Growing HOPE with Kathryn Lang: Recent Episodes
Kathryn Lang
A little fun, a dash of hope, twisted up with a snarky rainbow – because life is better when we dare to enjoy the journey. Grow HOPE and you create Hearts Open to Pursue the Extraodinary!
God says Yes to all the prayers He hears. Always. God says yes to EVERY prayer He hears. So, how can we be sure that He hears us? It ALL Goes Back to His Word There is only one way to know God hears me, and that’s to pray in His will. There is only...
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Yesterday is gone. I know, that sounds silly to say. But how many days have I wasted replaying what happened in my yesterday? #QuoteoftheDay Yesterdayis not yoursto fix!– Kathryn Lang What’s Gone is Gone You can’t change the past. Time machines exist only in science fiction, and even the Doctor tells you that you can’t...
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Not it! It’s time we tell the world that when it comes to doing things the world’s way, when it comes to piling on the more for more’s sake, when it comes to getting busy with much doing, we are NOT IT! #QuoteoftheDay If Jesuscouldn’t do anythingby himself,why do I thinkI can?– Kathryn Lang (from...
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Want to know God? Invest in His Word. It is that simple. Complicated need not apply. It is all about the choice. The more time we spend in His Word and with His Word, the more we come to know God. Because the Word is God. It’s not complicated. It doesn’t require a lot of...
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We are called to be friends with God. Some days, I’m all in—Bible open first thing, heart seeking, mind alert for His voice.Some days, I’m a fickle friend who prefers to stay alone eating chocolate chip cookies and potato chips (because you have to wash down the sweet with the salty and then the salty...
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Feelings are NOT the answer – no matter how loud they are or how strong they, well, feel! We are to enjoy the positive feelings: Dancing even when others are watching (and even if the song in only in our head). Singing out loud – and strong – and of good things. Talking to the...
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God’s Truth is THE Truth. All of those distractions, loud demands, and declarations of the world . . . they are NOT the truth. That’s right. The world has been selling us lies as truth, and we’ve been buying it. And THEY may shout the lie loud enough to block out everything else, but the...
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Do NOT fear. It seems like an impossible call. When it comes to walking out God’s design for our lives, it is a LOT of impossible . . . Well, the world says it is impossible. But for God, it’s not only possible, it’s expected. God walks and lives and directs BEYOND impossible. And living...
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It is NOT hard, despite what THEY keep trying to sell you. THEY tell you it is all hard: Faith is hard. The Christian walk is hard. Following God is hard. Even just breathing is hard some days. It is all hard. #QuoteoftheDay Jesus saidHis yoke is EASY.So why do we believeit’s hard?– Kathryn Lang...
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It’s time to make it STUPID simple. It is simple. We just invest a lot of energy and a lot of time, and a lot of resources making it complicated. What makes us want to flip the simple into complicated? #QuoteoftheDay It onlybecomes complicatedwhen we chooseto make it that way.– Kathryn Lang It IS simple....
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Overcoming fear happens when you choose to move. Each step and each little bit moves you closer to your best life. The breakthrough begins with one choice. If you choose to let it, there is always something that will hold you back. They had a dream – a BIG DREAM – and dared to embrace...
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The pastor declared, “You are officially commissioned to go.” He even took pictures of the crowd for proof. Not many were excited, but my husband and I were. Just a few days before, my h husband and I were having a discussion about the very topic. It all centered around the idea that we have...
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Listen to the heart. Your heart runs deeper than emotions. It holds the root of your very being. The same goes true for the people around you. When you lean in to hear the heart tune, you will hear more than words could ever begin to tell you. If you listen to the heart, then...
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Hope makes a way through the noisy negatives when you invest in seeing the hope. Finding hope clears the path for living your best life. Too often, we go through life with a map we don’t understand drawn by someone we don’t even know yet – and then we’re shocked when we get lost. You...
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Today is the day because today is the only day you have to work with. You can’t work with yesterday because it’s gone. You can learn from it (and you should), but you can’t work with it. You can’t work with tomorrow because it never gets here. By the time it gets here, it’s today,...
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Take off your mask if you want to live your best life. You can’t hide who you are and lean into that unique design at the same time. Something has to give. If you want to give into the extraordinary that waits just beyond the horizon, then remove the masks hiding your awesomeness. If you...
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Dismiss the limitations of the world. Those limits only define your journey when you choose to accept them as part of your journey. The world sets boundaries, builds walls, and tries to lock us away. Circumstances and situations throw up distractions and detours and cover up dreams. When you recognize that your journey is unique...
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Make big changes to live your best life. All you need is a little bit – to make a big mess or to create a big change. When you make the choices to intentionally invest in the little bits that grow you into more, then you will begin to see big changes manifest in your...
