What do we do in the aftermath of relational hurt? Where do we look? How do we respond? How do we heal? All valid questions that are worth answering.
When starting a relationship, the bar is set on the first encounter. If we don’t set it right, it rarely ever raises! If you want what few have, you have to do what few do – and that includes in your dating life. Starting relationships right isn’t about robbing you of fun now, it’s about…
Never forget that the people you’re in relationship with might push your buttons, but ultimately, those are your buttons. You have the power to allow them or prevent them from easily stirring you up. Can you respond instead of react?
Patience isn’t natural. Selflessness isn’t natural. Even kindness isn’t always natural… but these are the things we must consistently practice in order to have healthy relationships. Great relationships require 2 people making conscious choices to do more than just what comes naturally.
Become the person that the person you’re looking for is looking for. We keep thinking the answer to our problems is someone else, and that belief puts faulty expectations on every relationship we’ll ever have.
Our pursuit of INSTANT gratification always messes up our pursuit of FUTURE gratification. We have to start using our time and resources in the right way in order to end up at the right destinations in our lives!
Following every small distraction & deviation takes us towards a new destination. It might be fun for a moment, but the pain of the eventual consequences always outweighs the gain. Putting up guardrails to keep us moving in the right direction produces things like satisfaction & contentment. Those things are way more fun in the…
If you don’t like exactly where you are, change the direction you’ve been going. Direction always determines destination. At the beginning of a new year is the best time to take the courageous step to make a change in one area of your life for a better future!
We’re giving our volunteers the weekend off & diving into a one-week series called “Stop Going to Church”.