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How Many Shades?

Hey there sisters! I hope this post finds you warm wherever you may be.  Dallas has been hit with one of our biggest cold fronts of the season and it has resulted in snow and a lot of icy roads. We aren’t use to these conditions as they don’t happen often. Schools and many businesses have shut […]

New Faces, Random Spaces

So recently I visited a vegan restaurant… Yep, you heard me. VEGAN. Now to some that may not sound like a big deal but for those closest to me, well one of my favorite things is food. Enough said, right? So finding me in a vegan restaurant is a very rare occurrence. It was a […]

Welcome!

There have been some exciting changes around here! Have you noticed?! Welcome to our brand new website. It’s been a labor of love for lots of months now. The ladies in the office have taken great care in working with our designer to craft every page and picture with you in mind. We sure do hope […]

Putting God First

We are chatting with Dr. Evans today about the importance of putting God first. “Where we position God affects how He relates to us.” Enjoy today’s video blog!

Change Is in the Air!

Hello Friends,

Change is in the air here at Going Beyond Ministries! We have a big launch happening that we wanted to share with you. We’ve been working hard behind the scenes on a brand new website for our ministry and have been itching to launch.  Well, the time has finally come!

The next time you visit it may look a little different. But it’s a gooood different! 

When you do, take some time to browse around and get acquainted. All the information that we had on the old site will be on the new . . . plus a few extra bells and whistles.
But there’s one important thing we want to make you aware of! Once we make the big switch over to the new site, you will no longer receive our blogs in your email if you are a subscriber. But no need to fret! To confirm that you’d like to continue receiving our blogs, you'll need to fill out the subscription form below. You won’t have to go far!

So, as we say good-bye to the old ((sniff, sniff)) and bring in the new, we’d love for you to continue on this journey with us!

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Your Spiritual Armor

We have a vlog for you this Friday! But before you click to watch, I want to congratulate Angelica, Meg, and Shannon!  Ladies, you’ve won a copy of Wynter Pitts’ new devotional for tween girls from Tuesday’s giveaway. You’ll be hearing from us soon so be sure to check your email.  If you did not […]

A Devotional for Tween Girls Giveaway!

Well, I’ll readily admit that I’m pretty smitten by Wynter Pitts and her sweet brood of girls. I mean, come on! Adorable right? More than anything, I’ve appreciated Wynter’s faithful passion to make sure her girls had something created with them in mind that would keep them grounded in the Word and focused in the […]

Question of the Day

Sometimes here in the office we stumble upon doing random things which make our days that much sweeter – singing at the top of our lungs, collecting tree logs so that Nicole can make coasters for the office, or even just surprising one another with breakfast! Just the other day I played a game called […]

Laser Focus

Changing our circumstances is sometimes out of our control. There are relationships that you pray would mend; a second report from doctors that bear the same disheartening news you wish would change; a mishap at work that you wish could be undone. The list could go on. But there is definitely good news. We can […]

Laser Focus

 

Changing our circumstances is sometimes out of our control. There are relationships that you pray would mend; a second report from doctors that bear the same disheartening news you wish would change; a mishap at work that you wish could be undone. The list could go on.

But there is definitely good news. We can change one important variable.  

Our focus.

A friend recently asked me to name all the bad that happened to me that day. I didn’t hesitate. I had a good size list to rattle off. She smiled and listened. By her smile alone I knew she was up to something so I abruptly finished pretending that was it. But between you and I, I had at least a few more items to bring to the table.

She then asked me to name the good things that were within the bad I had just mentioned. I had to stop, change my perspective and really think about it. They slowly came to mind and began to replace the negative I was so focused on. Well, I guess my day wasn't so bad after all! I should have known this was a trick question that I blindly waltzed in to!

Honestly, I’m so glad I did.

I didn’t realize how often I so quickly focused on the wrong things. What a difference my day could have been if my perspective was different!

There’s a hymn that was sung in church a few weeks ago. It’s called  'Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus'. Do you know it? A simple hymn whose chorus goes like this . . . 

Turn your eyes upon Jesus

Look full in His wonderful face

And the things of earth will grow strangely dim

In the light of His glory and grace

Think about it.

. . . and the things of earth will grow strangely dim in the light of His glory and grace.

Strangely. I love how that word was written in to the lyrics. it bears so much truth. When I focus on my own ability and power to change a situation, I am easily defeated.  Easily! But when we focus on Christ, our problems begin to fade. We have no earthly explanation to give those looking on because the problem is still there, except that it’s only because of Christ! He provides us with peace, reminding us that His glory is sufficient, His grace is sufficient . . .

. . . He is sufficient.

Changing perspective and keeping our focus on Him isn’t always automatic. We are given an opportunity each day to renew and transform our focus and thoughts (Romans 12:2). When you feel you’re drowning in a sea of your own thoughts and circumstances redirect your focus on Christ.

Laser focus.

Until next time,

Nicole