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Proverbs 4:3  is a wonderful verse which teaches on a very rich level, how boundaries can help us.  Let’s take a look: Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it. Your Turn Do you struggle with the inability to say no, confront, and establish consequences in relationships when you need to? How does that affect your life? We all desire to have fruitful and fulfilled lives and God’s Word says guarding our heart is the primary way to achieve those goals! Come share your thoughts about healthy, biblical boundaries   on our blog . We want to hear from you! ~ Next Steps Ministries

In this Q&A, Max Lucado (@MaxLucado) talks about his book, Anxious for Nothing: Finding Calm in a Chaotic World (Thomas Nelson, 2017). “POWERFUL” -Pastor Gregg, Next Steps Ministries Max Lucado: Anxiety disorders in the United States are the number one mental health problem among women and are second only to alcohol and drug abuse among men. Some say the United States is now the most anxious nation in the world. The land of the Stars and Stripes has become the country of stress and strife. This is a costly achievement. Stress-related ailments cost the nation $300 billion every year in medical bills and lost productivity, while our usage of sedative drugs keeps skyrocketing; just between 1997 and 2004, Americans more than doubled their spending on anti-anxiety medications like Xanax and Valium, from $900 million to $2.1 billion. The Journal of the American Medical Association cited a study that indicates an exponential increase in depression. People of each generation in ...

Before you indulge in that second cheese burger at lunch today, or, how about skipping lunch today! Do I really need Starbucks today, or movie, or concert, etc. The least is endless. Often times, we are great at spending money on extras that we don't need or for/on things that only provide temporary happiness. How about going without lunch just one day and instead send that money to  https://www.nokidhungry.org/  so a kid can have breakfast instead. Or how about skipping that movie or concert and instead give that money to  www.nextstepsministries.com  so an inmate can get a bible! It is so easy to forget those around us. I get it. I do it too. But, just one day a month I pray I can sacrifice for others. God gives me so much. How dare I say I can't! Pastor Gregg

It is now that I must make a choice. Because of Calvary, I’m free to choose. And so I choose. I choose love.  No occasion justifies hatred; no injustice warrants bitterness. I choose love. Today I will love God and what God loves. I choose joy.  I will invite my God to be the God of circumstance. I will refuse the temptation to be cynical... the tool of the lazy thinker. I will refuse to see people as anything less than human beings, created by God. I will refuse to see any problem as anything less than an opportunity to see God. I choose peace.  I will live forgiven. I will forgive so that I may live. I choose patience.  I will overlook the inconveniences of the world. Instead of cursing the one who takes my place, I’ll invite Him to do so. Rather than complain that the wait is too long, I will thank God for a moment to pray. I choose kindness.  I will be kind to the poor, for they are alone. Kind to the rich, for they are afraid. And kind to the u...