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Emotions hijack our hearts when we allow them to drive our path and determine our steps. Wisdom gets set aside for the emotions and before you know it, you’re stranded in a ditch. “Wisdom can’t guide us if emotions hijack our hearts.” – Jud Wilhite Giving Emotions the Wheel At the end of the battle,...
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You give them something to talk about when you dare to live your unique self. The moment you stop wasting your time trying to be something you’re not and trying to conform to rules that aren’t your own, then others start talking – some good and some bad. Keep being your uniqueness and keep walking...
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Learning to focus correctly takes practice. We focus naturally, but we don’t always focus in the right direction. It’s easy to get caught up in the fuzzy chaos of the world. To find the way, we have to find the focus we need. Missing the Focus My eyeglasses kept falling apart, and after the second...
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Do you know what drains you? Too often, we give all we got to the business of life and the things that drain us, and it keeps us from walking out purpose. Thriving requires shedding what drains you so you have what you need to be bold in your passion.– Kathryn Lang Holding on to...
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Strength comes when determination overwhelms discouragement. When you find it in you to get back up each time you stumble, you grow your strength. Embracing the resilience to keep on keeping on even when the going seems more blockage than pathway feeds your strength. Each choice you make will make the bruise, scrape, or strain...
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Finding hope gets help when you are surrounded with hopeful voices. Stress, panic, and despair will all make finding hope more of a challenge. Recently, the dark place captured me and threatened to drag me down into a deep pit. I clung to the edges of hope, but my grip weakened with each moment. I...
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Learning to walk in victory becomes difficult in a world determined to crush me. I start off strong and then stumble over something that seems insignificant. I recover, only to run into a wall I didn’t notice before. And then the doubts set in. I’m not good enough. I’m not able to do it. I’m...
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The what ifs try to haunt me. The more troubling the storm, the more the what ifs swarm. I have to find a way to block out those tormentors and keep my focus on what can be. The past has a way of creeping up on you – especially if it didn’t go the way...
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Depending on a good man happens when you choose the right man – at least that was what the meme suggested. If you have a man worth depending on, then you can depend on him. Otherwise, you are on your own. Unfortunately, this isn’t completely true. Actually, it’s not at all true. Even a good...
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Learning how to push beyond the excuse will give you the focus and momentum to walk out your unique design. There is often so much happening around us in this 24/7 noisy world that it’s easy to get off track. Before you know it, you’ve gotten so far behind that you aren’t even aware of...
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Hopeful anticipation trumpets in my day. I wake up most mornings with praise music flowing through my mind, mostly because it’s praise music that ends my day. I also wake up to such a positive mindset because I make it a habit to make positive my default position. When I do wake up late or...
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Learning to live beyond alive is all about finding your way to the right side of the common. In John 10:10, Jesus tells His followers that he has come that they may have life, and have it to the full. The left side of that comma is being alive. The right side of the comma...
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You have to get radical about your spot if you are going to stand against the tide of the world. Radical means you are rooted in it. It’s embracing the uniqueness of you that was planted in you at the beginning – your heartseed. To get radical you have to be solidly planted in your...
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The world tells me I am entitled to put me first. I have more rights when I’m invested in the situation or the organization. The more I’ve put in of my time, my abilities, and my resources, the more rights I own. That’s what the world tells us. But we are called to be in...
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Your purpose will never change because you were designed to live it. When you understand your unique design, then you can begin to flex, bend, and detour as necessary to walk it out in all you do. The how of purpose may shift, but the heart of purpose remains the same. Beyond the Why Your...
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You have to invest in hope to grow more hope. And we need more hope because hope is the only thing that can power us through the darkness or the trials we are facing. Whatever the darkness, the struggle, the pain point, or the barrier, hope makes a way. Hope is more powerful than any...
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Keep your mouth shut. If you’ve known me for more than a few minutes, you know those are considered fighting words. I’m not a big fan of quiet time. But sometimes, you have to go against your nature to fully nurture your heartseed. Just because you can say it doesn’t mean you should. 4 Tips... The post How to Keep Your Mouth Shut appeared first on .
You have to dare to take down the giants. They will try to make it look impossible. The world will join in and try to shout you down. If you don’t give the giants power, they can’t stop you. – Kathryn Lang Recognizing the Giants Giants are anything that makes you hesitate in your purposeful...
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You have an all access pass for life. You can go anywhere and do anything when you pick up your pass. But you have to choose to pick up your all access pass and then you have to choose to use it. Otherwise, you just have a piece of paper you have to file. Stop...
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Going all in is the only way to live your best life. If you hold back, you risk falling flat when you try to leap (sometimes when you just try to step). The only way to reach your best life is to be 100% in it and in it uniquely for you. Stop listening to...
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Nothing can defeat God. He is an unstoppable God. Everything on the earth began with Him, and He can create more if necessary. And yet, I doubt. Or maybe it would be more accurate to say I struggle in my belief. There is nothing that can defeat God. Repeat that until you believe it. What Do...
