Category: Mindset

  • Beyond Waiting 

    If you read last weeks newsletter or attended one of our services then you would be aware that the season of Advent has kicked off. We are in a season of preparation, anticipation, and waiting. Sometimes I think we like waiting because it means we do nothing. Francis Chan in his book ‘Crazy Love’ says “Most of us use “I’m waiting for God to reveal His calling on my life” as a means of avoiding action.”  

    Francis Chan throws out a very compelling challenge to us in this season of waiting … “Did you hear God calling you to sit in front of the television yesterday? Or to go on your last vacation? Or exercise this morning? Probably not, but you still did it. The point isn’t that television, vacations or exercise are wrong, but that we are quick to rationalize our entertainment and priorities yet are slow to commit to serving God.” (more…)

  • Empowering Our Future with Mind Renewal – Part 2

    “For as he thinks in his heart, so is he”.  Proverbs 23:7
    If we think we are weak, we are weak.
    If we think we are less than others, we are less than others.
    If we think we are righteous, we are righteous.
    If we think a problem is a problem, then it is a problem.
    If we think a problem is an opportunity, then it is an opportunity.

    We can become the sum total of our repeated thoughts. We cannot consistently do what we don’t believe we are. For instance, if we try to act righteous, but we think (believe) we are a sinner, we will actually sin by faith, and this negative experience will bombard our thoughts with the lie we are prone to do wrong. Truly, our thought life is where the biggest spiritual battles are fought. (more…)

  • Letting Go!

    In India, farmers had problems with monkeys stealing their crops so they designed a trap to catch them. They would tie a coconut to the side of a tree, cut a small hole inside the coconut and place a banana within the hole. When a monkey would smell the banana, it would stick its hand inside the hole to grab the fruit, but the hole was too small to let the monkey get both its hand and the banana out. Unwilling to let go of the banana, the monkey would stay in the same spot until it got caught.

    In the same way, we can sometimes refuse to let go of things that are not good for us. 
    Here are four things that are not worth holding onto:  (more…)