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Did I Live? is the Final Answer to a Successful Life…
Christian personal development is all about improving the quality of life. Did I Live? is the final question to a successful life. In this article we will be discussing how to live a life of purpose. Take responsibility for your own life One of the primary principles in learning how to live is learning to take responsibility for your own life. Negative emotions rob us of all enjoyment. Yes it is easy to blame others for everything but that does not enhance our lives one bit, it only pulls us down. Try it for yourself by proclaiming, “I am responsible for my life!” Say it over and over and every time…
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Where is Contentment to be Found?
Written by Jimmie Burroughs One of the most elusive things in the world is contentment, where is contentment to be found? The Apostle Paul tells us: (Philippians 4) 11Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. 12I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: everywhere and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. 13I can do all things through Christ which strengthened me. Paul is saying that he is content when in prosperity or when in need. More…
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Personal Development begins with winning attitudes
By Jimmie Burroughs I have known some successful people and I’m searching out my mind to discover what their attitudes are and I’m finding them strikingly different from the attitudes of the average person. One of the things I’ve noticed is that they are precision thinkers is that their observations are not mere speculations of what might be or what fate is bound to hand us or what our destiny is. They think in terms of making things happen. To them it is not waiting for the other shoe to fall but it is making the right choices to control where it falls. Things to them come about not by…