Social abundance lies in creating vital, life-giving relationships with people and is a key to happiness. The world authority on happiness and well-being research, Dr. Ed Diener has studied 155 countries (99 percent of the world) and has come up with some very telling conclusions. Strong, healthy social relationships are the one common denominator of […]
Occupational abundance lies in a what Positive Psychologists call “flow.” Proposed by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, PhD D, the concept of flow has been widely referenced in the field positive psychology where researchers measure things like states of happiness, values, strengths, virtues, and talents. For no apparent reason other than the fact that they thoroughly enjoyed what […]
Arguably the most controversial subject in the Christian church today, financial abundance means many different things to different people. Studying ancient Israel, however, offers clues to how God designed financial abundance and the abundant life associated with being God’s “chosen people.” The land of “milk and honey” After calling them out of slavery in Egypt, […]
How do you balance your day to day life and fight for your life? This is a great question and a big struggle with many people who are facing a life threatening illness. It can be so overwhelming at times that you can’t even face the day. Some days you may decide to just “not do […]
‘You have made known to me the paths of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence.’ – Acts 2:28 So what is “emotional abundance?” Happiness, of course! When people were referred to as “blessed” in the Old and New Testaments they were, in effect, saying that they were enviable, fortunate, and most importantly […]
Mental abundance deals with a full-functioning and maximally operating mind. It expands beyond what we commonly think of as intelligence or I.Q. It has been suggested that if you want to grow in life, increasing your mental capacity is a must. (1) By increasing your mental capacity, you will be able to handle more projects, assume […]
One of most significant revelations someone can experience is that their body is the Temple of the Holy Spirit. (1) In fact, the Bible says that our bodies are not our own. They have been “bought with a price; therefore glorify God in your body!” (2) If our bodies truly belong to God, then we […]
Do you ever find yourself thinking ‘There has to be more to life than this!’ Life can be full of surprises, some good and some not so good. In the in-between places of our life, the purpose of our existence becomes a focus. During those times it is most apparent when we are not fully […]
At my son’s school the other day, I spotted some artwork that lined his classroom walls. Each child created a flower and wrote five descriptive words about another classmate on each petal. One girl said my son was “handsome, smart, friendly, trustworthy, special.” When he came home, I affirmed all of those traits within him. […]
How to Bring More Meaning to Your Meals By Tonya Peele All of us have to eat to live. James Beard, known by many as the father of American-style gourmet cooking, poignantly captured the essence of food when he said “Food is our common ground, a universal experience.” So the question before you is, […]