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Finding The Center of God’s will
Written by Jimmie Burroughs I’ve often heard someone say, “I’m just trying to understand what God’s will is”. The Bible tells us how to be in the center of God’s will. If you are interested in knowing, you can find it in precisely the very center of the Bible, the verse everything flows to from the beginning of the Bible and flows away from to the very end of the Bible. Do you know how to find that verse? I’ll give you a clue: the chapter before it is the shortest chapter in the Bible and the chapter that follows it is the longest chapter in the Bible. If you…
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Meditation and Personal Development
Written by Jimmie Burroughs If we are going to succeed in the process of personal development, then we must set our minds (or meditate) on “spiritual, higher things”, only then can we with God’s help put off the old person we are and put on the new person we want to become. What we see, hear and look upon will determine the person we become. A Stanford University research team conducted studies recently that have revealed “what we watch” does have an effect on our imaginations, our learning patterns, and our behaviors: “First, we are exposed to new behaviors and characters. Next, we learn or acquire this new behavior. The…
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Becoming a Better Person is the Secret to Building Better Relationships…
“And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.” (Ephesians 4:32, King James Version) Three of the most common things I’ve noticed over the years in my counseling experiences are that couples are often unkind to one another, often express anger toward each other and have an unforgiving attitude. All three of these are just characteristics of lack of growth or you could say immaturity. Maturing means becoming a better person: “Becoming a Better Person is the Secret to Building Better Relationships.” It’s called personal development. So the purpose of this article is to discuss how to reverse those three…