Category: Choices

Gratitude Day 29 — Discipline

One of the hardest habits to get into is becoming disciplined. When I got ready for surgery back in September I let go of a discipline that helped me get back to where I wanted to be, the discipline of working out regularly. I got lazy kept eating at the same pace I was when …

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Gratitude Day 27 – Black Friday Madness

No I am not up for the Madness of Black Friday; I just wanted to get this post done. I hope you didn’t get caught up in the madness of trying to keep up with everyone else. All of this consumerism is getting way out of hand. The past couple of years we have been …

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Gratitude Day 25 – Self Control

Oh how fitting that today the day before Thanksgiving that I share about self-control. Growing up we always had Thanksgiving at my Grandparents until they couldn’t do it then it was usually done at either Mom and Dads or her Brother’s house. Mom came from a fairly large family so when he add in all …

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Monday MoJo — Stop Longing for Success

Today we are 38 days from the New Year. Every year we make resolutions; we set goals, and do you reach them? Do you keep restarting only to get derailed again? What if someone offered to help you; partnered with you to reach your goals. Sometimes we just have focus issues, this year let’s make …

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Gratitude Day 23 – Keep your Heart on the Right Path

What exactly is the heart? To me the heart is the core; it is where I develop my guiding principles, it is my belief structure. To me keeping my heart on the right path is to nourish myself with the knowledge of the Bible. In modern times there are so many distractions that can cause …

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Gratitude Day 22 – Ignore the Mockers

This past season I have had the privilege of hosting a study featuring Steven Furtick’s book “Crash the Chatterbox”. How often do we utilize that inner voice to mock ourselves? We need to tune our ears to God’s voice and hear is voice amongst all the other noise that is around us. Most of the …

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Gratitude Day 21 – guard your mouth

Today is the first Saturday I have actually had off in I don’t know how long. My work schedule has changed to where I actually am off on Saturday. I was able to stay in bed and cuddle with my wife. How often do we engage our mouth before we engage our brain? When you …

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Gratitude Day 20 – A man’s steps are directed

I am thankful for the direction I feel God is leading me in. I am not always sure of the exact path or where it really leads. God always illuminates the next step for me and let me know it is time to step. True I have had numerous missteps, there are many times He …

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Gratitude Day 19 – Listen to advice

I am grateful for those that have come into my life to give me advice, sometimes though I failed to follow the instruction and had to repeat the lesson. Oh how many times did I hear my mom and dad so don’t do that? Oh how many times did I get burned from not listening? …

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Gratitude Day 16 – Commit to Succeed

Here we go again another beautiful Monday. I had a wonderful weekend went to the District 16 Toastmasters Fall Conference in Oklahoma City. Had some great educational training. Met some friends I hadn’t seen in a while and then met some new friends. I listened to 6 great Humorous speeches and was thankful I wasn’t …

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