How to Build And Protect Your Faith! 05/28/2018 When faced with a huge battle in life, sometimes we can become fair weather fans. We speak of faith, but then when we are hit with a bad situation, suddenly, we can't seem to find any. Why is that? Well for me, it was because I had not filled my quiver full of faith arrows and I was not doing anything to keep from losing my arrows. I like to compare faith to a quiver of arrows because as you build your faith, you equip yourself with arrows to use when you are hit with a big battle. If you
When faced with a huge battle in life, sometimes we can become fair weather fans. We speak of faith, but then when we are hit with a bad situation, suddenly, we can't seem to find any. Why is that? Well for me, it was because I had not filled my quiver full of faith arrows and I was not doing anything to keep from losing my arrows. I like to compare faith to a quiver of arrows because as you build your faith, you equip yourself with arrows to use when you are hit with a big battle. If you
The Damage of Deflecting Compliments 10/03/2017 Do you automatically deflect compliments in an effort to seem self-deprecating or humble? Or because you feel undeserving of that attention? It can seem a simple humble gesture to deflect, but it is doing you more harm than good. Why? Because you are essentially training yourself into unworthiness. When you automatically block compliments or use negative self-talk, you are indeed reinforcing some sort of "I'm no good" mentality, whether you know it or not. Do you think you could begin
Do you automatically deflect compliments in an effort to seem self-deprecating or humble? Or because you feel undeserving of that attention? It can seem a simple humble gesture to deflect, but it is doing you more harm than good. Why? Because you are essentially training yourself into unworthiness. When you automatically block compliments or use negative self-talk, you are indeed reinforcing some sort of "I'm no good" mentality, whether you know it or not. Do you think you could begin
Stress Can Make You Gain Weight 10/01/2017 Stress can make you gain weight – we’ve heard this so many times and we know it’s true, it’s a scientifically proven fact. Even if you eat healthily and exercise. However, in some people, stress can cause them to lose weight, except their belly seems to still gain (skinny fat) and also more tired and prone to ailments. Women tend to put on weight as they approach menopause, and most of the newly gained fats go either on the hips, belly on thighs, or in the upper body, especially if their
Stress can make you gain weight – we’ve heard this so many times and we know it’s true, it’s a scientifically proven fact. Even if you eat healthily and exercise. However, in some people, stress can cause them to lose weight, except their belly seems to still gain (skinny fat) and also more tired and prone to ailments. Women tend to put on weight as they approach menopause, and most of the newly gained fats go either on the hips, belly on thighs, or in the upper body, especially if their
Motivation To Lose Weight? Big Mistakes Dieters Make 09/28/2017 Cutting out all the things you love by going on a “diet” is like voluntarily smashing your toe with a hammer every morning. You won’t be doing it for long. You are unique. You need to understand how your body functions differently. What foods satisfy and which do not. How your body reacts to work stress and sleep deprivation. Most of all you need to honor your personal preferences. Here is a novel concept, how about you create a lifestyle that allows you to eat the things you like yet still
Cutting out all the things you love by going on a “diet” is like voluntarily smashing your toe with a hammer every morning. You won’t be doing it for long. You are unique. You need to understand how your body functions differently. What foods satisfy and which do not. How your body reacts to work stress and sleep deprivation. Most of all you need to honor your personal preferences. Here is a novel concept, how about you create a lifestyle that allows you to eat the things you like yet still
Don't Compare Your Chapter 1 To Someone's Chapter 20 09/25/2017 Sometimes when we make a decision to get into shape, we see someone who is in shape and immediately want to be where they are. If you work at it for a month and are not even close to being as in shape as that person, there is a tendency to give up or to get frustrated. But you see that person who is already in great shape didn't just become that way. They had to spend a long time working for it, gained a lot of experience along the way that helped to stay that way. That person had to fight
Sometimes when we make a decision to get into shape, we see someone who is in shape and immediately want to be where they are. If you work at it for a month and are not even close to being as in shape as that person, there is a tendency to give up or to get frustrated. But you see that person who is already in great shape didn't just become that way. They had to spend a long time working for it, gained a lot of experience along the way that helped to stay that way. That person had to fight
Self Pity 04/19/2017 Self-pity blinds us of our blessings and the opportunities God has for us. It steals our hope for both today and tomorrow. When we welcome self pity we are giving up on ourselves. We are allowing our faith to be weakened. We lose hope and we stop expecting better things. We no longer believe that what is impossible with man is more than possible with God. Never stop hoping for and expecting better things. So in the mist of struggles it is okay to say “yes I may be struggling right now”. Yes I
Self-pity blinds us of our blessings and the opportunities God has for us. It steals our hope for both today and tomorrow. When we welcome self pity we are giving up on ourselves. We are allowing our faith to be weakened. We lose hope and we stop expecting better things. We no longer believe that what is impossible with man is more than possible with God. Never stop hoping for and expecting better things. So in the mist of struggles it is okay to say “yes I may be struggling right now”. Yes I