Life Issues

13 Keys to Reaching Your Goals

We all love a promise of a fresh start! Where do we begin? Here are some keys to achieving your goals:

Start with God. Trusting God with your goals means believing that He is the source of all good things and that He can instruct you about what is good.
Make following God your primary goal, then as you reach your other goals, He will guide you in determining what they are and in reaching them.
To reach your goals, say “yes” to who you are and “no” to others’ definitions and expectations of you.
Sometimes it is just not God’s will that we reach a particular goal. Yet it is not His will that you never reach any of your goals. If that seems to be happening, look for how it may be a pattern in your life that needs addressing. [Read more…]

Do You Want 20/20 Vision?

Take a look around you. Can you see everything in your surroundings? Most of us would say yes. But the truth is, whether your vision is 20/20 or corrected by lenses, the answer is the same: no matter how hard you try, you cannot see everything around you.

The human eye has a blind spot—a small area on the retina, about the size of a pencil eraser, without photoreceptors. We usually aren’t aware of this blind spot because our brains fill in this blank area with the surrounding images, making our visual field appear seamless. But this is an optical illusion. With one eye closed, any object passing through this small field will disappear momentarily. [Read more…]

9 Strategies to Cope with the Urge to Overeat

Consider the following suggestions to help you cope with the strong urges to overeat.

Give definition to your mealtime.
Set an eating schedule that suits your needs. Have a special place to eat along with a table setting so that your meal has a clear beginning and ending, instead of in front of the computer or in your car.

Give yourself positive statements while you examine your struggle to overeat: Hunger signals come and go and increase over time. Rate the intensity now and have choices for healthy food. Use self-talk like: [Read more…]

10 Steps to Emotional Freedom

Make amends
Take steps to correct any problems you may have caused for others and acknowledge to them your regret for causing difficulty in their lives . . . Pursue peace with all men and the sanctification without which no one will see the Lord. – Heb. 12:14
Make friends with failure
The fear of failure can hold you back from success. Most successful people have failed many more times than they’ve succeeded.
Don’t say yes when you mean no
If you feel it is always your “duty” to say yes to a certain person, that may be reflective of an unhealthy relationship.

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Filling the Emptiness

God has a plan to deal with that sense of lack in our lives. – Steve Arterburn

Do you feel empty? You’re not the only one. We all struggle with emptiness from time to time. In the Bible, even David struggled with loneliness and emptiness. He cried out to God, “Turn to me and have mercy, for I am alone and in deep distress,” (Psalm 25:16, NLT).

Feelings of emptiness can give us a desire to turn to God as David did. But it becomes unhealthy when we turn to addiction to fill our emptiness.

Some people who struggle with codependency may turn to an unhealthy relationship in an attempt to fill the void in their lives, while others go shopping or binge on food to make themselves feel better. Still others turn to a bottle of pills or alcohol to numb their feelings of hopelessness.

No matter how hard your situation may seem, if you’re trying to fill the emptiness through unhealthy ways, you’ll relapse and things will get worse. To recover, you have to learn how to fill your inner emptiness in healthy ways. How? Here are a few tips to help you get started. [Read more…]

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