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A Bible Covenant detailed a connection between two parties – people or tribes – that could only be broken by death. Throughout the Scripture, the Word provides many promises and covenants that God has made with His Children. But do I really trust in those promises? It can’t rely on what you thinkOr what you...
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You have to be willing to jump if you are going to fly into all of your possibilities. You can’t stay on the ground and reach the stars. Until you are willing to let go and lean in with all that you are, you will be stuck wanting what you aren’t willing. If you are...
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Stop running if you want to live the exceedingly abundant life prepared for you to walk out. When the author came to the fork in the road, he didn’t take the road less traveled by standing around debating or by running in the opposite direction. He made the choice to walk out his path. And...
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Setting goals creates the path for reaching possibilities. You have to know where you are going to get there, and you have to move to where you want to go. Until that moment, you will stay where you are whether you like it or not – the place and the harsh truth of how you...
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Being hardwired for hope doesn’t come naturally to everyone, and it doesn’t happen easily for all seasons, even for those that it does. Instead, hope is a seed that needs to be nurtured and tended to grow up into a tree that covers us in all situations. We need words of hope to sink into...
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Being sustained through the storm doesn’t always mean it’ll be a smooth ride. It is just a promise that when we keep the focus, then we will get through. You have to go through itTo get to the end of it.– Catching Fire Finding the Light to be Sustained through the Storm There is a...
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What now? When you are sitting at the end of the road, or hanging at the end of your rope, or just too tired to care, you are often left looking around wondering what now. What am I supposed to do now that everything I know to do has been done, and I’m still here?...
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You can touch a heart by being open to seeing the heart of that other person. Instead of judging or complaining, you see past the top layer and look into the heart. Empathy can open doors that would otherwise remain locked and allow hope to flow in and change the world. You can touch a...
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Be unapologetically you. The world demands you conform to its limitations and rules. Society tells you that you have to fit into the box of “always done it that way.” Stop listening to the noise of the world and lean into the awesomeness that is your unique design. We are in this world, but we...
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Finding where hope grows requires seeing beyond the limits and restrictions of the world. Hope lies dormant in the heart of all things. It grows up through Light and Love. It is found wherever someone seeks to find it. You can find hope wherever you dare to look. Knowing Where Hope Grows When you recognize...
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Being a change in the world doesn’t have to be complicated. It doesn’t even have to be big. By choosing to be all in on who you are uniquely designed to be, you begin to change the world a little bit at a time. You change the world by daring to be the best you!...
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Slow down. Most situations can wait a moment (or a minute, or even a day). So why don’t we do more of it? The group Alabama had a song out in 1992 about being in a hurry. It talked about how we rush around doing lots of things but missing out on life and not...
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Keep it simple. That direction gets offered up with time is running low, when ideas get too overwhelming, or when resources begin to run dry. It offers a reminder of how complicating things steals the focus, robs the resources, and defeats the imagination. The world will do all it can to make it complicated because...
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Discouragement pushes you down. Clipping your wings gives them control over keeping you down. If you want to keep free-range hens in the yard, you clip their wings. They can still mull around the yard, but they can’t take flight. The world is constantly looking for ways to clip your wings and tether you to...
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Feeding the caterpillar paves the way for its transformation into a magnificent butterfly. By embracing the language of possibility, known as butterfly talk, we can empower individuals to grow, evolve, and ultimately take flight. Through consistent feedings, mindful timing, and by creating the right environment, we unlock the caterpillar’s immense potential. # # # “In...
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Don’t worry – be happy is really about finding a way to focus on today instead of getting distracted by tomorrow. In a world that constantly bombards us with worries about the future, Jesus teaches us to focus on the present moment and trust in God’s promises. Tomorrow’s worries will knock you out of today’s...
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You are enough. When the world beats you down and tries to get you to give in, just keep reminding yourself that you are enough to do all that you were uniquely designed to do. As long as you go on in your unique design, you’ll find your way. It’s when you give in and...
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You have to stay focused on your game or you’ll end up in more trouble than you need or want. Every time you take on someone else’s fight, challenge, or troubles, you increase the load you have to bear and limit your ability to win your race. When you take on a fight that’s not...
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The world steals the power of hope when it waters down its truth. Hope holds in it the expectation that the promise will come. It’s not wishy washy. It’s rooted firmly in Truth and that allows those who hold on to hope to stand strong. Hope makes a way. When you understand the truth of...
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To define butterfly talk, you have to start with an understanding that the language will not be understood by people who choose to remain tethered to the worldly limitations. It is a flight language. Even people who want to take flight may struggle sometimes. The words scattered around by butterfly language can be out there....
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Finding gratitude in the waiting is rarely fun. It becomes a struggle when we are stuck in line. When we aren’t where we want to be or where we thought we would be, then we tend to start tapping our feet and feeding the anxious annoyance in us (and often aground us). Even when the...
