MAYBE UNORTHODOX BIBLICAL MEDITATION WILL WORK FOR YOU! If you want to be more than you are, meditation is a gateway to mental renewal. That's the point I made in last week's blog post. However, someone might rightfully ask, "if meditation is so good for you, how...
BIBLICAL MEDITATION IS THE GATEWAY TO MENTAL RENEWAL Scripture speaks clearly of the value of meditation. Psalm 1 promises that if we meditate on the Bible day and night, we will be “like a tree firmly planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in its season and its leaf does...
IF SOMETHING IS IMPORTANT, IT NEEDS TO BE REPEATED UNTIL WE "OWN" IT Our brains were built to require repetition. If mental exposure to everything were permanent, our brains would be buried by an avalanche of irrelevant information. Can you imagine remembering every license plate you've...
SOMETHING MAGICAL HAPPENS IN THE BRAIN WHEN WE IMAGINE A FUTURE GOAL Many years ago, I sat in a classroom and heard master-teacher Howard Hendricks ask, “What do you want out of life? Are you willing to pay the price? Those questions changed my life. As a...
HAVING A HAPPY NEW YEAR DEPENDS ON HAVING THE RIGHT PERSPECTIVE As I did last week, I'm posting a day early this week in order to wish a Happy New Year to our blog readers from countries all over the world! There are three keys to having...