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”.
Why does it feel like the holidays are the time of the year where we face the most disappointment?! And in the midst of that disappointment, any semblance of peace goes right out the window. How do we get it back?
If you are on a continual search to be offended, you will always find what you’re looking for. The peace we experience isn’t about what is said or done to us, but rather, about the way we choose to react & respond to those offenses. We weren’t called to be right. We were called to…
It’s so easy to believe that peace is an impossibility because we can only experience peace when our lives are absent of problems. The issue with that is problems on this earth are a guarantee. God gave us His Son over 2000 Christmases ago to give us peace in spite of our circumstances.
We should be knowin’ where our money is goin’. This simple & practical step allows us to take back control of our money & paints a clear picture of how we can better use what we have for the world around us.
Consider this… the financial pressure we feel on a regular basis would make zero sense to over half the world’s population. Our self-control determines who or what gets control. We must start telling our money where to go instead of the other way around.
Our money was always designed to be a means to a greater end. It was supposed to be a tool that we use to make a difference. The question we must answer to change course is this… If being a means to an end is what gives life meaning, to what ends do I want…