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Your life is your testimony – it tells people what you believe because you are walking out that belief. If you want to live your best life, then live in a way that testifies to that truth. Each time you take a step into your extraordinary – even the little bits that may not look... The post Your Life is Your Testimony appeared first on .
When you choose a radical life, people around you may stare. They may even talk about you. It can get uncomfortable walking out your unique design. But when you lean into your unique heartseed focus and dare to be all that you are designed to be then it makes all the stares and whispers worth...
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You have to become ungrounded if you are ever going to fly. The limitations that have been placed on us, or that we’ve put on ourselves, stop the plane from ever taking off. Even if you make it out to the runway, you aren’t going anywhere as long as you’re grounded. Reasons to do have...
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Choosing obedience provides the ONLY path to the blessed life. I have to do what I know to do and I have to do all of what I know to do if I’m going to walk out my unique design. Partial obedience won’t cut it – and it actually still disobedience. The best news comes...
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Breaking chains frees you to create your best life. The best news that you will hear all week is that you don’t even have to break the chains. When you step into Christ, He breaks all the chains for you. All you have to do is make the choice to not pick them up again....
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You are designed to be you. And you are the first you there ever was and that there ever will be. That means your path will be unique to you because nobody else can, has, or will walk it out. But that also means it is up to you to understand your design and to...
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An attitude adjustment comes in handy when you are trying to get back on track. When you know what you need to do but you have gotten stuck in a rut of doing something other than what you know, then changing your attitude will go a long way toward dragging you out of that rut....
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Embracing change gives me the power to live authentically. No matter what I do, change happens. It is either random or intentional. You either choose your change or change dictates you. Either way, change is happening. You either create your change or you cave to the change around you. Embracing Change The change in our...
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Finding True Joy requires looking beyond what sits in front of me. Joy comes from a foundation of Love that grows up hope and possibilities. It floods the darkness with light and fills the void with peace. I started to pull out of our driveway, and I noticed that the delivery man had run over... The post Finding True Joy appeared first on .
You have to grow belief from dreams or dreams become wishes that fade into delusions. Dreaming is amazing – and necessary. It gives you the ability to see so many ideas. I like dreaming. Dreams need nurturing if they are going to become more. What happens when you have a dream in your heart but...
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Dare to be nonconforming, after all, we are in the world. We are not supposed to be of it. What does the but have to do with being nonconforming? Simple. Resting on your but leads you to conform to others. You are uniquely designed to live on a purpose. BUT I have to make money....
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Building momentum means you have more pushing you along to get things done. Doing things to be doing things doesn’t get much done. Doing what is uniquely designed for you – on purpose and in purpose – gets more done even if you don’t get it all done. You can do a lot and still...
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Learning to talk butterfly comes from a determination to move from where you are to where you want to be. It’s a new language that embraces hope and possibilities. Most importantly, butterfly talk must be mastered before you can fly. What? Exactly. My mom gave me the book “Hope for the Flowers,” or more likely...
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Sometimes I really want to know and other times I’m skiing because it’s what is expected, but I don’t really wan to know. Or I don’t care what the answer is because I’m going to keep doing what I’m doing anyway. If I want to build my best life then I have to be actively...
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Shake off the words of the world by daring to know and live your unique design.
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The truth about getting it done is that it doesn’t always look the way we wanted, or expected, or the way someone else said it had to look. Sometimes it is more about the moment and the little bits of intentional effort than the big picture. When your pain, your passion, and your purpose line...
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Growing boldness gives you the fortitude to push through the demands of the world. When you know what you are doing and why you are doing and how you are doing it, then you begin to create the momentum for getting it done. It’s one step at a time, one change at a time, one...
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The will of God provides all I need, want, or desire. God has promised to restore us. He promised to reward us. He outlined how He will complete us. My part involves simply living in His Will and walking each step according to His will. I say simply, because it is simple. All I have...
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When you take intentional actions then you create your unique purposeful journey. You have to do something to make something happen or else you do nothing and then nothing happens (or at least nothing you had wanted to happen). Either way, you choose. Dare to takeIntentional actionsAnd move intoYour unique possibilities. Defining Intentional Actions I...
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When you put better words to work, you create a path to your best life. The world is throwing negatives, discouragements, and detractors in your path (and sometimes right at your head). The attacks seem to come from every direction all at once or sometimes just a little bit at a time. In order to...
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It is up to you to find your way for making it happen. No matter what you dream or plan or wish for, the only one that can get you there is you. Your best life is up to you. And in truth, you are the only one that can hold you back. People will...
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You have to keep growing hope if you want to remain in hope. Without the continued feeding and nurturing, hope will evaporate. What you do, who you are around, and what you ingest each day will determine how your hope grows. Hope provides fuelfor possibility living. We need hope to keep going. But we have... The post How to Keep Growing HOPE appeared first on .
