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If you are like me, you have more on the to-do list than you have time to get done. There are some days when I will take out the to-do list. I will start working on one thing but before I finish, I will move on to something else. I will continue to skip from one thing to the next before I actually finish any one thing. At the end of the day, I will wonder why I was so busy … [Read more...] about 7 Ways to Overcome Being Busy and Accomplishing Nothing

Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.” Matthew 16:24–25, ESV We have come to the end of Lent and the 40 Things to Give Up. The last on the list is to give up “my life.” On the surface, this … [Read more...] about Give Up My Life

“For his anger is but for a moment, and his favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning.” Psalm 30:5, ESV What is so good about Good Friday? Jesus suffered. Jesus died. There was great sorrow that marked this day. All hope had seemed to be lost. But the reason that Friday is good is that Friday is not the end of the story. … [Read more...] about Give Up Sorrow

“Now as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and after blessing it broke it and gave it to the disciples, and said, “Take, eat; this is my body.” And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he gave it to them, saying, “Drink of it, all of you, for this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.” Matthew 26:26–28, ESV I’m okay. … [Read more...] about Give Up Self-sufficiency

And he answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.” Luke 10:27, ESV Who is it all about? Too often we make it about ourselves. We are the center of our universe. And we strive to do everything for “me, myself, and I.” We see the effects of … [Read more...] about Give Up Selfish Ambition