Restoring My Path

What do you do when the golden shields are taken away and all you have left is brass?  This should help.

Do you actually believe what you are teaching, preaching, and sharing on social media?   I promised a link to my pastor's podcast on balance which is a good seed planter for thought: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/equipoise/id1536987818   I hope this helps.

Some help on helping.  Does that help?

We know of the highs and lows of our Christian life, but what do we do when we hit the middle stuff, the mediocre, just ok times of life?

When people meet you and start to get to know you, who do they see?  What is it that you show in your character, speech, attitude, Facebook account? 

How are you at making excuse or pointing the finger of blame on someone else?  This one should help.

"Go ahead dear, you do whatever you want."  Dangerous words for the marriage relationship if we don't understand there are limits to our use of liberty.  

I am continuing helps concerning marriage.  What do we do when both spouses are hurting at the same time? This should give you some helps.

We too often want to make our spouse carbon copies of ourselves. Not helpful. Just a few helps on walking with God together yet differently

Just a thought to help lead into the next episode on marriage and the home.

We teach, preach, and practice living for others in our church, community, and work, but fail to serve one another in the home.  Let's talk about that.  

Starting a miniseries on relationships.  Let's start by talking about our marriages and conflict in the home.

Why do you believe, stand on, or practice the things that you do?  It's time we get back to study, thinking, and learning the why's and not just the what's of our beliefs.  

How's your heart if God throws a curveball at you? I might be able to help with that.

How are you handling stress lately?  Implode, explode, withdraw, run? I'm here to help.

Nobody likes to be uncomfortable...but sometimes we need to if we are going to grow to our potential.  

The philosophy that you can do anything that you put your mind to is a dangerous idea that gives false hope and unrealistic ideas to those that can be hurt greatly if they aren't careful.  Just a few principles that might help you.  

You don't have to have all the answers...yet.  Just a few thoughts on why it's okay to say, "I don't know" and where to go from there.  

Just a little plug toward a little miniseries we are going to cover over the next few weeks.  So if you are struggling to hit a certain bar of performance, knowledge, or experience, These next few episodes may be a great help to you. 

While the ability to pick and choose is a wonderful benefit to living in this country, it comes with a danger.  We only want those things that are comfortable, flavorful, and exactly what we want.  Here's some basic helps for you.

What are you working towards right now?  Dreams, goals, plans, ministry?  Just a few helps on getting you moving again and keeping moving.

Just a few thoughts on what to do if you find yourself a little worn out and wanting to just quit, climb back in bed and shut out the world for 15 hours. 

How do  you handle it when  your adult kids go through times of failure, struggle or sin?

Finding a new church is a huge decision...life altering.  Just a few thoughts and helps on choosing a new church.

How do we know when it is time to find a different church to attend, join, and serve in?  Let me give you a few of my thoughts to help.