Building a faith bridge requires setting a foundation that allows you to step even when you can’t see the next step. When you know what you know and you believe it beyond what you can see then you will be able to move from the place of not seeing to a place of not only...
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I want to have a healthier life. I want to be in better shape, to have more stamina, to be able to feel comfortable in my skin. Let’s be honest, some days I want to have a shape, be able to walk up the stairs and still hold a conversation at church, and be able...
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The provision of God never fails. Never. God always provides provision for His direction. When God told Elijah to go to the bend in the river, the ravens fed him there. When God told Moses to lead the Children of Isreal across the Red Sea, God provided food and water there. When Jesus told Peter...
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Hope allows you to be settled in the unsettled moments you face. Sometimes you have to stand on the boat deck during the storm. Hope gives you the sea legs that let you rock with the boat but still stand strong. Just don’t take the opportunity to rock the boat while you’re standing. The storm...
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Hope allows you to be settled in the unsettled moments you face. Sometimes you have to stand on the boat deck during the storm. Hope gives you the sea legs that let you rock with the boat but still stand strong. Just don’t take the opportunity to rock the boat while you’re standing. The storm...
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Hope is making the way through intentional actions – those actions taken with determination and courage that only grows up in hope. When you are standing on the firm foundation of promise grown hope then your motivation drives actions that are intentional so you are positioned to live out that promise. You do it because...
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Hope is making the way through intentional actions – those actions taken with determination and courage that only grows up in hope. When you are standing on the firm foundation of promise grown hope then your motivation drives actions that are intentional so you are positioned to live out that promise. You do it because...
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Hope opens the way for investing in will. Instead of focusing on want tos or have tos, you are harnessing the power of I WILL. I will do it because I can. I will do it because I’m designed to do it. I will do it because it’s right there. I will. “Hope harnesses the...
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Hope vision creates clarity of insight because it sees more than what is there. It’s seeing beyond the walls, the defined matrix of the world, or even your own little box design. Hope vision sees the spring flowers even before the seeds are planted. The clarity of insight happens because hope lights up every corner...
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The positive expectations we embrace in our journey create positive energy that is necessary for growth, for BIG DREAMS, and for purpose living. You become all you are designed to be when you have the positive expectations that the promises are real and that you are here to live them out. One of my favorite...
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The locking blocks of hope are those little bits of hope that lock together to give us a firm foundation for standing through the tough times. Hope locks together to be stronger – we are all stronger together (it’s why we need relationships). Hope stacks up to make us tall – so we can see...
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Developing daily gratitudes creates a forward-focusing, positivity-harnessing vision. It will get you through the tough times. It will anchor you in the storms. It will help you find the Way when before there seemed to be no way. Investing daily in gratitude will create an attitude of gratitude – or said differently, it helps you...
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The strength of repetition comes about because you reinforce your ability to believe, the understanding, or the message to the point that it becomes your default position. When hope is your default position then you are standing on a solid rock that will hold you in place when the storms come. But if you want...
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Getting beyond want to is the second way to invest in hope for your life. Your want to will lie to you – because sometimes you want to get to the BIG DREAM and your want to doesn’t want to do the thing right in front of you that will get you there. You do...
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Speaking into believing means saying the words until you believe the words. When you speak your hope, you not only let the words out of your mouth, but you put those words back into your ears. It reinforces the hope you are growing into believing. And that hope makes the way for creating change that...
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Hope endures no matter how tough things are, how bad the storm comes down, or how chaotic life becomes. It’s not always easy but is always simple. We work hard not only to make it complicated but to create an intricate series of reasons or excuses that we can’t or shouldn’t or don’t. We work...
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The fourth truth of hope is that it is always Truth based. It’s real, just out of this world because it only happens when visionaries take hold and run with it. Five Elements of Truth Based Hope Grounded in reality – just not of this world Personally known through the Truth Walked out daily in...
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Hope is forward facing. You run off the path if you are focused on what’s behind. You swerve into oncoming traffic you focus on what’s beside you. You have to be focused on what lies ahead to get there. If you’re not looking forward you are tangled in the wishes about what you would change...
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You have to believe in hope beyond your experience and sometimes despite your experience. Just ask Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego about how hope can push past experience! What happens doesn’t dictate what will happen. Hope grows beyond experience. What has happened to you What has happened to others What has been declared the limit What...
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Hope is more than a feeling. It is something you know deep down in your knower. It is settled belief that will not be shaken. But to create hope that is more than a feeling you have to be invested in growing hope. Learn it Understand it Speak it Root it Develop unshakeable belief The...
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You have to practice meditation to make it a part of your DEstressed life. The more you practice your way the more you will be able to activate the power that meditation can harness. Make a time for your meditation practices. Make a place to practice meditating. Do something towards your meditation practice. Do nothing...
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You have to practice meditation to make it a part of your DEstressed life. The more you practice your way the more you will be able to activate the power that meditation can harness. Make a time for your meditation practices. Make a place to practice meditating. Do something towards your meditation practice. Do nothing...
