Many things can cause interruptions in life’s journey—doubts, disappointments, stress, anxiety, depression, broken relationships, choices of others. But instead of allowing our lives to get totally derailed, it is important to get back on-track as quickly as we can. What we don’t want is to totally fall away from moving forward in our faith journey by becoming indifferent and insensitive to the things of God. Derailment can be catastrophic and so forgiving others (and ourselves), learning from set-backs, and pressing forward is crucial if we are going to keep moving in a positive, purpose-filled direction.
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Jesus said, “Don’t let your hearts be troubled.” Are you troubled today? “Trust in God, and trust also in me.” If your heart is troubled, you are not alone. There are many troubled hearts in our world today and on the evening before Jesus was crucified, the disciples were troubled. After Jesus shared a meal with the eleven (Judas had already left the room) Jesus told them: “… I am going to prepare a place for you… so that you will always be with me where I am. And you know the way to where I am going.”
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February 25, 2018 • Dr Charles Kyker
There is nothing more miserable than constantly comparing ourselves with others. It’s never ending. For some, we feel we will never measure up. There will always be somebody more good-looking, more successful, more desirable. For others, we surround ourselves with peers with whom we feel superior in order to prop up our egos. Such dysfunction can go on for years. Sadly, many of us live in a prison of illusion our entire lives. It’s time to be set free from OCD—Obsessive Comparison Disorder—and begin to claim our identity and worth in Christ.
When Busyness Steals Your Joy
February 18, 2018 • Dr Charles Kyker
Setting our lives at a pace with no room for rest and refueling is simply not sustainable. Bowing to busyness overtime is sure to derail our journey and steal our joy. The Lord wants us to be productive, but the question is, are we choosing to use our energies towards choices that align with God’s purpose? The big issue is not that we are busy over the right things, but that we are hurried to the point of neglecting ourselves and others. A hurried soul is unable to stop and spend real time with the Lord, family, friends—people He has put in our lives as gifts. God is your refuge and strength. So today ‘Be still, and know that He is God’ (Psalm 46:10).