All tagged selfhelp

Getting rid of the gunk

Getting rid of the gunk Sometimes you might think things are pretty tough and bad. You can stay there forever. Lots of blokes do. I’m saying straight out: it’s not an excuse. Face up to the facts. The Work Manual has this to say: ‘If you have sinned, you should tell each other what you have done. Then you can pray for one another and be healed. The prayer of an innocent person is powerful, and it can help a lot’ (James 5:16).

Basic biology

Basic biology We are what we eat, so we’d best eat healthy. It’s the same with thoughts. If we fill our heads with bitter thoughts, they will affect what comes out of us. Unforgiveness eventually has to get to us and eat us out. Just like when we throw a ball against the wall, it will come back at us. It’s gonna happen.

Training for dreams

Training for dreams Like many fathers, I always wanted my boys to have the university degree I never had. I knew this motto from the Work Manual: ‘Train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old he will not depart from it’ (Proverbs 22:6 NKJV). It’s a good motto, isn’t it?