How do I know when my heart is fixed? Please watch this video as we learn the answer.

We can know that our heart is fixed when we do not waver, regardless of the bad report that comes. Why? We remain steadfast on the promises of God. We empty our heart of all personal opinions, are humble and open, and build our lives on the foundation of Jesus’ teaching. If the most valuable thing in your life is your relationship with the Lord and you are anchored in Him, your heart will hold firm in the storms of life.

Where are you, God? Why am I not seeing the results that God has promised?

There is something limiting God in our life situation. When we are not seeing results, we need to sort out what is really going on. Approaching God from a perspective that says we’re not sure if this is true or not, is to put Him on trial. Most of the time when we put God on trial, we have already decided He is not true. Every limitation in our lives is a limitation we unknowingly place upon God. Ask yourself: am I able to find fault in my own life without condemnation, creating excuses, feeling inadequate, or needing someone else to blame?

The number one limitation we place on God is that we don’t believe how good He is.

Living our dreams is not just about getting God to hand us something; He wants us to be the person that can live the kind of life we want. That starts in the heart through biblical transformation. Our life should be about BEING and HAVING, not becoming and getting, which is the ultimate limiting factor. God rules in our lives only to the degree that we allow Him to express Himself. Ask yourself: Do I believe in a God who is better than I ever imagined and has a life for me that is better than anything I have ever imagined?

A fake religious question asks whether something is God's will. If we don’t know something is God’s will, we can’t be in faith.

Most of the time when we are asking if something is God’s will, we are creating a smokescreen. We make resolutions to live a better quality of life but we don’t remove from ourselves those beliefs and destructive behaviors that keep limiting God in our lives. God has already given us everything we need pertaining to life and godliness, so our faith is about the willingness to stop doing the things that limit us. If you know the promises, have the tools to influence your heart, and are willing to follow God, your life will get better.

Everything God has ever said can either give us life or destroy us, depending on the beliefs of the heart and how bad we want it.

“The sun that melts butter is the same sun that hardens the clay” is a saying relevant to our lives. People who value their relationship with God more than the promises are not destroyed in their pursuit. If we trust in something else more than we seek God, we won’t hear God’s leadership taking us down the path to get to the very thing we want. Ask yourself: Is there anything in my life that I am afraid to give up in exchange for what God is offering me, or am I going to let go of it and seek God with all my heart?

God’s desire is for us to succeed, but first, our heart must be fully committed to God’s process.

If we don’t change the beliefs of our hearts that cause us to cycle through the same mistakes, we will either destroy the successes we make or destroy ourselves so we can no longer have those successes. Jesus taught us how to establish new beliefs in our hearts in a godly way. Once you learn His process and invest in your heart, you will always be in rest as you journey toward your goals.

Do you want 20/20 vision before making a resolution this year? Consider using the biblical tools and resources in this series that will help you see through God’s perspective.

Deciding to do something differently brings us to a crossroads, which is a form of repentance. The biblical concept of repentance means turning to God to make the right decisions because you are the one who determines what path you will take to reach your goal. I want to help you choose the way that connects you with God and gives you the inner power to see it through all the way to the end. God always brings us to success and fulfillment doing it His way AND there is never any trouble that comes with it.

Are you ready to make a New Year’s resolution and see it through when you do it God’s way?

We did not stick with most of the resolutions we made in the past because we didn’t follow the way God created us to govern our own lives. When we quit before seeing that resolution through, it leads to loss of self-confidence and some form of self-destruction. If you have made a resolution this year but don’t want to face another failure; listen to this series before you put your emphasis on making it happen. Go on a biblical transformation journey with me so that when you make your decision or resolution, you will be empowered to be the person who can live that dream.

A clone is conformed to the image of the world; a believer transforms into the image of the Lord Jesus Christ.

God’s ultimate goal of mankind was to become like His Son; He is not trying to make us clones. Clones are influenced to become like other people because the world always pressures by association. But God is trying to develop our character so we are walking in the very best version of us that there can be. This is who we are predestined to be. We want to be conformed to the likeness of Jesus, but all this happens through transformation. Transformation is me becoming who I really am through yielding to God and through that process, everything happens effortlessly.

God wants us to be living stones – not man-made bricks.

God makes a real distinction between us being stones or bricks because stones are unique and all different – none is the same shape, size, or color. We are living stones built up into a holy altar (1 Pet. 2:5). It takes every person being who they are in Jesus. God does not want us to be building an altar to Him made of bricks that we shaped. Why? We are not bricks before the Lord. We did not get set free from slavery when we were born again to become like every other Christian. God’s goal for you is to be the best you could ever be, fulfilling a destiny unique to only you.