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It’s good to take a break from time to time to consider your ways as you also consider your possible future. It’s never too late. We’re works in progress until the day God calls us home.

Consider Your Ways for the New Year and Beyond

It’s good to take a break from time to time to consider your ways as you also consider your possible future. You see, the New Year is filled with a lot of advice from leaders, bloggers, journalists and all sorts of people. They’ll give you a lot of words about...

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Stop Making Excuses So You Can Wake Up and Finally Say Yes

Stop Making Excuses So You Can Wake Up and Finally Say Yes

What if you were to quit making excuses and said yes to God?   It’s a simple question. And, it’s a question you might think doesn't apply to you. But let’s ask another question… how often has your desire for what could be been held in check because you won’t give up...

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Wise bloggers will consider their top posts and ask why or how they got to be top posts. The 2016 top posts at 1Glories shows that the Year of Listening Up was a successful endeavor and more.

The Top Posts of 2016 at 1Glories – Validates the Year of Listening Up

Let’s call it for what it is. A “Top 10 Post” is reignites interest in popular posts and provides end of year filler for a blog since it’s less likely that people are looking for new content right now. Although, wise bloggers will also look at those top posts and ask...

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Faithfully serving God means a lot of things. And it all starts with a question: What if You Faithfully Said Yes to God?

Faithfully Saying Yes to God & Life’s Seasons – 7 Posts

Faithfully saying yes to God means a lot of things. Because of that, in the posts that are shared below, we can see that it means taking risks, and questioning what we thought we knew. It also means knowing how to respond when presented with decisions that must be...

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When we say no to God and our calling, we're depriving God, ourselves and the world in many ways. Let us consider saying yes to God.

What If I Say No to God by Ignoring My Call?

It seems silly to suggest we might say no to God if we really are accepting of his all-encompassing power. Yet, we say no to God all the time. We say no to him when we fall short in obeying all his commands. We say no when we make choices that are - without question -...

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Go knows you and he has equipped you. Chances are, he's also given you a longing on your heart to serve him in ways that you are uniquely designed for. It's time to say yes to God, embrace the gear of your new creation and get into the race. Run it to win!

Put on Your New Shoes and Run the Race to Win

There's something about new shoes that leads a child to believe they can run faster. To run better. I was no exception to that. If I knew I'd be likely to find myself in a footrace, game of tag or other event that required my ability to run, you can bet your every...

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Say an emphatic NO to the areas of life where it’s needed. Then, say YES even more enthusiastically to the areas where it is needed. You’ll soon restore the proper balance in your life.

Don’t Just Say Yes. Say Yes with a Committed Spirit

It's time to say yes. That's right. I've been waiting ALL YEAR for this topic in A Year of Listing Up. You see, the life lesson of “Consider Saying Yes” carries a lot of potential themes and impacts. For me, it’s a highly personal lesson and I’ll share why that...

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What does it mean to SHOW UP? There are many ways , actually. This post shares a few of the many different ways we should seek to show up.

Some of the Many Ways We Can Show Up – 7 Posts

What does it mean to SHOW UP? When I first unpacked this life lesson in Listen Up, Kids, it was about being physically present. In a sense, it was along the lines of show up to school every day and you will at least get a good score in attendance/participation. As I...

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Developing Good Habits is important for progressing in spiritual character. Here's how focusing on less can help you achieve more.

Developing Good Habits While Crushing No-So-Good Habits

When we have conversations about habits, it is rarely about developing good habits. Those conversations usually begin at the other end of the spectrum. And that’s why habits get a bad wrap. They often get described as “nasty,” “bad,” or “terrible” habits that are...

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