You can live beyond regrets permanently. The starting-over process is not just a one-time fix, but rather a skill you can employ whenever you need it. When something goes wrong in life, you can recover your momentum quickly and keep moving forward. Living beyond regrets can become a way of life. To help you in
The apostle Paul tells us in Romans 8:28 that all things work together for good. Notice Paul doesn’t say that all things are good, but that all things work together for good. Paul also tells us in Romans 12:16 to “readily adjust yourself to [people, things].” The idea is that we must learn to become
I have had many friends in my life, but finding one that stands the tests of time – that’s hard….too hard… “Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.” (John 15:13) “For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is
by Eloida on Friday, May 11, 2012 at 8:10am · I believe God gives us His special GRACE for every situation. Here’s how I like to define grace: God’s power to help us do whatever it is we need to do. We can have that power, but we have to receive it, and the only
“I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will
Have we ever taken time to consider our own emotional patterns? Consider the repeated thoughts that create recurring emotions and therefore yield habitual actions. Understanding those patterns will require opening the dark closets of our heart and dissecting the memories we thought were buried. We must begin to ask ourselves: Why did this happen to
“I waited patiently for the Lord; he inclined to me and heard my cry. He drew me up from the pit of destruction, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure. He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God. Many
A Christian life is not easy. We will face many difficulties along the way. We messed up along our journey. We fall short from the glory of God. We sin…We loose our focus. We loose our faith. We doubt and many more. But these need not derail us. In fact, as we go through difficult
Weakness is real. Behind our masks, everyone is weak. It’s inbuilt into our humanness in this world. We can’t run from it, and thankfully we don’t need to. What we need is a biblical understanding of the value of weakness (that’s a strange-sounding phrase!), and how suffering is the tool God uses to expose it
People who think positively can see potential in even the most discouraging situations, while those who think negatively are quick to point out problems and limitations. This goes beyond the proverbial idea of simply seeing a glass “half full” or “half empty” and extends to actually making decisions and taking actions based on either positive