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Let’s face it – we all are open to being tempted on some level in some area(s). None of us are impervious to temptation. The issue isn’t the existence of temptation but what do we do when confronted with it. How do we respond to temptation? Do we capitulate and just give in to it, even […]

Do you think a more trite title could have been used? If the title sounds a bit like Barbra Streisand’s extremely popular song, “People”, from the distant past then the similarities are entirely accidental. This phrase is one of those ‘givens’ that we don’t think about that much. Mistake. People populate our lives in so

For me, it’s all about the ‘because’. The because is the why, the reason for the response/reaction to what you’ve just said, did, want to do. Without the because there’s no real understanding. I suspect I can blame my parents for this predilection – they always included the reason when disallowing something. And they always made

Generally speaking (whatever that really means) I do like now thinking and, generally, acting on the ‘now’. Part of my reason is that I know I am/have ‘now’ since I’m in it – I don’t know about later or tomorrow and yesterday is my source for understanding and knowing but now…. now has all the uncertainty

Are you one of those? Are you a perfectionist? In everything? In certain ‘important’ areas only? Do you ever ‘settle’ for less? How much does being a perfectionist control you? And, most importantly, who defines what perfection is for you? Sometimes I think that it isn’t a problem being a perfectionist as much as it

Are you an overcomer? Or… are you in the state of overcoming? There is a promise for us if we contend to overcome. (Revelations 21:7) “He who overcomes shall inherit all things and I will be his God and he shall be My son.” Now that is a promise worth contending for! But… if the

I don’t know what you think, but I’m not convinced that anyone knows when one hits the magic ‘grown up’ status. Is it a particular age? Is it automatic? How do you know what it is when no one can really define it? That magic achieved grown up status is individually defined and since it

Have you ever considered your words as fruit? Before you think me completely daft, stop and consider. The words that you speak do produce – they produce feelings and thoughts in the people you are speaking to. The response from others give evidence of the kind of fruit we produce. Feelings and thoughts are the fruits from your

get us into a lot of trouble – yes? Yes. And yet we all continue to operate this way. Why? Easy answer – because we’re trying to have order in our lives and with as little stress and strain on us as possible. Even the most illogical person needs to be able to rely on certain

We’re all engaged in battles. Some life threatening and some only annoying – but a battle is a battle. I do have a question though – are you in the battle to win? Or are you a ‘grin and bear it’, stiff upper lip type? Or perhaps you feel that there’s no hope of ‘winning’