Do you ever feel overwhelmed with life? Do you ever feel like a failure when the day is through and you haven't accomplished everything you set out to do? Are you ever tempted to become a workaholic so you can finish all those things? I often feel ... [ Read More ]
How to Let Go of Regret and “If Only” – Option Charts
Do you ever say, “If only I hadn't messed up," or “If only life were easier?" "If only I had made a different choice?" “If only I were more like so-and-so?” So often we live in the land of “if only” and “I should have.” This is not a ... [ Read More ]
New Year’s Bible Study
Yesterday at breakfast we were all sitting around the table - my husband and four kids and I - and I asked everyone a question, "If you could choose one goal for the year and knew you would complete it by the end of the year, which goal would you ... [ Read More ]
9 Questions That Will Help You Stop Procrastinating
I still remember the look and the feel of the cookies in my college dorm’s candy machine. Great big sandwich cookies filled with vanilla cream. The perfect thing for avoiding homework. The perfect thing for gaining twenty pounds while avoiding ... [ Read More ]
45 Bible Verses for Procrastination
Do you ever struggle with following through on your goals or your to-do list? I do. Sometimes I have a terrible time making myself do what I'm supposed to do. Here are some of my go-to verses for writing, but they should be helpful for anything ... [ Read More ]
Bible Study: When You You Feel Like Giving Up
Do you ever get tired of working on your goal? Maybe you're trying to lose weight. Or you're trying to start a new business. Or maybe you're trying to write a book or start a new habit. Whatever it is, things aren't going as smoothly as you'd like ... [ Read More ]
4 Questions to Help You Use Your Time Well
Picture this. You’re on a float in the middle of your small town parade. Driving down the oak lined streets, you’re throwing candy right and left. Laughing kids are scooping it up and running alongside the parade, hoping to grab more. They ... [ Read More ]
When You Can’t Make Yourself Work On Your Goal
Do you ever feel like you just can't make yourself work on your goal no matter how hard you try? I feel like that on a regular basis. Last week my list told me to do three hours of paperwork, and I was struggling. Here's what I did: The Good ... [ Read More ]
Bible Study: Spiritual Warfare and Your Goal
Working on a spiritual goal is like working out at the gym with a guy standing next to you saying, Look at you. You're a slob. Why not just give up right now and get it over with? On the way home you can stop and get a ... [ Read More ]
Bible Study: God’s View of Your Goal
Do you ever get discouraged when you work on a New Year's resolution? It's easy to give up because we feel like we'll never change. We're not the only ones who struggle with this. If we look at the letters Paul wrote to believers in the Bible, we ... [ Read More ]