Each day has enough trouble of its own.  Isn't that the truth?  I'm guessing pretty much everyone reading this feels that way.  It's true.  But do you know where it comes from?  Further, why it was said?  I've known the where part for decades.  I've been learning the why part ...

Don't relentlessly collaborate as a "thing" for successful people seems to be at odds with being a successful Christian.  After all, what about church?  Bible study?  Small groups?  Christian community?  Aren't those all important things for a Christian?  In fact, these Christian community meetings are so important, the author of ...

Don't procrastinate. Maybe you're still asking, why not procrastinate?  Even if we never do the thing God's asking us to do, won't He have a Plan B?  Won't He have someone else do it instead?  But that's missing the point.  It was a task we were created to do.  For ...

This then is how you should pray. That's the passage before The Lord's Prayer.  Short.  A mere 4 verses.  But what is Jesus really saying?  In the first part of the passage, Jesus talks about this then is how you should not pray. But is it like, I wish you ...

Blessed are the pure in heart.  What does that even mean?  In this day and age, do we even know what the word "pure" means?  And what's meant by the word heart?  We hopefully know it's not about someone with a healthy heart pumping pure blood without infections, foreign matter, ...

Don't wait until you're ready If you wait until you're ready, you'll be waiting your entire life.  OK, I'll go along with that part.  Even with: be as prepared as you can, but then dive in headfirst.  That's all good stuff for the secular world.  But we're taking this to ...

Don't dwell on your haters - but do spend time with them Huh?  Spend time with them?  Even in the secular world, there a saying that some people go by.  Keep your friends close, and your enemies even closer.  But that's to protect yourself from them.  As a Christian, there's ...

I've often said one of the awesome things I expect in Heaven is to learn, forever, from the Creator of everything.  But hey - this says we can start now.  We don't have to wait 'til the next life.  The mind of the Creator is available to us right now.  ...

Don't start the day without a plan.  It's the second in a series of traits for successful people in the secular world that we're going to look at.  However, we're going to see how these same traits can be applied to becoming a "successful" Christian.  Someone who not only has ...

Don't speak negatively of yourself OK.  To some extent, that's also true from a Christian point of view.  To some extent.  However, some changes are needed.  It maybe seems weird, but there are two totally opposite ways that some (many?) Christians perceive themselves.  As with most extremes, I think both ...