How do you feel when you hear the phrase, New Year's resolutions? Excited? Defeated? Skeptical? In recent years, New Year’s resolutions have gone out of style in favor of goals. The idea is that New Year’s resolutions are vague, so they don’t ... [ 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 ]
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 ]
Bible Study: Working with God on Your Goal
Wouldn’t it be nice if we could just say a little prayer—God, please help me reach this goal—then go to sleep and wake up the next day a transformed person? Unfortunately, God doesn't usually work that way. ... [ Read More ]
Renewing of the Mind Workshop: Week 4
It seems strange that I can know how to walk with God in one area of my life, but have no idea how to walk with Him in another. ... [ 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 ]
Renewing of the Mind Workshop: Week 3 Plan
How's everyone doing? We're into our third week now which is often about the time we get bored or discouraged and think about pitching the whole works. ... [ 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 ]
Renewing of the Mind Workshop: Week 2 Plan
Have you ever watched one of those hoarder shows on television? Where the crew comes in and cleans out a person's house from top to bottom? Just think if you tried to tackle one of those houses all by yourself. Wouldn't it be easy to give up ... [ 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 ]