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Different types of meditation benefit different aspects of your journey. Today on the #GrowingHOPE podcast, I shared five types of meditation and how they help, and ways I’ve utilized them in the past. There are many more types of meditation available to you. The most important thing is to find the systems that work for...
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Have you heard myths about meditation or negative declarations about the practice of meditating? Today on the #GrowingHOPE podcast we talked over five of the myths that surround meditating and the truths and untruths that go along with those myths. 5 Myths about Meditation Meditation empties your brain. Meditation causes you to focus on yourself....
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Harnessing the power of meditation in your life will allow you to live in peace, have more clarity of purpose, and sleep sweet. And that’s only the beginning of the force behind positively based meditation. Meditation stops things from spinning out of control. It draws your thoughts into one place. Meditation allows you to stay...
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Understanding meditation allows us to create a path for developing focus and awareness for living our unique design. Meditation is defined as simply focused attention and awareness Negative meditation = worry Positive meditation = hope Know why meditation matters – health, focus, awareness of self, and attention span Meditation in Scripture – Philippians 4:8; Psalm1:2;...
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Understanding meditation allows us to create a path for developing focus and awareness for living our unique design. Meditation is defined as simply focused attention and awareness Negative meditation = worry Positive meditation = hope Know why meditation matters – health, focus, awareness of self, and attention span Meditation in Scripture – Philippians 4:8; Psalm1:2;...
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A habit of laughter gives you the armor you need to DEstress your life so you can thrive in this journey. The more you laugh, the more laughter will be a part of your day. Spend time around others that laugh. Tell bad dad jokes and other random silliness. Collect media (television shows, movies, podcasts)...
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A habit of laughter gives you the armor you need to DEstress your life so you can thrive in this journey. The more you laugh, the more laughter will be a part of your day. Spend time around others that laugh. Tell bad dad jokes and other random silliness. Collect media (television shows, movies, podcasts)...
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Hurdles stop laughter because they block our ability to see the joy and ultimately enjoy the journey. Those things stand in the way. But when we understand what they are then we can begin to formulate ways to work around them (or sometimes to blast right through them). 5 Hurdles Stop Laughter Negative focus –...
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Some Laughing Matters for the Home Laughing matters build a strong foundation for your home. When you laugh together, you create connections that are not easily broken by time or distance. Be invested in laughter to create a home people want to come home to. Laughter makes others want to participate. It increases the ability...
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There are head benefits of laughter including a clearer head, a better mood, and a shifted perspective. Eases anxiety – you worry less when you’re laughing Improves mood – you enjoy the journey more when you laugh (and so do the people you encounter). Shifts perspective – helps you view the challenges in a more...
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Laughing matters because it heals the body, the mind, the spirit, and the relationships. It’s a powerful tool that clears away the darkness and turns the problems on their heads. Health Benefits of Laughing Matters Enhances oxygen intake Burns calories (WIN!) Releases endorphins (different from endolphins) Boosts the immune system Relaxes the body If you...
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Cancel Out the Noise of the World with Noise Canceling Headphones When you put on noise canceling headphones, you keep the world from grabbing your attention and driving you off track. Whether it’s real headphones to block out the chaos around you or it’s imaginary headphones built with attitude and actions, the key is to...
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Are you picking up unnecessary burdens that then weigh you down from living your unique design? The noise noise of the world and the craziness of our daily lives can leave us carrying around things we were never intended to bear. It’s time to LET IT GO so we can go into the unique purpose...
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Clarity of destination is necessary to get to where you want to go. You thought you knew where you were going, but the noise of the world does all it can to confuse your destination. How the Noise of the World Confuses Your Destination The world points you in a different way – because you...
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Noise Canceling Focus for Clearing Vision The noise of the world will tell you what you see is not what you see until you believe the noise of the world over your own eyes. We have to invest in choices, views, and ideas that are actively clearing vision so we can see the Light. Vision...
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Developing noise canceling focus is the second part of creating a DEstressed Life. The first step was all about Knowing Stress and the cost of stress on our lives. Now we begin to understand the ways to combat the stress attacks of the world. How to Create Noise Canceling Focus The noise of the world...
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Know Stress by Recognizing the Cost of Stress Health – the side effects of stress will leave you feeling worse and looking worse. From the loss of hair to pain in the neck (literally), stress can break down your body’s defenses. Mind – when stress wears you down, you get forgetful. It will cause you...
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5 Ways to Break Free of Fear Nets Net One – Fear to Try LIE: Fear will tell you not to try. The last time you tried you made a fool of yourself. The last time you tried you messed up. The last time you tried you failed. TRUTH: The only way you can fail...
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Today’s podcast is about knowing stress by recognizing when you’re stuck in neutral. When you get stuck in neutral, you deplete your energy and where yourself out doing a lot without getting anywhere. You don’t go because you don’t know what path to take or why to take it or how to take it. Neutral...
