What I call my “Joy Journey” continues beckoning me forward in abandonment of old ideas that no longer serve me. Throughout the month of January, God’s curriculum for educating me on my Word for 2021 included stripping away former definitions. I now realize how little I truly understand about joy from His perspective. But, finding joy in the North Star,…
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Finding Joy in the North Star
A Victim Mentality Hinders Spiritual Growth
At the start of each new year, many people focus on resolutions or goals, in an effort to improve their lives, health or personal achievements. Among the myriad options for goals and resolutions those in the faith community often add goals for spiritual growth. I know friends that have Bible reading, Bible memory or prayer goals for 2021. I firmly…
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Increasing Awareness of God’s Presence Through Prayer
We are all familiar with the truth of God’s Presence with us through the Holy Spirit. But how many of us truly experience His Presence throughout our days? Personally, I enjoy a robust quiet time early in the morning, which then continues during my drive to work. During this time I sense the Lord’s Presence in a very real way,…
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Setting Personal Goals Without Anxiety (Part 3)
Congratulations on pursing personal goals for 2021! If you suffer with any level of anxiety, THIS. IS. HUGE. Take time and celebrate your accomplishment, it builds momentum towards your first steps to achieving those goals! Today, we move into setting personal goals without anxiety part 3. The hard work completed, now we set ourselves up for success with some creative…
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Believing Big with Joy in 2021
Call me crazy, but I’m believing BIG with JOY in 2021. My word for this year is “JOY”, unlike other years, this word imprinted itself upon my heart in the last weeks of 2020. Choosing my “word of the year” normally involves much indecision, wrestling and heated discussions with God before I take the plunge with a winner. This year,…
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Setting Personal Goals Without Anxiety (Part Two)
Welcome to Part Two of setting personal goals without anxiety. Even if you struggle with anxiety, you may still have a desire to pursue goal setting in the new year. The problem of course remains, how to avoid the usual anxiety in doing so. My objective in this three part series is to provide a better understanding of goal setting…
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Setting Personal Goals Without Anxiety (Part One)
Part of welcoming the new year usually involves setting goals or making “resolutions”. Starting the new year this way, gives us a feeling of intention and purpose, unless of course you struggle with anxiety. In that case, goal setting creates more overwhelm, resulting in the discarding of goals which creates aimlessness. But as the saying goes, “If you aim at…
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Stepping Into the New Year with Hope
Imagine, in just two days we will step into the brand new year of 2021. This thought evokes a myriad of emotions for most people, influencing exactly “how” we step into the new year before us. I believe this is common for each new year we face, but given what we experienced in 2020, stepping into the new year with…
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A Year End Mindful Review
With just three days left in 2020, why not take time for a year end mindful review? Without a doubt many may prefer speeding towards 2021, never looking back. I understand that mentality given the unprecedented year about to close. Call me a hopeless optimist, but I believe 2020 offered us more than the negatives of a pandemic, racial tension…
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