Are you a bully? You may be the nicest person to everyone . . . except yourself. If you constantly self-criticize, put yourself down, anxiously over-analyze your decisions, abuse your health coping with the fear of failing, and call yourself names for not performing well, then you’re the bully in your own life. If the …
Where’s the Peace?
If you’re feeling overwhelmed by all you have to deal with, take a deep breath with this thought: you don’t have to do everything at once. Take another with this truth: you are not alone. Take one more in this certainty: you are completely and perfectly loved. Spend a moment with God. Ask him what …
You Are Who God Says You Are
When Viggo Mortensen began filming “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy, his sword didn't feel natural. So, he carried it everywhere, and was often in armor walking through the towns of New Zealand. The sword became a part of him. Rather than referring to him as Mr. Mortensen, many called him Aragorn, the persona he …
Pain Teaches
Pain can teach you well, but not without grace. Pain can warn you of present problems, and help you discern future ones. But if it lets go of grace’s hand, it becomes resentful and guarded, and constrains you to be the same. Grace transforms pain into wisdom with unceasing love, joy, and peace, and compels …
#intentionality
When fear, sadness, and pain threaten you, fill your thoughts with how God has blessed you, what he’s been saying to you, and how he sees you, and you’ll have more than enough faith, hope, and love to overcome everything facing you. #intentionality
Equip Your Spirit 