Rock 3: Love God With All Your Mind
The human mind is beyond our human mind’s ability to fathom. Science has done remarkable work in understanding how the human mind functions in terms of its chemistry, neurology, physiology, and so on. But in God’s creation, He alone is the only one who can fathom the entirety of the mind he placed within each…
Rock 2: Love God With All Your Soul
The human soul is comprised of the mind, will, and emotions. Throughout the scriptures, God seems to use words like heart, mind, soul, strength, and spirit somewhat interchangeably. I’m certain that a Bible scholar would be able to separate the unique meaning of these in great detail. But to the average reader, these often seem…
Rock 1: Love God With All Your Heart
In the Hebrew language, the word “heart” referred to the person’s center. The deepest part of a person where morals and conscience reside. When Jesus commanded that we “seek the Lord with all our heart” I believe He was imploring every believer to meet God through personal worship. Nothing takes us deeper into our personal…
What’s Most Important?
A few years ago, I was a speaker at a weekend Christian conference for men. The illustration that one of the speakers used in his presentation just before mine has stuck with me ever since. He demonstrated how our lives are filled with priorities of varying importance and size. And what parts of our lives…
Perfectionism Always Comes At A Cost
In the business world you’ll often hear people use the term “cost-benefit analysis.” What they area expressing is that both the costs and the benefits must be examined prior to making any important decision. Certainly both entities can be measured in material terms. But I propose that the most significant measures are related to the…
Ten Traits Of A Perfectionist
I read an interesting article online this week that I thought aligned well with this series of teachings I’ve been blogging the past several days. The article was written by a secular psychologist named Elizabeth Scott, PhD. She specializes in mental health, psychology, and self-help. Although her worldview is quite different than mine, I believe…