Years ago I established the habit of doing a big picture review of major areas of my life. Here’s my Top Ten Actions for the New Year:
Review habits of spending time with God, your spouse, and your children.
Plan to keep your”saw sharpened.” (Stephen Covey made this analogy well known. The idea is to make sure [...]
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Here’s an article from this month’s Success magazine well worth your time: 27 Resources For Your Success. This is the kind of stuff I can never get enough of - anything that may help me become all that God has created me to be. Many of these resources may not be new to you, yet [...]
I love big stuff: big events; big projects; big renovations. Yet over the last couple of months I’ve found myself getting a huge amount of satisfaction - sometimes, downright giddy - over little improvements. Things that other family members may not notice right away. Things that wouldn’t warrant any kind of announcement at church. But [...]
Our church hosted Gary Smalley’s Couples Conference simulcast today. Keynote speakers were Gary Smalley, Erwin and Kim McManus, Les Parrott, and Henry Cloud. Here are my take-aways:
Guard your heart for from it flow the issues of life - your words, actions, emotions.
If you’re irritated by something your spouse does, it’s most likely a [...]
Tags:Erwin McManus·feeling·Gary Smalley·Henry Cloud·intimacy·judgment·Kim McManus·Les Parrott·Marriage·relationship
In an earlier post, I wrote about how Gov. Mike Huckabee’s book, Quit Digging Your Grave With A Knife And Fork: A 12-Stop Program To End Bad Habits And Begin A Healthy Lifestyle, helped me make some changes at the first of this year. I’m over 90 days into the new routine and am still [...]
Tags:Gov. Mike Huckabee·Huckabee·Lifestyle·Michi·motivation·strength training·Total Gym·treadmill·walking·water
I’ve been an experienced retreater for quite a few years. One of my regular retreats is a day each month. It’s on my calendar each month for the entire year. Even though it’s generally the same day each month, I sometimes get surprised when I see it’s coming up that week. Occasionally, my reaction [...]
Tags:Broomtree Ministries·Dwayne and Rita Hanon·Mark 1:35·prayer·prayer cottage·retreat·solitude
One of the best things you can do is to decide what you’re not going to do - or stop doing. This has been an ongoing practice of mine for years yet I always love hearing another’s insight. Here’s a great blog post I discovered today by Timothy Ferris. I just started reading [...]
Received the following from a church member…
1 :: Wake Up!!
Decide to have a good day.
Today is the day the Lord hath made; let us rejoice and be glad in it. Psalm 118:24
2 :: Dress Up!!
The best way to dress up is to put on a smile. A smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks.
The [...]
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