Too many of us are like Pilgrim in Pilgrim's Progress. Our backpack are full and we can put nothing new in them. Try emptying your backpack this week and refocusing your life not on the storms you are in but on the God that saves in the storm.

To many times the past is an anchor that keeps us tied to a past that is preventing our future. We need to file those events and move past them by following a few steps to freedom from the past.

Doubt is just a part of life. The question is does doubt drive us to despair or deliver us to new heights of belief.

There has been a lot said about rugged individualism and the need for a village to raise a child or do just about anything. In this episode I ask you to consider that both are correct and are a part of a successful life.

Is prayer a wish list for you or a desire to meet and become more in the will and nature of God? Is eternity a part of your long term plan?

The past does not defines us. We all have failed equally. We need the forgiveness and help of each other to reach who we are to become.

We are held back by our past that says we can't or by the future that says not yet. Your someday will never come if you do not start today on the journey to tomorrow.

To be successful we need to do the little things right, be committed, be confident and not always look for success in the good things or attractive things.

As we make our goals we must remember to not be depressed by the past or anxious for the future. We must seek to be at peace in the present. Learning from the past and not repeating it. Having a destination in the future but not dwelling there until it is the present.

All of us need a direction and a destination or we will never get anywhere.