7 signs of discouragement that we often miss, and how the Bible tells us to defeat them.
Learning from Jesus to see past our failures and find our potential.
When we learn to make God a personal friend, he will become real to us, and in doing so teach us how to become a “true friend” to others.
God trains, guides, and directs us even when we don’t realize it.
Change is difficult, and it only happens when you really want it.
Building self-discipline is what gives us the ability to bridge the gap between aspiration and victory.
Asking God for self-discipline won’t amount to much if your motive is not to love others.
It is hard not giving up, but the Bible teaches us to fight the spiritual battle. Learning how to fight spiritually leads to stronger faith and deeper relationships.
To experience a transformation in our lives we must embrace spiritual training and discipline.
Tests, pressure, setbacks, failure, and trouble can expose the condition of our faith. We need Bible verses about resilience to help us believe that those challenges don’t have to own us.
God is always moving on behalf of the good. One thing he is always trying to do is make up for where we are lacking, and in this way he wants to be the parent we’ve always needed and desired.
Something we can all learn from basketball, that gets little attention when it comes to our relationship with God, is the importance of an offense and defense to beat burnout.