Day 12 – Stop Comparing Yourself to Others Good morning! We’re continuing our SECOND week of the 21 Day Bible Reading Challenge!  (JUMP on board at ANY time, we’d love to you have JOIN in) Our human nature seems to be prone to compare ourselves with others. Perhaps we wish we were a little taller or shorter, or maybe we wish we had the ability to sing like Betty Sue, or maybe we wish we had the artistic ability of Mary Jane. Truthfully, when we get caught up in comparing ourselves, the underlying culprit is DISCONTENTMENT.  Nothing robs our JOY faster than discontentment! “If you are comparing yourself to others,…

Day 11 – Don’t Let Anxiety Rob Your Joy Good morning! We’re continuing our SECOND week of the 21 Day Bible Reading Challenge!  (JUMP on board at ANY time, we’d love to you have JOIN in) How do you deal with anxiety? Stressful situations seem to seep into our lives. Isn’t it terrible that they never give us a call a day ahead to warn us they’re coming? Instead, they show up at the most inconvenient times.  (And truthfully, is there any convenient time for them to come?) I wish we could avoid those situations and that every day could always have a happy fairy tale ending. Unfortunately, there is…

Day 10 – How to Redirect Our Focus for More Joy Good morning! We’re continuing our SECOND week of the 21 Day Bible Reading Challenge!  (JUMP on board at ANY time, we’d love to you have JOIN in) What is it that really catches your focus?  What do you like to invest your time in? Do your daily activities bring you more JOY? I’m not suggesting that washing dishes is that joyful.  But, could we sing a song or pray while we’re washing dishes to bring more joy during the activity? What we invest the most time and money in is where our affections will lay.  I know we’re busy…

Day 9 –  Pep Talk: How to Conquer Sabotage by Satan Good morning!  We’re continuing our SECOND week of the 21 Day Bible Reading Challenge! (Join in at ANY time!) Today’s topic will hopefully encourage you to keep taking another step forward! At the beginning of the year, we often get motivated to walk closer to God.  We set up some great goals to read our Bible and pray every day.  We’re so excited because THIS time we’re going to do better than ever before! We start out strong.  As a couple of days pass, we feel elated that we’re still in the race.  We’re off to a good start…