There will always be a battle in your mind. Let Jesus win the battle. Take the thoughts captive, and let Jesus replace them with truth, because when you know the truth, the truth will set you free.

“Don’t interpret God through your circumstances, but instead interpret your circumstances through the goodness of God”

Although science is catching up with ancient theology with regard to how the right thoughts can renew and change our lives, believers have a huge advantage because we have divinely powerful weapons to deconstruct the negative dominant thoughts in our minds.

If you want to be set free from dominating thoughts that have a strong hold on you, you need to take these thoughts captive, and make them obedient to Christ, the truths he taught.

How we spend our time is really about how we live, and what our life is about. With the Lord’s help we choose well, and manage well, and enjoy life to the full. But watch out, we have an enemy who loves to steal the important stuff from our lives. Sometimes he does this by loading us up with urgent stuff.

Discipline is hard, but regret is harder, whether you know it or not. A negative way of looking at Discipline is that it is choosing a lessor pain over a greater pain. A positive way of looking at it, is that you can learn to look at discipline as something you have learned to love and look forward to.

One of the most difficult but important choices we can make is to resist our tendency to try and control everything and instead surrender our plans to God. As followers of Jesus, this is what we are called to do every day.

Our aim for the approval of others will keep us from the purposes of God. Our aim for the approval of God will cause us to love and serve others.

Our perspective, our expectation, makes such a difference on how we face challenges. If a challenge is unexpected, we face it differently.

It might be appropriate to say, “Don’t worry when you’re persecuted for your faith, worry when you’re not.”

Do you know God is calling you to something?

For some that sounds exciting and exhilarating? To others that sounds frightening. Regardless how this idea feels to you right now, let me assure you that this is a really important topic for us. Almost every New Testament writer writes about God’s Calling on our lives.