Often when we feel “timid” or afraid that may be us trying to do things in our own power. When we rely on the power of God within us it gives us the courage to press on in the face of fear. John Wayne said, “Courage is being afraid and saddling up anyway.”
Sometimes we become so satisfied with how good we are that we never reach our greatness.
I’ve heard that 18th and 19th-century revival speakers were successful because they would set themselves on fire and people would come to watch them burn. Not literally. They were so passionate about what they were doing that they drew people’s attention. There is something magnetic about passionate people. Comte de Mirabeau said, “None, but people […]
Is there something you can specifically do in the next two weeks that would make your life worse? Is there something you can specifically do in the next two weeks that would make your life better? If you answered “yes” to those questions this is what you are saying, “Whether my life gets better or […]
Some people are intensely focused in the wrong direction.
A while back, Hardee’s had a tagline in their commercials, “If you’re gonna go, go all out!” One of those commercials pictures a grandmother with her grandson sitting on the front porch swing looking at a family photo album. With each page turn, the grandson asks, “Who is that?” and the grandmother tells stories about that particular family member.
Eventually, they come to a page where the Grandmother gives a different answer.
Last year my wife, kids, and I created vision boards for 2018. We all made individual vision boards and we also did a family vision board together. We will do the same thing for 2019!! Almost every night, we get together before bedtime and each one of us gets to say what we did that […]
We are typically the average of the 10 people we spend the most time with. Tony Robbins says that every individual is a direct result of the expectations of their peer group.
Charles Cooley’s theory of the Looking-Glass Self in its simplest form is the belief that people see themselves the way they perceive the most important people in their lives see them. As followers of Jesus who should be the most important person in our lives? Yep, that’s right…Jesus! And how does Jesus see you? […]