Wisdom In All Things

Careful, You Just Might be Laboring in Vain

Laboring in vain is not limited to our trying to fix something that is broken, it also applies to our reaching forward to create and do good. We can just as easily look to ourselves to fix problems, as we can to know and do what is right.

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Better Instincts from Better Decision Making

I like to think of instinct as being a balance of the art and science of decision making.  The art comes with experience, and the science begins with the right decision making process and can be refined to allow you to make the best decision possible, in the least amount of time.

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It is a Wise Request to Request Wisdom

There is something to be said for focusing on what’s most important and what will have the greatest impact.  In that sense, you’re wise to make the most of it.  Are you?  When you consider that we have an audience with the One who controls all, created all, knows all, can grant all, shouldn’t we be sure to make it count?  A safe bet is a request for wisdom.

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Start the New Year on the Watch List

Intended to help the United States track terrorists and prevent any further terror attacks, the watch list can be a very helpful list.

For someone on this list, every movement, conversation, and action is tracked, evaluated, and logged.  That level of scrutiny reveals an important lesson: something so dangerous needs to be monitored thoroughly and consistently.

However, there is a watch list that you want to find yourself on–and never be removed.

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Doing Less, Slowing Down, Makes for the Happiest New Year

A balanced approach to productivity could be in our being better about keeping focused on, and accomplishing, only what we need to--do well in doing only what you should be doing.

So, as you think about your New Year's “wish list”, maybe hearing this side of productivity will come as a relief.

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What to do When God Makes You Wait

When God makes us wait, we too must lock on to what matters most, while ignoring our nagging questions and lingering doubt, which multiplies the longer we need to wait, and is further compounded when an answer is most urgently needed.  But we’ll also see that it is neither a solitary or sedentary endeavor.

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The Bucket List is a Cover up - Part 2

It was Blaise Pascal that pointed to the “infinite abyss” in our souls and stated it could only be filled by God himself.  If he is right, then we could never put together a bucket list that would soothe this deep soul ache.  Indeed, it is only the abundant life that God provides that would truly satisfy.

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The Bucket List is a Cover Up - Part 1

There simply isn’t a bucket list that could account for the plentiful quantity and quality of life that Jesus provides.  When He provides life, is it life that is “all-around, “more than”, beyond what is anticipated, exceeding expectation, going past the expected limit.” – Strong’s Concordance definition of “abundant”

What would it look like to kick the bucket [list] for the abundant life?

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Judge Not? You be the Judge of That

“Judge not.”  It’s so useful.  A ready-made defense for any occasion.  This may very well be the reason why many believe the “judge not” verse to be one of the most widely misinterpreted verses.  How convenient to be able to throw a “judge not” at the end of your judgment.

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Finding the Inspiration to Make Prayer a Priority

I like this definition of priority: “the right to take precedence…”

Prayer certainly has that right.  Because of its value and benefit, it is set apart, above and before all things.

Putting prayer in its proper place gives light to our path, and the ability to navigate its twists and turns.  Now, to put it in its proper place.

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