Repentance is more than saying you’re sorry.  It is an apology heartfelt enough that you are willing to take some action to change and try to replace the bad fruit with good fruit.  If there isn’t some kind of observable or measurable change, the repentance probably...

I was reading 1 Cor. 13:4-7 defining love and dissecting it carefully for last week's blog on the Yardstick of Love when it occurred to me that these were also the characteristics listed as fruit of the Spirit in Gal 5:22.  I wanted to lay them out side by side and I have attempted to...

Around and around and around offense goes and grows in larger and larger cycles.  We know that offense is annoyance or resentment brought about by a perceived or real insult, but are we aware that offense can drive a cycle in our lives that effects how we see ourselves, how we behave, and...

Buried offense and emotions do not die; they just rot and stink.  It is much healthier to deal with our emotions effectively and teach our children to do the same. The first  important indication of offense buried deeply is repeated patterns of harmful situations. Examples would be...

So now you have the goal, you need the plan. To do this, look at where you are now and then look at all the things you would need to build the life you are picturing. For instance, you might find that you need a certain amount of money to make your dream of travelling happen. 

In that case,...

I am sure you have heard the saying, "you cannot pour from an empty cup" or "you can only give what you have." This is why you need to learn to take care of yourself by achieving a healthy work / life balance.  It is hard to keep pushing yourself to do more when your body is already falling...