Believing Is Seeing

It’s easy to let the images the world portrays as perfect cause us to cast away our confidence and wallow in self-doubt. It’s easy if we believe everything we see. But you and I both know that seeing is not always believing, especially when it comes to outward appearances.

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A Peace That Surpasses All Understanding

You believe God gave you a mission—a job to do. But it frightens you.

On the one hand, you know it’s divinely special that God has chosen you in such a special way to do specific work in the world for his glory and honor. But on the other hand, you have so many questions and concerns about it.

“Why me?” you ask yourself. “How do I know it’s really the Holy Spirit speaking to my heart and not that other spirit leading me astray? What if I fail? What will people say?”

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Seek Simple Inspiration

It’s amazing how many simple things can provide us the inspiration we need to help us get through the day when we let them. It can be anything at any given moment, depending on how open we are to being inspired in that moment.

For instance, at times, trees really inspire me. I look at them standing so tall and strong with their feet so deeply rooted.

Most of them bend but don’t break (at least not from natural causes) even in the most adverse circumstances.

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The Beauty of Being Still

Stillness is not necessarily long hours of prayer and meditation, although that’s good, too. It’s also tuning into the quiet calmness inside you underneath whatever turbulence that’s occurring in your day.

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Make Joy a Habit

Let's face it, who doesn't want to be happy? The good news is, joy is ours when we choose to make it a priority. Dedication to embracing it is the key. Here are some simple techniques to help you start today to make joy a habit. Try them all or just some of them, and choose the ones that work best for you. Then, practice them for 21 days (which is typically how long it takes to form a habit) or as often as you can. The more you practice them, the more joyful you will feel each day.

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How to Avoid Hurt Feelings

Has anyone ever said this to you: “Don’t be so sensitive. I was only kidding.” If so, did it change the way you felt? Chances are it didn’t because you had already taken the matter to heart and it had already hurt your feelings.

Needless to say, not every hurt feeling can be avoided, but some can, especially the unnecessary ones.

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How to Be Great Without Trying

Your sacred self. Your authentic self. Your supreme self. Your divine self. A lot of terms are used for it, but the point is that there is much more to us as people than our natural selves.

As humans, it’s only natural to rely on what we know with our five senses—taste, touch, site, smell and hearing. But these only make up a small fraction of the essence of our true greatness. Maybe that’s why scientists have said for centuries that we as people, even the brightest of us, only use a small fraction of our brain and, therefore, our ability. Humanly, that’s all we’re capable of. But spiritually, we’re capable of so much more.

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