Tag Archives: guidance

How to Determine God’s Will in a Specific Situation

Suppose, you have an idea that God wants you to take on specific role of ministry or course of action, how do you know for sure if God is the one prompting you to act? Years ago in a BSF class, we were given 4 guidelines for determining whether a course of action was in accord with God’s will. As I remember they were: 1. Pray about it asking God to make His will clear to you. God promises wisdom to those who ask, James 1:5. 2. Is it in accord with and backed up by God’s Word? 3. Do … Continue reading →

You Priorities or the Lord’s Priorities

Do you ever find yourself wondering why things are just not working out the way that you want them to? This can be an extremely frustrating thing to happen, especially if you tend to plan things out and arrange them perfectly in your head. I am a detail-oriented person who loves to plan my life out in advance years at a time. I often get frustrated because things do not seem to go the way that I think they should. I often find myself telling the Lord what I want done, and how I want it. As I have grown … Continue reading →

Help Kids See How Far They’ve Come

Growing up can be daunting, painful, and scary–in addition to being fun and joyous too. Kids get overwhelmed, stressed and feel stuck just like adults do. As parents, we can help our children when they hit bumpy times and are afraid of what is to come by helping them look back and see what they have already accomplished. Kids tend to be incredibly short-sided. It is just the nature of the developing child to be focused on what is in front of them. The past is gone and the future is sometimes imaginary and unattainable. This can be a great … Continue reading →

Sometimes, They Just Need a Little Hand-Holding

Who among us hasn’t found ourselves losing patience with a particularly challenging customer or client? What seems pretty simple and “self-explanatory” to us can sometimes be confusing and troubling to one of our prospects or customers. As much as we might want to tell them firmly to “get a grip”–sometimes, they just need a little guidance and hand-holding and they might develop into loyal and steady customers. In one of my incarnations, I do a lot of work and interaction with people from all over the world. This means that there is often a challenge when it comes to language, … Continue reading →

General Conference From the Past: “Look to God and Live”

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In October 1978, Elder Carlos E. Asay of the Quorum of the Seventy gave a talk entitled “Look to God and Live.” In this talk, he described the importance of keeping our gaze focused on Christ. In doing so, we, too, might look to our Father in Heaven and receive eternal life. Elder Asay provides various stories, in and out of the scriptures. He begins by speaking of a man who had sunk low. Involved in drinking and in drugs, this man always kept his head low, focused on the feet of those around him. Said Elder Asay, “this alcoholic … Continue reading →

Offering Guidance to Our Kids, Not Criticism

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When our kids do something wrong, as they inevitably will, we should strive to guide them rather than criticize them. “To avoid being judgmental, psychologists do not use criticism to influence children. They use guidance. In criticism, parents attack children’s personality attributes and their character. In guidance, we state the problem and a possible solution. We say nothing to the child about himself or herself,” says Dr. Haim Ginott. Remember when our kids were infants and toddlers and they spilled something? What did we do? We talked about the event- “Uh-uh, Tyler spilled his juice. Let’s get that cleaned up.” … Continue reading →

Identifying What You Need to Work On

It is one thing to have a plan and goals, it is quite another to actually be able to identify the areas in your home business where you need to put your efforts to make those goals come to pass. Figuring out what exactly you need to work on can be one of the challenging tasks of running your own home business. Without a boss or board of directors to give you guidance and take the “guess work” out of steering a business, you are left to your own devices to determine what it is that needs to be done. … Continue reading →

Career Planning: Choosing Work That Fits You

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Finding a career path that suits your personality is important. After all, how many people do you know that complain they don’t enjoy their job? I know of several, and in most cases, those people were thrown into their careers because either it was the first thing that came along, or out of necessity. I’m a firm believer in purposely choosing your career. While work may always seem like work, with the right choice it is entirely possible to enjoy yourself while performing your job. Feeling a sense of satisfaction at the end of your workday can lead to a … Continue reading →