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STUCK IN IF ONLY – #GrowingHOPE Podcast Today’s Podcast takes the But What Then idea deeper by getting past if only moments. We continue to talk about how to know stress and take control of it so that you build a DEstressed life. 1. If only I would have (REGRET) – regret keeps me stuck...
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Focused on the Negatives A focus on the negatives will fill your day with stress. Break the hold of the negatives: What you look for – when you look for problems, you will find them and probably even more that you weren’t looking for. What you say – the words you speak to the man...
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You need a reservoir of encouragement to fuel your walk and to allow you to be a wealth of encouragement to and for others. A dry reservoir doesn’t do anyone any good and actually becomes a hazard to everyone. I watched a video recently about the record low levels of Lake Mead – a reservoir...
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You need a reservoir of encouragement to fuel your walk and to allow you to be a wealth of encouragement to and for others. A dry reservoir doesn’t do anyone any good and actually becomes a hazard to everyone. I watched a video recently about the record low levels of Lake Mead – a reservoir...
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Encouraged relationships set the foundation for changing the world. When you invest in filling others with the courage to dare their possibilities, you’ll make a difference. Not only will you effect their lives and the lives of those they encounter, but spreading courage will grow courage in your life as well. I’ve shared before about...
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You need a habit of encouragement to create a default response of hope and positivity even when the clouds show up. Encouragement can be tough to find some days, even for a natural-born hopesmith. The more encouragement is practiced, the easier and more natural it becomes. I avoided cleaning when I was in school. As...
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We encourage the whole being when we invest in more than words, more than activities, and more than thoughts. Whole being encouragement encompasses a balance in all that we are for all that we are. We need encouragement that covers our whole selves to live our best lives. We think about encouraging the heart or...
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The power of encouragement changes the world – sometimes in little bits and sometimes in such monumental ways that it literally shifts the course of history. Teachers are little bits of encouragement that change the world. Leaders with a world stage (like Winston Churchill) create monumental shifts. And often it’s the little bits that make...
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Knowing the basics of encouragement allows you to set a firm foundation for living your encouraged life. Encouragement defeats the darkness and creates the way for hope to take root. With encouragement, you can. Without encouragement, it all becomes a struggle. I’ve always been an encourager. I often joke about how when I was born,...
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You have to demand your will take action when you’re tangled in the “do not go” moments. We’ve all been there – or at least I hope I’m not the only one. Picture this . . . You’ve just walked past the dirty dishes again. Yes, those same ones you’ve walked past so many times...
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Direct your focus to get results that lift you into your BIG DREAMS. All the doing in the world won’t get you there unless the actions are aimed at the target. When I was learning to throw, my dad encouraged me to point where I wanted the ball to go as I was releasing the...
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Setting Your Intentional Action Mantra You need an intentional action mantra to help keep driving you forward when you really want to stop or maybe just take a break. You need an intentional action mantra to remind you to get going again after you’ve fallen down or run right off the rails. You need an...
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You have to define your success to live your BIG DREAMS. If you don’t take the time to define your success then you give the world permission to define it for you – and you DON’T want the world defining anything for you. We’ve been discussing the radical and intentional life the last couple of...
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Listen to the #GrowingHOPE podcast by scrolling to the bottom of the page and clicking the play button, or watch on YouTube through the link below. Episode 087 – What Matters Most What matters most to you will be what you invest in more than other opportunities. It can’t be what THEY want. It can’t...
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Listen to the #GrowingHOPE podcast by scrolling to the bottom of the page and clicking the play button, or watch on YouTube through the link below. Episode 086 – What Stops Radical and Intentional If we are going to live radical and intentional lives – and that is what we are called to live –...
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You have to be intentionally feeding the hope to keep the hope alive, and you need hope to shine the light on your path. When the darkness closes in, the only way out is with the light. # # # Watch today’s episode of #GrowingHOPE The tougher the week, the more I cling to hope....
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Little bits of investment nurture the hope you are growing for your life. You have to care for the hope (and take care in the hope) to grow storm standing hope. # # # Watch today’s episode of #GrowingHOPE # # # We planted a garden. Even before the first seed went in, we had...
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Sowing seeds of hope give you the opportunity for a harvest of light. What you plant, you grow. You harvest your tomorrow from the words and thoughts you scatter throughout your now. Plant seeds of hope to grow up a lighted path of possibilities. # # # Watch today’s episode of #GrowingHOPE # # #...
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Hope founded in trust makes the way. Hope without trust isn’t hope as much as it is wishful thinking. You need trust to have hope, because we define hope as a concrete confidence and expectation that comes from a settled understanding of God’s provisions. # # # Watch today’s episode of #GrowingHOPE My son wanted...
