That’s the first step to a clean heart. Dieticians, dermatologists, and other medical professionals will often say that what we put on the inside has an impact on our outside. The same goes for our spirit. Take care of what type of spiritual food you're feeding your soul. It makes a difference.

For my problem, the solution was simple. Take a different route to work. For the other scenario, there may have been some other variables to consider, but a change wasn’t impossible. Now that we are comfortable and complacent, it’s easier to generate reasons against a change than it is to embrace it.

One bad apple spoils the bunch. The early bird catches the worm. All that glitters is not gold. You’ve probably heard some of those or dozens of others. These sayings help teach us a moral lesson, some which have proven to be too true more than once over the years.

Division takes us in a different direction. Now, we’re looking at a decrease...

...we each have to take responsibility for our choice.

Where did all this stuff come from?!

Growing up I used to hear some of our elder relatives say, “If everyone else jumped off a bridge, would you jump to?”.

Wisdom isn’t always about knowing all the answers.

I was so focused on how awesome everyone else was doing that I began to settle into the role of the underachiever.

There is a very troublesome weed that is deeply rooted in many hearts today. It lies dormant when ignored, but the slightest trigger...

...I understand that if I begin to slack off then my muscles begin to lose strength.

...there is that little voice in my head that always reminds me that it’s not the taste I’m looking for. Something is missing.

When we relax our guard, we lose focus and become more susceptible to damage.

If we exercise and do some toning every day, then we see and feel the results when we start to slack off.

...remember that God searches our hearts. While it may be easy to conceal things from others, we can never hide anything from God.

There is no in-between. So when it comes to your faith, you are either all in or all out.

To be one that is seeking after righteousness (cleanliness), then I need to feel uncomfortable with the dirt.

“Church” is not the main event. I’m not “getting myself together” to go to church. I go to church in order to get myself together.