The hardest person you'll ever work with is yourself. It's easier to focus on what needs to change in others than what needs to change in you. Before you confront someone about what they need to change, invite God first to make the changes he wants to make in you.
Stick By The Friends Who Stick By You
Good friends stick by you when others step away. Connection is how friendships start.Conflict is how they grow.Not every friendship is made for the storm, but the great ones weather it together. You don’t have to dive into the deep end with every friend—but you should never dive in without one.
The Problem with Idols
The problem with idols is that they’re often good things. Whenever we take something in our lives and make it more important to us than God, it becomes an idol. Like the ancients, we carry a whole pantheon of “gods” in our hearts. We don’t bow down to our idols anymore, but we do bend … Continue reading The Problem with Idols
One Thing You Can Count On
People may turn their back on you, but God is turning toward you. People may walk out on you, but God will walk with you. When others run out, He runs in. Don’t turn your back on Him—turn back to Him.
When Healing Begins
God can’t heal what’s in your heart if you won’t place it in His hands. Healing requires honesty. Pride and image-management keep us hiding and avoiding help. Pretending things aren’t bad doesn’t make them better—it makes you bound. Healing begins when denial ends.
The Approval of The Crowd vs. The Approval of Christ
God is most pleased when we seek His heart with all of ours. Chasing the approval of the crowd will always cost us the approval of Christ. Don’t let the voices that are loudest drown out the voice of the Lord.
Jeff McClung 