GOD DOES NOT INTEND FOR US TO LIVE WITH PROLONGED FEAR There are at least three basic things that we fear: Fear of death Fear of pain (such as disease...

GOD WANTS US TO BE DEEPLY HAPPY IN LIFE... HAPPIER THAN MOST OF US ARE Happiness is probably the highest goal of the modern American mind. It has been part...

IGNORANCE IS NOT BLISS IN SPIRITUAL WARFARE As we saw last week, there are two kinds of spiritual warfare: Resistible and Non-resistible, which call for two different responses. This week...

TWO KINDS OF SPIRITUAL WARFARE CALL FOR TWO DIFFERENT RESPONSES One of most important mental shifts a Christian must make is the shift from living for the American Dream to...

MAYBE UNORTHODOX BIBLICAL MEDITATION WILL WORK FOR YOU! If you want to be more than you are, meditation is a gateway to mental renewal. That's the point I made in...

BIBLICAL MEDITATION IS THE GATEWAY TO MENTAL RENEWAL Scripture speaks clearly of the value of meditation. Psalm 1 promises that if we meditate on the Bible day and night, we...

IF SOMETHING IS IMPORTANT, IT NEEDS TO BE REPEATED UNTIL WE "OWN" IT Our brains were built to require repetition. If mental exposure to everything were permanent, our brains would...

SOMETHING MAGICAL HAPPENS IN THE BRAIN WHEN WE IMAGINE A FUTURE GOAL Many years ago, I sat in a classroom and heard master-teacher Howard Hendricks ask, “What do you want...

HAVING A HAPPY NEW YEAR DEPENDS ON HAVING THE RIGHT PERSPECTIVE As I did last week, I'm posting a day early this week in order to wish a Happy New...

FOR TO YOU IS BORN THIS DAY A SAVIOR WHO IS CHRIST THE LORD This blog post is coming to you a day early to wish a Merry Christmas to...

WITH SELF-DISCIPLINE, MOST ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE Breakthrough Olympic Gold-medalist Jesse Owns said, “We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes self-discipline.” President Theodore...

SELF-DISCIPLINE WILL GUARD US FROM DISASTER AND HELP US ACHIEVE OUR POTENTIAL Many of us identify with Oscar Wilde who famously said, “I can resist anything but temptation.” But temptation...

THE FREEDOM TO ACHIEVE OUR GREATEST POTENTIAL IN LIFE DEPENDS ON SELF-DISCIPLINE Someone once said, "In order to be free to sail the seven seas, you must make yourself a...

NAVY SEAL TRAINING APPLIED TO THE CHRISTIAN LIFE Navy SEAL training is among the most challenging military training in the world, involving six months of long, torturous runs in soft...

BE HAPPIER, BE HEALTHIER, MAKE A GREATER IMPACT This Thursday is Thanksgiving Day in the United States, a uniquely American holiday. Its origin was a "First Thanksgiving" celebrated by 53...

HOW TO KEEP A SPIRITUAL FOCUS IN A PHYSICAL WORLD The Book of Job pulls the curtain of reality back and allows us to get a remarkable glimpse of both...