Maybe you’ve thought, former procrastinators, sometimes there’s good distraction that actually helps me stay on the wall and do what I need to do. True. We just have to be certain the distraction serves to help us be faithful to accomplish what we’re called to do. What can distract me without diverting me from the…
Happy Resurrection Sunday! As former procrastinators, we know our victory is the holy work of Jesus Christ. He has forgiven us – and continues to forgive when we goof. His Holy Spirit fills and empowers us to live in newness of life – redeemed, changing, filled with purpose, peace, joy. All of this is ours…
“I can’t help it.” Ever said that one, former procrastinators? Does God buy that? “A man without self-control is like a city broken into and left without walls.” Proverbs 25:28: ESV God intends for us to exercise self-control – to submit ourselves to His Holy Spirit’s guidance and power. The Holy Spirit himself enables us…
Former procrastinators, when you consider Nehemiah’s refusal to come down off the wall he was building, do you think, “But I’m not doing a great work”? That’s enemy talk. If God has directed you to it, it’s a great work. It’s important for His kingdom. Your faithfulness is important. The purpose of distraction is to…
Welcome, new former procrastinators! Thank you, Missouri ladies, for a really good time together! The mini habits we’ve been considering are a terrific way to help us avoid the dangers of this month’s focus – Distract and Divert: April Alert. Often we lose our good intentions in the busyness of our days or they’re trampled…
Someone told me a fun story, former procrastinators. She knew some parents who realized they often put their kids off by responding “Someday.” Could we go to the beach? Someday we will. Could we get a dog? Maybe someday. Can we have cake for breakfast? Someday when you’re grown. These parents recognized their pattern and…
How’s progress on that long term project, former procrastinators? The one you’ve chosen to complete this month so it no longer hangs over your head and messes with your mental, physical, and emotional space? I’m moving along with my parents’ photo project. Thanks for helping me be accountable. We cannot do everything at once, so…
Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest.
Proverbs 6:6-8
. . . you have put off the old man with his deeds, and have put on the new man who is renewed in knowledge according to the image of Him who created him.
Colossians 3:9-10