stuck in a pattern of trying to fix the relationship between my mom and my dad, a kid still believing that somehow I could still fix it. This pattern became so embedded in my psyche that I convinced myself that if I couldn’t fix their relationship, it somehow made me a failure. God will never give up on us because He loves us—we are the ones who give up on Him! I’m glad I didn’t give up.

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February 11, 2014 Filed Under: Life Tagged With: God, journey, life, success

Let It Go And Just Be Held

Hold it all together
Everybody needs you strong
But life hits you out of nowhere
And barely leaves you holding on

And when youre tired of fighting
Chained by your control
Theres freedom in surrender
Lay it down and let it go

So when youre on your knees and answers seem so far away
Youre not alone, stop holding on and just be held
Your worlds not falling apart, its falling into place
Im on the throne, stop holding on and just be held
Just be held, just be held…

Lyrics: Casting Crowns (2014). Just Be Held [Recorded by Elton John]. Label: Reunion Records.

January 30, 2014 Filed Under: Life Tagged With: broken, crisis, God, hope, life, video

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