Archive for the 'Mind' Category

Maintaining Joy 4

Saturday, May 16th, 2009

Welcome Back! Be sure to leave me a message as I would love to hear from you. A Content and Secure Mindset Maintain Joy One of the JOY stealers was worry. Worry is fear of the future and the ability of God to provide for us in all circumstances.  This had overtaken me and sent me [...]

Maintaining Joy 3

Thursday, May 14th, 2009

A Spiritual Mindset Maintains Joy Let us not put confidence in the flesh and the things of this world.  Be transformed by the world not conformed to the world.  Paul talks about pressing on towards the goal to win the prize. What prize?  Is it the prize of materialism while conforming to the ways of [...]

Maintaining Joy 2

Tuesday, May 12th, 2009

A Humble Mindset Maintains Joy   Paul was a very humble man, not seeking vain glory with selfish motive. It is amazing to read that Paul was not bitter but reached out in love while he was in chains in a Roman prison. I ask myself if I could do that. In truth, I know [...]

Maintaining Joy 1

Sunday, May 10th, 2009

A FOCUSED MIND MAINTAINS JOY “James1:8 A double minded man is unstable in all his ways”.  That is what God says when we let our minds wander from this to that.  I remember the days that I was double minded, not being able to make decisions very easily.  A “fence straddler” is a double minded [...]

Grief Response Symptoms

Wednesday, March 11th, 2009

Some common  responses to grief  are as follows. Reduced Concentration- there is a preoccupation with the loss of the loved one. Inability to focus and think is very debilitating. It can be hard to even find a reason to get up in the mornings. Don’t ask anyone to balance a checkbook, it just won’t happen. [...]

Losing Weight Mindset

Wednesday, February 18th, 2009

Loosing Weight needs to be a mindset.  As we age the weight seems to come on unless we do a couple of things    Eat less calories    Exercise more    Love ourselves Yes, you read that last one correctly.   We need to love ourselves, but not in an arrogant way. We need to see [...]