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April 11, 2016
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...
March 31, 2016
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...
March 22, 2016
6 Steps to a Consistent Quiet Time Habit
For years I tried to develop a consistent quiet time habit, but I just couldn’t make myself do it.If this is something you struggle with, there is hope. God will help you develop a quiet time habit because He wants to spend time with you!
If you’re in the place I used to be, I hope this post will help.Here are 6 steps that will help you start that quiet time habit.
6 Steps to a Daily Quiet Time Habit Make a plan. It will be easier to follow through on quiet times if you have a plan. Set a t...March 1, 2016
How to Stop the Evening Boundary Breaking Session
A couple of weeksago, I received the following email:
My mornings with God have been wonderful, and I’m enjoying the “sweet fellowship” that you mention in your book. However, it seems by mid afternoon and evening my thoughts are not on God at all!
I’m breaking boundaries, I’m in lazy mode, entitlement mode, and indulging mode, and it seems that it happens so fast….like there is no separation between thought and action. I can look back with 20/20 hindsight and see what’s happened, but I fe...
February 18, 2016
Going to God for Help with Weight Loss
Today on the Christian Habits Podcast I’m excited to share an interview I did with Keri Greenaway. Keri lost 45 poundsby going to God for help with weight loss. If you could use a little help with weight loss, this interview will be encouraging!
Here are just a few of the things we talk about on the podcast:
Keri’s boundaries (hunger/satisfaction) How often she renewed her mind Why the first two weeks were so difficult Why Keri decided to get rid of the scale for a season What she did throu...February 11, 2016
3 Most Common Truth Journaling Mistakes
One of the comments I hear most oftenis, “I’d like to truth journal, but I can’t figure out how to do it.”This isn’t surprising. Truth journalingis incredibly rewarding, but it takes a bit of practice to feel comfortable with it.
Today we’ll look at three of the most common mistakes people makewhen they first start truth journaling. I’ll also be sharing real journal entries with the permission of the women involved.If you’re new to truth journaling, click here to read a blog post on how to tr...
January 26, 2016
A “Sleep Better” Renewing of the Mind Project
Do you ever have a hard time getting back to sleep in the middle of the night? In today’s post I’d like to share my friend Martha’s experience with her “sleep better” renewing of the mind project.
Here’s what she told me about her project9 months ago and we’ll do an update at the end to see how she’s sleeping now:
Me: Can you tell us a little about your project?
Martha: For years, I’ve had trouble sleeping through the night, be it anxiety-driven, nature calling, or hot flashes. A pattern of...
January 18, 2016
How to Get Organized
Do you ever feel overwhelmed because your time, house, desk, and/or life in general is unorganized? Today on the Christian Habits Podcast, Dr. Melanie Wilson will help us get organized.
I asked Melanie if she was a naturally organized person and she said, “No, definitely not!” Instead, she’s had to learn how to get organized and we can learn right along with her.She’seven written a book to help us: The Organized Homeschool Life.
Although the book is directed towards homeschoolers, I bought a...
January 8, 2016
6 Things I Learned About Pursuing Goals
Do you ever wish pursuing goals were just a little bit easier? Less struggle? Less work? Less failure?Whether your goal is to write a book, finish college, break free from a stronghold, or lose 50 pounds, we’re all in the same boat.We’re trying to do something we haven’t done before.And it’s hard.
If you’re anything like me, it’s easy to give up after the first week or so. This blog is an example. I’ve been wanting to redesign it for at least a couple of years now, but it just seemed too har...
December 28, 2015
New Year Bible Study & Free Kindle Book
Do you ever feel like you make the same New Year’s resolutions year afteryear? The truth is, it’s hard tochange. That’s why we need God’s help! Today I’d like to share a free book and aNew Year Bible Studyyou can use to go to God for help with transformation.
For the next three days, you can download The Renewing of the Mind Project for free on Kindle. This is a book that will help you with those New Year’s resolutions you keep making year after year. The truth is, most of...
