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When You Dread Your To Do List

Do you ever know you need to do something, but you just can’t make yourself do it? I have that problem quite a bit. So on today’s episode of the Christian Habits Podcast, I decided to go through the dread questions from the Renewing of the Mind Project to help me get back to work after the long holiday weekend. If you’re having a day where you dread your to do list, these questions will help.

If you struggle with procrastination, listen to the podcast and renew your mind along with me. We’ll b...

Entertainment & Social Media Fast: What It’s Like?

Do you ever feel like technology is taking over your life? Maybe you spend too much time on Facebook. Or youhave a hard time stopping when you watchNetflix. Or you’re addicted to Pinterest.You want to break your habit, but you’re not sure how.

If this is you, an entertainment and social media fast may help. T.C. Avey, who blogs at Wisdom of a Fool, took a 21 day fast from technology and social media, and I asked her to share her experience with us. I’ve asked her some questions about the exper...

26: Maintaining Weight Loss with God’s Help

Today on the Christian Habits Podcast, I’m excited to have Terry Tignor with us once again! This is a two part interview (in one episode), so when it sounds like it’s the end of the interview, keep listening because we’ll continue on in a conversation that took place almost a month after the first conversation you’ll be hearing.

I first interviewed Terry in episode 3 of the podcast about how God helped her lose 140 pounds. It’s been over two years since that first interviewso I thought I’d che...

Maintaining Weight Loss with God’s Help

Today on the Christian Habits Podcast, I’m excited to have Terry Tignor with us once again! This is a two part interview (in one episode), so when it sounds like it’s the end of the interview, keep listening because we’ll continue on in a conversation that took place almost a month after the first conversation you’ll be hearing.

I first interviewed Terry in episode 3 of the podcast about how God helped her lose 140 pounds. It’s been over two years since that first interviewso I thought I’d che...

How to Overcome Insecurity with God’s Help

Do you ever feel like people don’t like you? It’s easy to believe the lie that we have to reach a certain standard of success before people will like us.

The standard varies depending on our age, culture, friend group, and occupation, but many things are standard: Lose weight. Be popular. Gain success. Fit in.

We think we need to do these things to get people to like us, but in reality, most people will like or dislike us based on our character: Are we kind? Are we authentic? Do we reach out to...

25: Navigating Life’s Hardships – Joy’s Story

Are you ever tempted to give into self-pity, bitterness, or blaming God? Intoday’s episode of the Christian Habits Podcast we’ll learn how to navigate life’s hardships with God’s help.

I’ll be interviewing Joy Schroeder, a delightful and wise woman of God who was tempted by these things when she was paralyzed from the chest down in a car accident 29 years ago.

Joy was a young wife and mother of two small childrenat the time of her accident, and she talks about how God helped her in the midst of...

Navigating Life’s Hardships – Joy’s Story

Are you ever tempted to give into self-pity, bitterness, or blaming God? Intoday’s episode of the Christian Habits Podcast we’ll learn how to navigate life’s hardships with God’s help.

I’ll be interviewing Joy Schroeder, a delightful and wise woman of God who was tempted by these things when she was paralyzed from the chest down in a car accident 29 years ago.

Joy was a young wife and mother of two small childrenat the time of her accident, and she talks about how God helped her in the midst...

Feeling Guilty: 10 Bible Verses & 8 Questions

Have you ever felt a vague sense of guilt and you’re not really sure what’s causing it? Or maybe you do know what’s causing it, and it’s so terrible, you’re afraid that God can never forgive you? Feeling guilty can become a lifelong habit if we’re not careful because guilt can be deceiving.

We usually feel it when we sin, but we also feel it when we’re not sinning. If you’re a people pleaser or if you’ve grown up with critical parents or in a legalistic church, you probably know what I’m talk...

7 Lies That Make Us Check Emails Too Often

I still remember the day my dad told me about email. He had just gotten an email account and he said I should get one. It will make my life easier, he said, because you can answer them right away. Oh, those days of innocence!

Little did we know, we’d both have inboxes with hundreds of unopened emails in them one day. Thankfully, those days are gone for me. I regularly answer my emails now and if I have even 20 unanswered emails in my box, I feel stressed out.

But the lureof emails has not le...

When You Feel Like You’ll Never Change

One of the questions I get asked most often is, “Will I ever change?” When you’ve been struggling with the same habit for years—maybe even a life time—at some point you start believing the lie: I’ll never change.

Yet we can’t get around the fact that the Bible tells uswe can do all things through God who strengthens us. The question isn’t, “Can we change?” but “How soon will God change us?” The answer to that question is, “It depends.” Here are a few thingsthat affect how soon you’ll experien...