Many people put in that situation would quickly become pessimistic or fatalistically resigned to defeat not the apostles.
Application: Ask the Lord to teach you how to rejoice even in sorrowful conditions. God promises to turn all things around for good - in all conditions. The apostles were in intimate relations with the Lord Jesus who had turned around the worst situations for good. When we know Jesus Christ and are in an abiding relationship with Him we will remain confident in His promise to do remarkable things with His irrepressible Spirit.
Application: Ask the Lord to help you to stay in such close communion with Jesus that you can remember His overcoming example. Remember how the Lord turned around many great people throughout church history to demonstrate His creative transformations.
Trust the Lord to help you to follow the faith, teaching and example of those who have experienced a great turn around in their lives and ministries. Application: Thank God for all the ways He has turned around bad things into good even in your own experiences. The Lord turned around the church in all Judea and Galilee and Samaria so it enjoyed peace and was built up. Acts The Lord is capable of using all kinds of adversity to bring revival and growth to the local church.
God helps us turn our negative thoughts to positive expectations through the Spirit that lives within us. The church experienced terrible persecution, violence, conspiracy, and suspicion, dispersing and then suddenly, out of the blue, Jesus turns things around. Application: Christ is a change agent and that is how His Spirit helps us view everything. Ask the Lord to help you start to expect how He will turn things around for the best instead of fretting about the worst.
God has turned things around in the Soviet Union, in Korea and throughout the mission fields of the world by His power. He responded to the prayers of Godly people in this passage and He is eager to do the same today.
Application: Ask the Lord to continue to turn things organizations, people and nations around that are in need of change. The Lord turns things around because He wants people to depend on His wisdom and truth. Paul wrote,. Where is the wise man? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?
Learn a new instrument in a month — the ukulele, cello, flute — whatever takes your fancy. Create a postcard sized piece of art each day and have a work of art to display at the end of the month.
Be positive for 30 days — even when things go wrong, look only for the positives. Do a brain training puzzle a day like sudoku, crosswords or anything on lumosity. Write down something you love about your partner every day and give them the list after your month is up. Life will feel brighter and you will hopefully feel more fulfilled.
Thank you for reading and I wish you all the best of luck with whatever challenge you choose to take on. If you decide to try any of the challenges on this list, stay in touch. It includes ideas which have all been organised into the following categories:.
As part of the book, you also get a free 30 day challenge planner chart which you can print out to track your progress. Find what you love and do it. Set your goals, take risks, trust your instincts and measure success by your own standards See About. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website.
These cookies do not store any personal information. Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website. I first heard about 30 day challenges from Matt Cutts in his inspiring TED talk 30 day challenge ideas 1.
Take a photo a day on your way to work. Give a compliment a day. Speak to someone new every day. Keep a thought journal. Write your dreams down every morning for 30 days. Give up alcohol for a month.
Give up TV for a month. Listen to a new song every day. Spend five minutes focusing on your breath every day. Be totally honest — so no lying for 30 days harder than you think.
Draw or paint a picture a day. Learn something new every day. Teach others something new every day. Drink eight glasses of water a day. Try hot yoga every day — many studios offer an intro discount! Cook or bake something new each day. Go for a 15 minute run every day Do 50 sit-ups a day. Write a handwritten letter or send a postcard a day to old friends. Learn a dance routine as part of a group Cycle to work Write down a positive thought a day Keep a gratitude list for 30 days Spend at least five minutes doing laughter yoga every day.
Plan my work day hour by hour 10 minutes c. We live in an age where attention is limited more so than time. Therefore, cultivating the habit of staying ruthlessly focused in whatever you do is an extremely crucial skill to develop in this age of distractions.
However, being able to focus is a habit just like other habits and you need to develop it, this includes:. We normally think that we only need to be productive at work and once we come home we can be lazy, unproductive couch potatoes!
Every week, make it a habit to take hours of your daily life to pause and think about every aspect of your life:. Do a review about each of these aspects and ask yourself questions such as:.
These weekly reviews are habits of highly successful people who reflect and adjust their daily lives so that overall they achieve success in dunya and akhira. Have you tried any of the above? Which is your favourite habit? Any others you can think of?
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