28 Years ago...Time flies...

How to Win in Life

1. Know what you want to get out of life … as you won’t reach your goals if you don’t where you’re going.

2. Make a list of all things that you’re grateful for in life … as it will help to change your attitude, your feelings and your mood.

3. Count to 10 before reacting to someone or to something … as you don’t want to live with a series of regrets.

4. Track your progress so you know how you are doing on your journey … and can make needed adjustments if you start to get off course. 

5. Take care of yourself or you’ll end up tired and burnt out … and you’ll lose the motivation to try, and persevere.


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C.S. Lewis

“Atheism turns out to be too simple. If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning...”
― C.S. Lewis

 “A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word 'darkness' on the walls of his cell.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain 

 “God allows us to experience the low points of life in order to teach us lessons that we could learn in no other way.”
― C.S. Lewis

Believe and Follow

“In teaching people what it means to be a Christian, we spend much of our time and effort bringing them to a point of belief without clearly calling them to follow. We have taken “believe” and we have written that in capital letters with bold print: BELIEVE. But everything that has to do with following has been put in small print: follow.”
― Kyle Idleman, Not a Fan: Becoming a Completely Committed Follower of Jesus

Great time of worship through music this morning!

How church members can abuse pastoral staff members through petty criticism

The adage "familiarity breeds contempt"  can be true in the smaller churches because people often develop a personal relationship with their pastoral staff members. This has both positive and negative effects. Close relationships are positive because they create a basis for effective ministry. When the church staff knows the people, this knowledge opens the door for specialized ministry. The staff can then minister specifically and individually to each person in the congregation.
The negative effect of familiarity is that people, because they know their staff member's weaknesses and shortcomings, can become critical. For example, in one church during a committee meeting, one man leveled accusations about the quality of ministry being carried out by a staff member in which he had no direct evidence, nor did he try to help the pastoral staff member improve the area of ministry being maligned. Such petty criticism undermines the morale of the pastoral staff members and has a profound effect on their family and may eventually drive them from ministry.


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Travis Jackson 7 Things that will make you happy...if you give them up!

How Should I Deal with Envy and Jealousy

1. Ask yourself the question “Why does this matter so much to me? For example, is it that I feel I’m not enough, or do I feel lonely and overlooked?”

2. Ask yourself “What is MY definition of success?” Then think of realistic goals you can set for yourself, instead of always thinking of what others have achieved.

3. Focus on the talents and the gifts that you have been given, and think of how to use these in a meaningful way. Don’t wish that you were someone you were never meant to be.

4. Ask yourself “What kind of person do I really want to be … and try to develop those traits and qualities. Who you are matters more than what you look like or achieve. 
 
5. Make a list of all the things you can be grateful for today – the blessings that you have, and the gifts that you enjoy.

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Christians: More Like Jesus or Pharisees? - Barna Group

Christians: More Like Jesus or Pharisees? - Barna Group

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