Ten Tips on "How Not to Take Things to Heart"
Any interaction with another person, whether it is with your boss, a customer, your father or your friend has the opportunity to lead to hurt or irritation. Some people get hurt more easily than others. They can be particularly sensitive and take things to heart. Here are some tips to help you stop taking things personally so you can leave your interactions in a happier way.1. Know why you are hurting.Know why you are hurting and respond accordingly. Are you hurting because of something that has happened in your history? Are you adding your history to the present moment and therefore adding fuel to something small and making it appear

Don’t Be Disqualified
“He who overcomes shall inherit all things, and I will be his God and he shall be My son.” Revelation 21:7In Revelation 21, we are introduced to the heavenly Jerusalem. The purpose of the New Jerusalem is to be a habitation for the Lord; a place for God to dwell with His people. All the promises of God are reserved for those who overcome. Therefore, by the grace of God, we must cry out for grace to have victory over the flesh, the world and the devil. The Lord says to the overcomers that He will be their God and they shall be sons (21:7). “But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers,

The Million Dollar Question
If someone handed you a million dollars of tax-free money right now, how would you spend the next few years of your life? The answer to this question is more important than you might realize. After the obligatory vacation, new house, and new car that you might purchase with your new fortune, how might you spend the rest of your time? In other words, if time and money were not a concern, what would your daily life look like?Most of us would spend more time with our families and loved ones. But after this consideration I believe a million people would spend their time a million different ways. With no need to spend time generating a paycheck, and no deadli

Living Without Limits
The starting point of great success and achievement has always been the same. It is for you to dream big dreams. There is nothing more important, and nothing that works faster than for you to cast off your own limitations than for you to begin dreaming and fantasizing about the wonderful things that you ca

You Are Uncontainable
by Joel Osteensource : Lakewood Church Weekly Video Podcastvideo download available : #443 - You Are Uncontainable (162.40 MB)audio download available : #443 - You Are Uncontainable (28.43 MB)When God created us, He put seeds of increase on the inside. We were never made to reach one level and stop. We were created to grow, to move forward, and to increase despite opposition that may come against u