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February 17, 2025

February 17, 2025

When you understand God’s opinion of the care and attention that He put into creating you, you know that your value is off the charts!

 

You can put aside the notion that your value, in God’s sight, is measured in relation to the attributes or accomplishments of others.

 

God created you exactly as He intended. 

 

“For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.”  Jeremiah 29:11 ESV

 

You are worthy because God says you are worthy. He loves you to the extent that He sent His Son to die in your place so that you could live with Him forever!

 

How can you not believe that you are God’s desired creation?

February 10, 2025

February 10, 2025

Happy Valentines Day!

 

Valentines Day should remind believers of God’s commandment to love others.  (Matt. 22:37-39, Mark 12:30-31, Luke 10:27, Romans 13:8-9)

 

Before we can love others with a love that is true, it’s necessary to understand our Father’s love for us. As devotional author Chris Tiegreen puts it, “Before we ever know how to love, we have to know how to BE loved”.

 

For many of us, it can be very difficult to comprehend how God can love us, especially if we are filled with shame and guilt over past mistakes and failures.

 

As we come to understand the gospel truth that, as believers in Christ’s sacrifice for our sins, we become children of God and accepted into an eternal relationship with Him, we gain the understanding and ability to accept the fact that God loves us. In turn, this opens a door that leads us to a place where it becomes part of our nature to love others.

 

In other words, when you understand the love that God has for you, and that you did nothing to deserve that love, you will become naturally open to loving others, even when they wouldn’t normally appear lovable.

 

Simply put, loving others begins with understanding, believing, and accepting God’s love for you.

 

If this is a challenging concept, or an obstacle in your life path, I’m available to discuss it.

February 3, 2025

February 3, 2025

It’s already February and Valentine’s Day will be here soon!

 

A day to celebrate Love!

 

Valentine’s Day can also be a difficult day for those who do not have a significant other.

 

The good news is that we can all take comfort in knowing that we are loved with an everlasting love. We have a God who loved us so much that He sent His one and only Son to die in our place so that we can enjoy an intimate relationship with Him.

 

I don’t know where I would be without the love of God. He has given me all that I have, as well as all that I need, including the wherewithal for coaching as a service to Him and to others.

 

It is His love that fuels my passion for coaching and for helping others. His unfathomable love and grace are my motivation for wanting to share His love and to help others achieve their God-given goals.

 

God is love! Now that is something to celebrate!

January 27, 2025

January 27, 2025

Don’t all of us have reasons to complain at times?

 

Everyone has their own issues and problems to deal with that few, if any, others are ever aware of.

 

As believers, Jesus cares and provides every need, whether we recognize it or not.

 

“And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 4:19)

 

As Paul tells us, at a time when he was hurting and had a ton of problems, he was learning to be content. It is something we have to learn (Philippians 4:11).

 

Only by trusting the truth (Jesus) when He tells us that He has all of our needs met, can we know that we have nothing to complain about.

 

Need any help adopting this mindset? Let me know!

January 20, 2025

January 20, 2025

God has a great plan for your life if you choose to follow Him (Jeremiah 29:11)!

 

To reach your full potential, you can’t allow yourself to believe that you are inadequate or undeserving. Believe what your Creator says about you.

 

Focus on the truth of His Word that you are a unique child of God and that He has a purpose for your life!

 

Is there some reason that you’re unable to accept God’s Word about you and His plan for your life?

January 13, 2025

January 13, 2025

Most of us have visions for our lives that we turn into goals with plans to help guide us in the right direction. Unfortunately, many of us miss God’s accompanying directive to seek His help and His leading as we move, step by step, toward that goal. 

 

When we seek God’s leading, one or more of our steps may seem to conflict with our own thinking. But, as we step out in faith, and put our trust in the Lord, He will guide us in the right direction and get us to the right place.

 

One of my jobs as a coach is to help my clients to see and remove any obstacle that may be blocking God’s better plan and to substitute any step toward the goal that leads to what God sees as the most desirable. 

