Category: Perspective
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Life After Defeat?… Yes! (2)
Read More: Life After Defeat?… Yes! (2)In order to have a meaningful and successful Life after Defeat, Step 1 is to separate Who YOU ARE from WHAT HAPPENED (the event). Now the next steps: Take Time to Reflect Avoid far reaching decisions while you are ‘feeling blue.’ Choices under such conditions are likely to be emotion driven, ill advised, and wrong.…
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Life After Defeat?…Yes!
Read More: Life After Defeat?…Yes!How do we recover from ‘defeat?’ The pregnancy test came back negative. Again! The lab tests came out positive: you do have the disease! You failed the comprehensive final exam Can’t graduate. Can’t advance to the next level. You are not going to be the professional you always wanted to be nurse, doctor, engineer, lawyer,…
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Disappointed, Discouraged, and/or Depressed?
Read More: Disappointed, Discouraged, and/or Depressed?Look Upward: Pour your heart out to God. Yes, it is okay to complain, berate, weep, and protest to God about your feelings and circumstances; if you doubt that just read the Book of Job; he (God) can handle criticism, he wears very big shoes. Praise him, by faith: Praise is very good therapy! Count…
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Mountain Top!
Read More: Mountain Top!We hear about it a lot – But how many actually get there – the mountain top experience of intimacy with God in prayer!
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Believe!!
Read More: Believe!!Believe!! You can do it!! It’s hard to keep believing after the latest failure, the latest missed objective the latest disappointment the latest fall, But don’t give up. Your success depends on your willingness to keep on trying. Never give up!! Joshua 1.9 (NIV) “Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be…
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At the Mercy of Extremists!
Read More: At the Mercy of Extremists!I had another dream, not too long after my first one (please see “Do Your Homework“). This time, my family consisting of my wife, my teenage daughter, my 8-year old son, and me. We live in a house in a third world country in an upstairs flat, with an open floor plan in my dream.…
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Positive or Negative – Your Choice!
Read More: Positive or Negative – Your Choice!Life is about perspective. Choosing the bright and positive side is always best.