Oh, how I love your instructions! I think about them all day long. Psalm 119:97 (NLT) We often start sentences with, “You make me feel,” but someone can’t actually make you feel a certain way. Ultimately, it’s our own decisions that determine how we feel. Someone could bug me, harass me, lie about me, betray me, blog about me, and do all sorts of nasty things to me. If they do, I’m probably going to feel something, but then I have a tough choice to make. Will I focus on what they’ve done to me? Or will I choose to forgive and move on? If I choose to forgive and move on, the feeling will pass. The more I focus on the hurtful behaviour, the more …

You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You. Isaiah 26:3 (NKJV) The more you focus on God’s thoughts and truths, the more you will experience His promises. Focus is involved in any great endeavour. Take a great hockey player, for example. No matter if punches are flying and teeth are being knocked out, he has one thought on his mind: the puck. That’s his focus. Great business leaders are no different. No matter what comes, they have one recurring thought: I’m going to reach my goal. They are focused, and focus brings creativity. A lack of focus shuts creativity down. But often a creative solution is all you need for the problems you face. I’ve …

My child, never forget the things I have taught you. Store my commands in your heart. If you do this, you will live many years, and your life will be satisfying. Proverbs 3:1–2 (NLT) Christians are notorious for trying to work magic. They call it “miracles.” Don’t get me wrong. I believe in miracles, but we can’t just pray for things and then sit around waiting for them to happen. If you want great finances, claim God’s promises of prosperity and favour, but make sure you’re also learning and applying the principles you learn. It takes effort too! When you learn to work the process of developing great finances, that’s when you’ll begin to have success. There’s a process to renewing your mind as well, …

But we have the mind of Christ [to be guided by His thoughts and purposes]. 1 Corinthians 2:16 (AMP) Do you ever struggle to understand why you feel the way you feel? Sometimes our feelings seem to come out of left field. Something happens or someone says something and suddenly we’re in a whirlwind of emotion that seems out of proportion to our circumstances. We say and do things out of anger or hurt that we later regret, and we wonder what’s wrong with us. Our feelings can be a lot like sparrows in flight. If you’ve ever watched these little birds flitting from tree to tree, you probably noticed how erratic their path seemed. That’s how many people’s feelings are—up one minute and down …

Do not allow this world to mold you in its own image. Instead, be transformed from the inside out by renewing your mind. Romans 12:2 (VOICE) Do you often feel powerless to change how you feel? Some theories would have you believe that you don’t have any conscious control over your feelings—that they come and go without warning and there’s nothing you can do about it. They often point the finger at brain and body chemicals like serotonin, testosterone and estrogen, arguing that you are at the mercy of these chemicals when it comes to how you feel. Although they’re not entirely wrong, there’s more to it than that. Other theories propose that you can choose your feelings just by deciding to feel a different …