Leave The Past Behind

Leave The Past Behind

Without realizing it, we often carry something around with us everywhere we go. We bring it out in our conversations, and it shows up in our attitudes. Whatever that thing is from the past may never have really existed, yet its power lives inside us and keeps us from...
True Love Puts Others First

True Love Puts Others First

“I can’t live with him, but I can’t seem to live without him either,” her letter said. She added that she had moved out of their house three times, but still kept coming back. With minor variations, her story could be repeated thousands of times every day. Each...
The Cost of Forgiving and Not Forgiving

The Cost of Forgiving and Not Forgiving

“I don’t believe that person is really sorry” and “Saying ‘I forgive you’ won’t take away the pain”—these are two reasons why people ( maybe you) are reluctant to forgive someone who has hurt them. That first excuse is validated by the fact that our society—even our...
Focus On Priorities

Focus On Priorities

Life can become very full very fast. If we first block off time for who and what is most important in our lives, it can actually free us up to really focus on all the rest. I’ve had the pleasure of getting to know Joe Gibbs, threetime Super Bowl championship coach and...
There Are No Overnight Successes!

There Are No Overnight Successes!

Discipline can mean different things to different people. To Lombardi, it meant hard work and sacrifice. Hard work isn’t just the number of hours invested or the blisters and bruises incurred. Hard work is discipline, the kind of focused effort that develops...
Generosity: Triggering God

Generosity: Triggering God

Psychology has helped us understand that even a subtle gesture or the tone of someone’s voice can trigger a memory or a reaction. Some memories are good, such as times with a loved one, an especially fun vacation, or a time when God’s presence was very real....