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You have to invest in the positive to find and embrace your hope. It all matters Positive people Positive words Positive atmosphere Positive sounds Positive thoughts Without the positive, hope will not seed and grow. Without the positive investment, hope already set will begin to fade. Invest in the positive to embrace the hope needed...
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Develop a hunger for God that drives your focus and actions. The more you focus in one direction, the more that focus will dictate your needs and wants. Determine to make God your focus and drive. # # # Watch today’s episode of #GrowingHOPE The Word starts my day. It’s been that way for several...
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World-changing hope is rooted in knowledge and understanding. If you don’t know what you know, then you can’t hope for what you don’t know (or know). It takes an investment in knowledge that’s molded into understanding to stand firm in hope. # # # Watch today’s #GrowingHOPE episode I saw a commercial when I was...
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A relationship with God provides the foundation for understanding and living out hope. If you want to stand in hope, you begin by investing in know God and experience Him in your life. To define hope and understand how it will work, you have to start with a relationship with God. # # # Watch...
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Light dispels the dark. It’s a consistent for every moment of the journey. When dawn breaks, light dispels the dark. When the storm passes, the light breaks through. When the focus shifts from problems to possibilities, the hope makes the shift possible. Because hope is light, and hope dispels the dark, lights the morning, breaks...
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Point to the promise. The promise has more power than the circumstances of the moment. It’s not about what you think or what you see, or even what you believe. The promise is a fundamental part of a bold foundation that springs up hope. # # # Watch today’s episode of #GrowingHOPE I felt displaced...
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Be clear on your want so you can be determined and focused on getting it. Know where you’re going so you can determine how to get there and create a foundation for focused flexibility. Until you define your destination, you won’t be set in the journey. Watch today’s #GrowingHOPE – Clear On Your Want My […]
When you make God first, you make way for hope to grow. The first thing you do each day sets a focus for the rest of your day. With God in the lead, nothing can stand against you. Watch today’s #GrowingHOPE My day wasn’t going right. Every time I started, something interrupted. First, the computer […]
Building a belief that nothing can stop an unstoppable God requires investing daily in the right focus. The world will throw things at you, and if you don’t have a strong focus, you will begin to sink in the waves of the world. Daily Inspiration and Encouragement July 7, 2020 Daily Dash of Twisted Encouragement […]
Listen and watch #GrowingHOPE daily by using the links at the bottom of the page. Daily Inspiration and Encouragement Tuesday, December 24, 2019 Quote of the Day “Recognizing what got you to this point will help you determine a way forward.” – Kathryn Lang Moment of HOPE Learn from the Past When you are creating […]
Listen and watch #GrowingHOPE daily by using the links at the bottom of the page. Daily Inspiration and Encouragement Monday, December 23, 2019 Quote of the Day “You have to choose action even when you don’t want to choose act because it is up to you.” – Kathryn Lang Moment of HOPE Prepared to Make […]
Listen and watch #GrowingHOPE daily by using the links at the bottom of the page. Daily Inspiration and Encouragement Saturday, December 13, 2019 Quote of the Day “When you seek possibilities you will find possibilities.” – Kathryn Lang Moment of HOPE Seek Possibilities to Find Possibilities Seek Possibilities to Find Possibilities The opportunities are all […]
Listen and watch #GrowingHOPE daily by using the links at the bottom of the page. Daily Inspiration and Encouragement Tuesday, December 10, 2019 Quote of the Day “ Dare to be bold enough to push even when it seems impossible. Persistence wins in the end, but it takes on day at a time.” – Kathryn […]
Listen and watch #GrowingHOPE daily by using the links at the bottom of the page. Daily Inspiration and Encouragement Wednesday, November 20, 2019 Quote of the Day “Do what you know to do with consistency and focus and you will be prepared to weather the unexpected when it arrives.” Moment of HOPE Do What You […]
Listen and watch #GrowingHOPE daily by using the links at the bottom of the page. Daily Inspiration and Encouragement Tuesday, November 5, 2019 Quote of the Day “Once you recognize and embrace the uniqueness of you there is very little that will be able to stand in your way.” Thought of the Day Watch Your […]
Listen and watch #GrowingHOPE daily by using the links at the bottom of the page. Daily Inspiration and Encouragement Thursday, October 31, 2019 Quote of the Day “Service moves past self and elevates others into the spotlight.” Thought of the Day Make Your Own Way Make your own way. You will never be able to […]
Listen and watch #GrowingHOPE daily by using the links at the bottom of the page. Daily Inspiration and Encouragement Monday, October 28, 2019 Quote of the Day “Self is a continuous element for all struggles. Making others a priority opens the door for growing relationships while shifting the focus off self.” Thought of the Day […]
Listen and watch #GrowingHOPE daily by using the links at the bottom of the page. Daily Inspiration and Encouragement Saturday, October 12, 2019 Quote of the Day “If you get a little bit done to move you closer to your dreams then you are little bit closer to taking flight. Be okay with the little […]