The message that the world tells us is all about me. Making sure that I get “my time”. That is “my money” to spend. My goals and my plans. It is all about me. But that is not the way we are to live. As Christians, we are to give, to be generous. Our focus should be on others and not ourselves. Christ has given us an example of giving and living generously. His interaction with the Samaritan woman was…
We spend time looking for the perfect schedule, the perfect diet, the perfect outfit, or the perfect chocolate cake recipe. At times we think we have found it and then the schedule doesn’t allow time for something we need, the diet is not working, the outfit gets stained, and the cake flops. Perfection is difficult to achieve and we cannot maintain it. Don’t give up but rather chase excellence. We want perfection because that makes us look good but that…
“I don’t have time. I am tired.” It does not take long to come up with excuses. Excuses are a way of putting off things or blaming others for not doing what we should do. Why do I make excuses? It could be to avoid doing something or maybe not taking responsibility for what you need to do. Why do you make excuses? This week I was reading and meditating in Exodus. In Exodus 3 God has just appeared to…
How does a grateful heart lead to success? Is a grateful heart really a discipline for success? It really is a discipline for success. This is the discipline that will overcome jealousy which will hinder you achieving your goals. It is easy to do a search and see numerous studies that support the fact that being grateful will lead to success. This is one of the studies that I read. Looks at all the things there that come from a…
We want good things. If we are honest, we will admit that we try to avoid the difficult and hard things in life. We want things that we consider to be good. What if good comes from the hard and difficult? God can change the difficult to good. Abused by his brothers, accused of wrong doing by his boss’ wife, left in prison, and finally famine those are all “bad” things. What good can come from bad things? Yet in…