January 6, 2025

January 6, 2025

Transformation in each of our lives is a priority with God!

 

In order for God to be able to view us the way He wants – as “chosen and precious”, our transformation is necessary (1 Peter 2:4).

 

The path to our transformation is through our individual belief in Christ and the acceptance of His love for us in His sacrifice on the cross. This transformation requires the renewing of our minds (Romans 12:2).

 

Coaching promotes this transformation and renewal process.

 

Are you seeking the renewal of your mind through the absorption of God’s Word.

 

Have you thought about your own transformation and how that might contribute to God’s desire to transform the world?

December 30, 2024

December 30, 2024

Happy New Year!

 

Does that greeting lead to any thoughts about possible changes for the better in your life next year?

 

In other parts of the world people do some odd things on New Year’s Eve to try to ensure changes in the coming year. In Russia, there’s a tradition of writing wishes on a piece of paper, burning it, and then drinking the ashes in a glass of champagne! In Turkey, people sprinkle salt on their doorstep at midnight to assure peace and prosperity in the new year.

 

My personal hope for the new year is that there will be a widespread recognition of the truth found in God’s Word that, as individuals, we all fall short in God’s sight. This one critical insight is what allows us to understand and accept Jesus’ offer to put our hopes and desire for the change that God is looking for in His hands. If you haven’t done that yet, that’s the one life changing event that I hope you will experience in the new year!

 

My coaching goal is to help my clients to find this new beginning and to help them travel a new road that leads to becoming the people that God made them to be, new people in partnership with the Holy Spirit! It’s the same goal that is beautifully stated by Frances Brook in 1896 when he wrote the hymn, “My goal is God Himself, not joy, nor peace, nor even blessing, but Himself, my God.”

 

As Charles Stanley observes, “His commitment to you is lasting…His friendship never changes.”

 

Does the transformation that God is looking for, and offers to each of us, sound like a worthwhile goal for the new year?

December 23, 2024

December 23, 2024

Why did Jesus come? Despite our rejection of God in the Garden of Eden, His love for us and desire for restoring a personal relationship led Him to provide a plan for our redemption and reconciliation.

 

Christmas Day marks the introduction of God’s plan to come to earth in human form to demonstrate that, even though we did nothing to deserve it, His love for us is so strong that He was willing to sacrifice His only true Son to restore a personal relationship with Him for any of us who are willing to accept His offer.  Jesus was, and is, Immanuel, “God with us”!

 

No matter how lonely you may feel, you are never alone if you have accepted God’s offer and have personally accepted Jesus to fulfill that restoration with God. If you have, you can be assured of His continual presence with you. (John 10:28). 

 

Immanuel is the God of Hope. If you are feeling lonely, invite Him in and ask Him to fill you with the joy and peace that only He can provide.

 

Have you accepted Immanuel, God’s Christmas gift of love?

December 16, 2024

December 16, 2024

It’s time to start taking in the joy of the Christmas season – the joy of welcoming Jesus as our Savior!

 

Good news is a rare commodity these days! All the more reason to savor the fact of His birth, astoundingly good news of His coming in an attempt to rescue us from spiritual death, our separation from God, and to offer us a free gift of abundant life with Him here on earth and, even more importantly, with Him in eternity.

 

What a gift! An opportunity to enjoy an intimate and eternal relationship with the Creator of the world! But, as with any gift, it doesn’t become ours unless and until we accept it. Scripture tells us that acceptance of God’s gift requires that we are willing to confess to having sinful tendencies and are willing to turn it all over to Jesus and trust Him for a complete makeover. Amazingly, in return, He promises an immediate, as well as eternal, intimate and joyful relationship and walk with Him! (Acts 2:28)

 

What a perfect time, despite the hardships and sorrow that exist in our world, to celebrate our access to joy right here and now!

 

Could there be a greater gift than this?