Tag: Challenges
Wednesday, February 26, 2020
Who Are You Becoming?
| 1:34 min read | The most important questions in life are not “Who are you?” or “What do you do?” The greatest question you’ll answer about yourself is “Who are you becoming?” No one can change their past. The only things we can change in life are our present and future. We do this […]
Tuesday, March 12, 2019
Attitudes That Lift You Above Your Limits
| 1:22 MIN READ | Human history has left a record of men and women, in both the limelight and obscurity, who made their world a better place! The Bible tells about two of these history changers –– Mordecai and Esther. They were used by God to rescue the Jews from destruction at a critical […]
Thursday, November 15, 2018
Overcoming Resistance
| 1:40 min read | Change is a key part of life. Somewhere I read that failure isn’t fatal, but failure to change can be! I agree. When something needs to change in us, we’re foolish to avoid it. We’re also foolish to resist it. Resistance to change is a big problem with lots of […]
Thursday, November 1, 2018
Faith—Full
| 1:39 min read | A while back I had surgery on one of my knees. As a part of recovery, the doctor prescribed physical therapy. I was amazed at how quickly the muscles supporting my knee atrophied. In a matter of days following the surgery, I had lost a significant amount of strength that […]
Wednesday, October 31, 2018
How Patient Are You?
| 1:21 min read | I suppose most of us would likely give ourselves low marks on the patience scale. We like quick. We like fast. We like immediate. The truth is, the greatest things in life take time to grow and develop. Compare a mushroom with an oak tree. The mushroom sprouts quickly and […]
Monday, October 29, 2018
The Choice to Rejoice
| 1:09 min read | One of the most common questions people ask when going through a tough time is “why?” The “why am I going through this” question actually has an answer. The apostle James give us that answer in James 1:2-4 (TLB) “Dear brothers, is your life full of difficulties and temptations? Then […]
Wednesday, September 5, 2018
Hold On, Help is on the Way
| 1:23 min read | It’s amazing how quickly life can take a turn for the worse. In a matter of days, hours or minutes, we can go from “life is good” to “life is really bad;” from “life is easy” to “life is really hard.” When life is hard, we need to hold on […]
Wednesday, August 29, 2018
Don’t Lose Perspective
| 1:39 min read | One of the most important things to keep in life is perspective. Perspective is especially hard to maintain when going through problems and pain. When life gets hard, it’s important to keep our perspective. When it seems that God is nowhere to be found, it’s important for us to look […]
Thursday, July 26, 2018
Sustaining Grace
| 1:19 min read | It’s been said that two things are inevitable in life—death and taxes. We can add to the list—problems! Problems come in all shapes and sizes. They come in a variety of styles—financial, relational, emotional, etc. In 2 Corinthians 12:7-10 (NIV) we find the Apostle Paul describing a particular problem he […]