To have a better life I know I have to change, but I’ve lost all hope that I will!
When it comes to having a great life, self-confidence is as essential as self-worth. One question I have asked many groups is, “The last time you were afraid to step out in faith, was it because you didn’t trust God or you didn’t trust yourself?” The answer is always...
What will I need to stop doing in order to enjoy a great life?
The first thing you need to do is stop killing yourself. Proverbs 18:9 says, He who is loose and slack in his work is brother to him who is a destroyer and he who does not use his endeavors to heal himself is brother to him who commits suicide (AMP). Everything you do...
Sometimes I’m more focused on what I need to do than who I want to be!
In a world that has demanded that we be carnal, i.e. natural thinkers, every aspect of how to have a wonderful, peaceful life has been pushed beyond our reach. The problem isn’t that God is withholding it; the problem is we can’t take hold of it the way we’re trying....
Taking the Next Step
My goal has always been to teach lessons that will empower you to live your dreams. The testimonies that we receive every day from people around the world confirm that the Holy Spirit is keeping me right on track. But, as I warned just before the collapse of 2008, we...
Sometimes I’m not sure what I really want to do with my life, so where do I start?
In a world that has become all critical, intellectual thinking we’ve lost the art of thinking with our heart. There’s nothing wrong with using our intellect, but our intellect can never lead us into fullness of life. Even if you don’t know what you want to do for a...
I just need God to show up in my life and get me out of this mess!
Everyone seems to think the solution to their problem is God sweeping in and “fixing” everything; but God actually has a better plan for us. God has provided everything we will ever need for every situation, in Christ! The fact that we are created in the likeness and...
I don’t understand why I hardly ever discover the great opportunities in life?
One of the hardest realities to accept is that we can only see what our mind accepts. The eyes don’t actually see. The brain creates the visual pictures by interpreting the light coming through the eyes; therefore, what the brain can’t conceive it will block or change...
It just isn’t fair that some people seem to get everything to work. I just don’t have those kinds of opportunities!
True opportunity is more about perception than circumstance. Successful people have more capacity to recognize and seize situations that most people never really notice. There is an old story about a man who was sent to an island to sell shoes. He immediately called...
When it rains it pours! When one thing goes wrong, everything goes wrong! Why?
As a little boy I heard people speak of negative events that had some reason to them: “bad things come in threes,” or “when it rains it pours” or, “I’m just waiting for the other shoe to drop!” People didn’t understand why, but their life experience told them that...
I try to see the best in life but, honestly, much of the time everything looks hopeless!
One of the truths that radically changed my life was that I never see anything as it really is; I see it the way it looks to me. This truth helps me stay open to the Holy Spirit and to those who can give me meaningful input, and it protects me from getting stuck in...