John Ortberg writes, “The way you think creates your attitudes; the way you think shapes your emotions; the way you think governs your behavior; the way you think deeply influences your immune system and vulnerability to illness. Everything about you flows out of the way you think.” This quote has become a personal… [ read more ]
Posts Tagged: freedom
Thinking Truth About God Brings Hope
I attended the Peace River Bible Institute missions conference this week. One presenter invited mission reps to a session about identifying and overcoming burnout. He noted that burnout happens when hope is lost, and hope is lost when we fall into faulty thinking about who God is. This session really resonated with me…. [ read more ]
The Key to Personal Transformation
Don’t copy the behaviors of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will know what God wants you to do, and you will know how good and pleasing and perfect his will really is. (NLT) On my fiftieth birthday, the Lord… [ read more ]
Live Like You’re Free
We are no longer slaves to sin. For when we died with Christ we were set free from the power of sin. (NLT) In Christian lingo, we speak about chains hindering us from living victorious lives. Unforgiveness is one. Every link grows stronger when our minds replay an offense. Fear is another. The… [ read more ]
God Gives Second Chances
I once interviewed a former police officer who told me how he’d tried to solve his financial difficulties by robbing banks. His actions led to prison time and divorce. He eventually hit rock bottom and committed his life to Christ. Now he’s helping at-risk teenagers realize the importance of making wise choices before they,… [ read more ]
Living in the Wonder of God
Do you find that, as adults, we often lose sight of life’s little wonders? Perhaps that’s one of the reasons I enjoy time spent with my grandchildren. They remind me to slow down, to play, to pay attention to the marvels around me that I’d otherwise overlook in my busyness—wonders such as a songbird’s melody,… [ read more ]
What Hotel Staff Taught Me About Holy Living
We spent four days in Dhaka, Bangladesh recently. Security concerns for us, as foreigners, made it impossible to leave the hotel other than for our express reason for being there—to meet our daughter and son-in-law’s sponsored World Vision child—so we hunkered down within the facility’s four walls. The hotel staff treated us like… [ read more ]
3 Verses to Calm Fear
A dear girlfriend in Poland sends me Bible references a couple times each week. They’re always exactly what I need at the time. Don’t you love it when God directs things like that? This week she sent these: – “Don’t be afraid, for I am with you. Do not be dismayed, for… [ read more ]
Why Our Thoughts Matter
I’m hunkered down at home working on a Bible study that’s due March 1. It identifies the lies we believe about topics to which we can all relate, and then it delves into the truth about these things. The topics include obedience, forgiveness, prayer, who God is, what He thinks about us, and more. … [ read more ]
Letting Go of My Stuff
Moving onto a sailboat means minimalistic living. Every day I spend several hours sorting personal belongings. Some things I’ll keep and store for when we return to land living. I haven’t a clue when that will be and don’t want to pay a fortune for storage, so these things are few. Some stuff I’m… [ read more ]
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