Category: Daily Choices
I first wrote the words “I love you” in a note to a girl when I was in the 5th grade. It felt good. And the feeling was even better when I received a note back with the same words. A core belief took shape… Continue Reading “Choosing Love that Gives”
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In every house I’ve lived, sooner or later, we have to deal with pests. We’ve battled everything from snakes to bats, all looking to make a home with us. But of course, the most common little irritating critter has been the mouse. Unfortunately for… Continue Reading “Choosing to say, “NO!””
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Though I could be quiet and reserved as a child, I had a belligerent side as well. I got into quite a few fights—the kind that included punching, slapping, kicking and bloody noses. Before you form a mental picture of me as a delinquent… Continue Reading “Choosing to Resist”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Demons, Devils, evil spirits, Fighter, Fighting, My Enemy, Resist, Resisting Satan, Resisting the devil, Satan, spirits, spiritual beings, Spiritual Warfare, Struggle, Struggling, The Devil, The Enemy, The real enemy, The Tempter, unclean spirits, Wrestle, Wrestling
I’m growing—particularly around my gut. As I get older, I find myself fantasizing about coming up with a plan to return to my 18-year-old body, back when I felt no need to think about what or how much I ate. And it was more… Continue Reading “Choosing to Turn Around”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: 7 Deadly Sins, Bad behavior, Change, Changing myself, Changing the way I think, Changing Things, Confession, Doing things differently, Making a Change, Mistakes, Redo, Regret, Repent, Repentance, Resolutions, See things differently, Seeing Things Differently, sin, Sinful behavior, Think Again, Troubled behavior, Turn Around, Turning, Turning Around, U Turn
Posted on July 10, 2023
by Jeff Herringshaw
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I was sure I heard God’s voice. “Take your family to Romania.” It had been that clear in my mind as I prayed, and it was one of the outreach options for our YWAM training school. My wife had prayed and agreed, and we… Continue Reading “Choosing Guidance from God”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Advice, Circumstances, Direction from God, Direction in Life, Directions, Divine circumstances, Divine Guidance, God's Instructions, God's Timing, God's Voice, Guidance, Harbor Lights, Hearing God's Voice, Holy Spirit, Inner Witness, Internal Witness, Life Decisions, Logos of God, Rhema of God, The Bible, Voice of God, Wise Advice, Wise Counsel, Word of God, Word of the Lord
My cousin and I had started a window-washing service as our summer job between college semesters. We figured we could make easy money with our pails and squeegees catering to the affluent Los Angeles suburbs. I didn’t mind the washing part. But knocking on… Continue Reading “Choosing a Clear Eye”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Assuming, Awake, Belief, Beliefs, Believe, Blind, Blinded, Darkness, Deceived, Deception, Disinformation, Duped, Focus, God's Perspective, Lies, Light, Misinformation, Presuming, Presumption, Reality, See, Seeing, Seeing what's true, Sight, Spiritual Sight, Tricked, Truth, Wake up
What gives meaning to life? That is the philosophical and spiritual question that has been asked for thousands of years. As a follower of Jesus, I have assumed that all others who follow Him would answer this in the same way: God. In His… Continue Reading “Choosing a Bigger Picture”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Beauty, Cosmic meaning, Cosmic truth, Goodness, Happiness, He is God and I am not, Meaning, Meaning of Life, Names, Nominalism, Objectivity, Personal meaning, Reality, Subjectivity, The Life, the Truth, The Way, Universal definitions, Universal Meaning, Universal truth, Universals
It was a cold night in late October when I saw Saint Basil’s Cathedral in Moscow, Russia with my own eyes. I was carrying my one-year-old son, and my wife had hold of the hands of our other two small children as we hurried… Continue Reading “Choosing a Faith-Filled Imagination”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Afraid, Create, Creativity, Dark Minds, Dark Thoughts, Evil, Faith, fear, Generating, Images, Imagination, Imagine, Imagining, Inventions, Mental, Mental Health, Mind, Redeemed Imagination, Seeing, Sight, Thinking, What if?
Is “spring cleaning” a real thing? For some, this annual purging is what marks the official emergence from the dark survival mode of winter. It’s a time to step into the bright and hopeful newness of a fresh season with summer right in front… Continue Reading “Choosing a Clean Heart”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Anxiety, Anxious Thoughts, Bad Attitude, Brave, Bravery, Clean Heart, Clean soul, Clean Up, Cleansing, Confess, Courage, Deep Cleaning, fear, Forgive one another, forgiveness, freedom, Getting Unstuck, Grudges, House Cleaning, Letting Go, Moving Forward, New Life, Offenses, Releasing, Repent, Resentment, Soul Cleaning, Spring Cleaning
Regardless of the secularism that is woven into our present-day culture, we are a generation of worshipers. We tend to revere whatever makes us feel good. And that can cover a broad spectrum of deities. Whether they be the gods of food, money, or… Continue Reading “Choosing to Have No Other Gods”
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