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Breaking Free from Pornography with God’s Help

An interview with Matt Rial

A recent survey of Christian men showed that 77% of Christian men age 18-30 view porn once a month and 36% view it on a daily basis.

It’s a little more difficult to find out how many women struggle with porn, but in 2007, Nielsen/NetRatingsfoundthat approximately 13 million American women click on pornographic sites each month.

This is one of those habits that people hate to admit to because it’s kind of embarrassing.But if you look at the statistics above, you can...

Avoid Holiday Weight Gain: 11 Questions That Will Help

It’s that time of year again–the time when we throw caution to the wind, ignore all of our boundaries, and eat, eat, eat!

It comes right before the New Year’s resolutions season–when we vow to lose weight, get back on the wagon, and then suffer, suffer, suffer, trying to get those pounds off again.

Here’s my question: is it really worthall that eating when you think of the consequences?Or would it be better to avoid holiday weight gain and stick to our boundaries?

That’s what we’ll be talking...

How to Pray With Thanksgiving

I know what you’re thinking. Why are you doing a post on how to pray with thanksgiving? Isn’t it pretty simple? Don’t you just pray and thank God?

In a sense, it is that simple. You just pray and thank God. But what if you can’t think of anything to thank Him for?

What if your life is going so bad at the moment that you honestly, try as hard as you can, can’t think of anything to be thankful about?

That’s where the renewing of the mind comes in.

When we renew our minds, we’re taking off our o...

Productivity: 9 Lies That Make You Feel Overwhelmed

Do you ever feel so overwhelmed you don’t even know where to begin with the work that’s on your plate?

Sometimes those overwhelmed feelings come from the work itself, but often they come from the other things: our attitudes, our fears, our desire to please others, and our doubts about being able to do the things on our to do lists.

Add that to the other things going on in our lives, and it’s pretty easy to start feeling overwhelmed.

In today’s episode of the Christian Habits Podcast we’ll be...

How to Use the Focus Time App to Stop Procrastinating!

Do you ever feel like you flit from one thing to the next and never accomplish anything?

Today I’d like to show you how I use the Focus Time app to stop procrastinating and stay focused on the task at hand.

The Focus Time appis based on the Pomodorotechnique. Here’s how Wikipedia defines this technique:

The Pomodoro Technique is a time management method developed by Francesco Cirillo in the late 1980s. The technique uses a timer to break down work into intervals traditionally 25 minutes in l...

Favorite Apps for Overcoming Procrastination!!

It wasn’t too long ago that I wrote a post on how to overcome procrastination using a little box and slips of paper. I have since joined the new techy age and am nowconquering procrastination with my 2 favoriteapps for overcoming procrastination!

Here they are: Trelloand Focus Time. (Trello willalso work on your computer so you can use it even if you don’t have a device that takes apps.)

These two apps are revolutionizing my life in the area of getting things done! In this post I’d like to sh...

Overcoming Procrastination Class Starts October 19, 2015

Hi Everyone! This post is for all of my fellow procrastinators out there. BeginningOctober 19th, I’ll be leadinga a fourweek classon overcoming procrastination.

I’d love to have you join if you’d likehelp withyour to-do list or goal.

We’ll be using my book, The Renewing of the Mind Project, as a study guide to go to God for help with procrastination.

Here are three differentways you could approach the project:

Make a 3-5 item to do list each day and focus on accomplishing your list each day....

I Deserve a Donut iPhone App Update – Read Before Updating

Hi Everyone! I’m happy (and relieved!) to announce that theI Deserve a Donut iPhone app update will be out soon–maybe even in the next day or two!

This blog post isto let you know what the changes are so you can decide whether or not you want to do the free update.

Here’s a list of the changes I’m pretty sure you’ll like:

1. The update has the whole I Deserve a Donut book on it, whereas the original appwas a much earlier version of it. This means that some of the questions and tips will be di...

Christian Weight Loss on Periscope: Join the Scopes!

You know how yousometimes hit the middle of the dayand want to give up on all your weight loss goals? Here’s help! Beginning tonight, I’ll be periscoping Monday to Friday on the subject of Christian weight loss.

I’ll be broadcasting at 6 pm MST on Monday nights (this will be a Q&A session) and at 12:00 noon MST on Tuesday-Friday.

For the noon sessions I’ll have a planned weight loss topic, and you’ll still be able to ask questions at the end if you’d like. If I have to miss a noon scope, I’ll...

Avoiding Depression: Try to Stay Ahead of the Pain

When our oldest son was ten, he broke his femur skiing and ended up in the hospital for six weeks with his leg in traction.

The pain wasexcruciating, and I still remember one thing the nurse told us: Try to stay ahead of the pain.

In other words, don’t wait until the pain is so overwhelming you can’t stand it before you take the pain meds. Instead, take them on a schedule: every four hours.Because if you wait until it really starts hurting, it’s almost impossible to get rid of.

The same is tr...