Your emotions are not infallible. In fact, you should not trust them. So never give too much credence to your moods. Don’t indulge in self-pity, or doomsday thinking. Whatever you are going through is only a “season” and it will pass. You must get beyond your emotional swings. There are practical things you can do...
Category: encouragement
HOW TO EXIT YOUR PIT
Bad feelings don’t come from bad circumstances, they come from bad thoughts. You can exercise some control over your feelings by controlling your thoughts. So the key to balanced emotions lies in focusing on the right thing/things. When you are going through the valley, it is difficult not to obsess on your problems. After the...
The Path of Victory Part 2
You must Choose to Lose your Life Daily If you have not read "The Path of Victory: Part 1" - CLICK HERE to read it now. William Graham Scroggie said, “In some people’s lives Jesus is present; in other lives he is prominent; but still in other lives, He is preeminent. We all must allow Jesus to be preeminent in our lives.” Center stage can only be occupied by one person at a time. If Jesus is to be
The Path of Victory Part 1
Act on the Fact! Are you repeatedly triumphant and rarely trounced in your spiritual life? Or, are you repeatedly trounced and rarely triumphant? If you are one who has found a consistent “abundant life” to be a bit elusive, but still believe it is possible, then this series of articles may be helpful to you. To enforce the full victory of Calvary we must understand and implement the entire gospel
HOW TO ENCOURAGE YOUR PASTOR’S HEART
Question: What are specific actions that people do that encourage you? A1. Asking how they can pray for me and my wife, and then telling me how they prayed specifically for us. A2. Stopping to pray with me in the foyer on a Sunday AM/PM. A3. Telling me specifically how the message challenged/convicted them (Not, “That...
Good Meetings Or A Meeting With God
Good Meetings A Meeting with God Efforts in advance are focused on promotion Efforts in advance are focused on preparation We are determined to make sure that the people come We are determined to make sure that God comes There comes a point when “enough of a good thing is enough” There is never...