LifeLift

In the final talk in our Life Planning series we discuss time management— and the reality of tradeoffs. 🎳🎳🎳🎳🎳 We’ve got to be honest with ourselves; we can’t do everything. And, a yes to one thing is most often a no...

Wherever we focus our time + energy will grow— for good or bad. So, it’s important that we focus on the things we want to grow. In talk #3 we dive deep into the law of the harvest, that is, sowing and reaping. And, we...

In talk #2 of the Life Planning series we discuss the soundtrack which plays in our heads. Who’s got a bad one, sometimes? ✋ And, who needs to change the story they tell themselves? ✋ Yeah— all of us at one point or...

Many of us hate goal setting, but we know we should do it. That is, living with intentionality is better than “doing random” or just “going with the flow.” 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️ But maybe there’s something about how...

If any one thing is characteristic of ALL of us, it’s likely that inner struggle we feel… “I want to do this, but I know I should do that…” Or- “I don’t know WHY I did that thing right there— I’d already decided I...

It’s easy to spiritualize the promises of God (detaching them from real life) or even futurize them (punt them to the after-life). Especially when things look bleak. Especially when things have looked bleak for a long...

Without faith, it’s impossible to “please God” (Hebrews 11). That’s what the Bible says, anyway… It also says that obedience is essential in order to please God (John 15). Makes me wonder… How many times have people...

Too many times we view ourselves based on our past. We do this with all kinds of sins, shortcomings, failures, and missteps…. this labeling ourselves on the past rather than our potential. We do this because we...

The word “convict” can mean “to cast judgment as to guilt” or it can mean “to convince” (i.e., people in prison are called convicts, but beliefs we hold dear to use are often called CONVICTION). Which one does God do...

“In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sin, according to the riches of His grace, which He made abound toward us...” (Ephesians 1:7-8). +++ Redemption— in the ancient world— meant...

“Christ became for each of us wisdom, righteousness, sanctification, and redemption” (1 Corinthians 1:30). +++++ A few years ago I read Abba’s Child by Brennan Manning. In that book he reminds us of some of the...

Lots of uncertainty in our stories… Sometimes you wonder who’s writing the script, right? Keep stepping, walking forward…. You have access to the Author (and Finisher)— “Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and...