It's not always easy to do the right thing. Especially when you are in the wrong place. When your circumstances aren't what you had in mind. His criticism, her judgment, they aren't what you asked for. The job you'd imagined isn't working out the way you'd hoped. Those friends, that coworker. Maybe you've been hit with sudden illness or financial issues. The unexpected loss of a loved one or the harsh reality of doing this parenting thing on your own. Life is hard, if it's n

There is no shame in admitting if there were an easier way for transformation we would take it. I actually wouldn't just take it, I would be the first in line for it. I don't even do Black Friday (the crowd stresses me) but I would Black Friday an easy button for transformation. It doesn't matter if it's my physical, mental, spiritual or emotional transformation. It's all hard and slow and at times can be down right annoying. I've been wrestling with transformation for a few

Replacing is important. If you go to the gym, you might notice the serious body builders chugging a white, powdery mix after they finish their workout. What they are doing is vital to the muscles they are building. The nutrients in the powder quickly mix with the depleted muscles, providing strength and vitality as the muscles work to revive themselves from the stress of such hard work. The extra nutrients increase the rate of growth and development as the muscles heal and r

Recognizing the lies the enemy cleverly slips into our minds is not enough in and of itself. It's a part of the process of reigning in the Kingdom of God, but it is incomplete with out its counterparts. Recognizing we are responding a certain way because of shame or condemnation if a good place to start, but if we don't do something to resist this type of response then it will only continue. After recognizing untruth we must then resist it from taking root in our lives. Ther