This is less direct advice and more an honest reflection on my own dating life, largely for the edification of you single people out there. - Currently, I'm trying to do what feels right for me, regardless of other people's expectations and opinions. The thing that cheapens people's opinions is that they don't have to … Continue reading Honestly
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How do you Attract Success?
I'm just asking for the sake of provoking thought. I was thinking about how the 'law of attraction' still seems like a rather nebulous concept. You mean, I could get rich by thinking myself to be rich? The frequencies of my thoughts will attract the riches? Man, I don't know. I think the objection I … Continue reading How do you Attract Success?
Manifest Forgiveness
This post is a follow up to Effective Humility I think there is a time and a place where spiritual conviction just totally wipes a person out and they fall on their face before God. However, as I've been on my spiritual walk, I have found a different death to self needed, which is a death … Continue reading Manifest Forgiveness
Yes
I got a lesson in spontaneity the other day, a lesson in seizing the moment. My heart pounded, but when I spoke, I felt freedom, I felt courage. I felt a driving passion, a compulsion to share. I am not saying all this in order to get attention, I am saying this in attempt to … Continue reading Yes
Pilgrimage and Horizons of Self
It is profound to me that the Bible tends to reflect back to a person 1.) who they are, and 2.) what they are looking for. It could be argued that this is purely a natural psychological phenomenon, but what if instead of being merely natural, the occurrence of this phenomenon was providential? What a … Continue reading Pilgrimage and Horizons of Self
Good News vs. Bad News
The thing about the doctrine of hell, as I have known it, is that in contrast to the severity of it, nothing in this temporary life should matter. For real, given that doctrine, no enterprise should be worthwhile except standing on a soapbox warning loudly about the coming destruction. And yet, in the face that … Continue reading Good News vs. Bad News
Effective Humility
The verse is burned into my mind, because it was the revelation in the church in my little town about six years ago: "...and My people, who are called by My name humble themselves, pray and seek My face, and turn from their evil ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and … Continue reading Effective Humility
Dynamic Horizon
Don't let your dream become a prison. If the fulfillment of your current dream prevents you from comprehending and fulfilling future dreams, then it is a prison. Look man, your horizon is always going to change relative to where you're at. This says a few things. One, is that if you're walking, and your horizon … Continue reading Dynamic Horizon
Abundance
Look man, when I am reacting to something that’s happening, I’ve got to ask the question, “What does this reaction reveal about my current state of mind? More specifically: is this pattern of thought rooted in a sense of scarcity, or abundance?” Something goes wrong with a product at work and part of the process … Continue reading Abundance
Unlocking Grace
There's a potential mental block about grace when it's regarded simply as a patch or crutch for insufficencies in one's own performance. The trouble here, is that this mindset makes grace about me. This is really a false application because what living in grace does is it puts Christ on the throne in my mind, … Continue reading Unlocking Grace
Andrew K. Banks 