Planning for Next Year – Reflections on How We Evaluate Our Lives Today at church I was strongly convicted to change my perspective on how I evaluate my life. How is it that we… you and I… judge if we are on or off track. Are we living our purpose and potential or are we […]
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Have you ever received the advice or heard the phrase, “use failures as stepping stones to reach higher heights?” In my INBOUND 2015 Bold Talk for Hubspot, I shares stories of how stuffing the pain of failure can inhibit true growth and ultimate success.
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Jesus Calling by Sarah Young
Today I’m reading a devotion from Sarah Young, called Jesus Calling. It’s a full year devotional that my wife is reading, and our family reads together every Saturday. It is always challenging and speaks directly to you as if God is speaking himself, as compared to talking about God. Please enjoy and consider buying a […]
This morning while reading my devotional, there was a mention of us having become “convicted of sin.” I thought to myself, how grateful am I, to have felt that conviction, and how blessed I am to still feel it today. To live guided by a standard, birthed by the Holy Spirit, and to be continually […]
Verses: Phil. 4:8 – Finally brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. James 1:2 – Count it all joy, my brothers when you meet trials of various […]
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Shameless Audacity
The Original Blog : The Virtual of Shameless Audacity Jesus’ Teaching on Prayer : Luke 11:1-11 One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.” He said to them, “When you pray, say: “ ‘Father, […]
Excerpt from My Utmost for His Highest: Do we expect God to come to us with His blessings and save us? He says, “Look to Me, and be saved . . . .” The greatest difficulty spiritually is to concentrate on God, and His blessings are what make it so difficult. Troubles almost always make […]
“As it is my eager expectation and hope that I will not be at all ashamed, but that with full courage now as always Christ will be honored in my body, whether by life or by death. For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.” – Philippians 1:20-21 Excerpt from My […]
“Ideas have consequences. They form our beliefs, shape our convictions, and solidify into habits.” Wordview 101 Devo from YouVersion What you believe needs to be reinforced. If you do not continue speaking to yourself, reading, listening, surrounding yourself with people who share your belief and values you will likely lose them. You will be persuaded […]