Without a doubt, the most important thing you can establish in your life right now is what you believe. Your core convictions will separate you from the pack.
Here are seven beliefs from the Bible that, if acted on, will alter your future for good.
- I believe I am God’s child and He is my Father (1 John 3:1).
- I believe the Holy Spirit leads me in all my decisions.
- I believe I am more than a conqueror in every challenge life brings (Rom. 8:37).
- I believe God is the author of my promotion in every area of life (Ps. 75:6-7).
- I believe that when I pray, God hears me and answers me (Mark 11:24).
- I believe that as I meditate on God’s Word, He makes my way prosperous (Josh 1:8).
- I believe that nothing is impossible because I believe (Mark 9:23).
Five Good Habits That Will Make You A Winner
- Preparation.
“I will do all I must before, so that I can enjoy the results after.” - Action.
“I will do what I need to do right now because tomorrow may be too late.” - Prayer.
“I realize that my destiny is too great for me to attempt alone. God will be my constant help and source of strength to fulfill my dreams and achieve my
destiny.” - Character.
“I will live life with honesty and integrity, the kind of attributes that will not just get me to the top, but keep me there.” - Discipline.
“I will continue to do what it takes to succeed, even when the excitement has dwindled, the new has worn off, and things become routine.”
Five Bad Habits That Will Label You A Loser
Whether in sports, school, or a career, there are decisions that will form habits and cause any person to come out on the losing end most of the time.
Success and failure are not mysteries. You can choose either one.
Here are five habits to choose to refuse in your life.
- Finger pointing.
“It’s someone else’s fault that I didn’t do well—not my own.” - Procrastination.
I’ll get to it later when the mood hits me just right and the universe comes into proper alignment.” - Unbelief.
“I don’t think I was meant to succeed – mediocrity is just in my genes.” - Jealousy.
“I don’t see why they get everything going their way. They get all the breaks.” - Laziness.
“I’m going to do the very least I have to do in order to get this job done. So what if it’s not my best?”
by Blaine Bartel.
Excerpt permission granted by Harrison House Publishers
Blaine and Lori Bartel didn’t set out to build a place like this. They became it.
Blaine once lived at the top of the ministry world—national TV, a booming youth movement at Church on the Move, and a growing church in Dallas. But while the stage lights were bright, the darkness underneath was darker. A secret 23-year sexual addiction buried everything he valued—his marriage, ministry, finances, reputation, and identity.
Crushed and barely holding on to life, he spent over a year in deep therapy, wrestling with shame and fighting for healing. Then, somewhere on a windswept highway between Kansas City and Tulsa, he heard the voice that lifted him out of the soil:
“I am not going to give you a recovery. I am calling you into resurrection.”
Everything changed.
Blaine found complete freedom and began decoding a Jesus-centered path that leads men out of the grave and into new life. For more than a decade, he’s been guiding other men through that same resurrection.
Lori was walking her own road—rebuilding after 17 years married to a chronic alcoholic, carrying both the wounds and the courage of a woman who refused to stay broken. She was searching for purpose, for peace, for somewhere her heart could breathe again.
Then God crossed their paths.
They met over pasta at Ti Amo (“I love you”—God’s little wink).
A year later, in a simple wedding wrapped in hope, they said yes to each other and to a calling bigger than themselves.
Today—13 years in—they share one mission:
To pull men out of addiction and to rebuild the marriages addiction has shattered.
House of Resurrection is the fruit of the very ground that once tried to bury them—a sacred space for honesty, healing, and brand-new beginnings.
They are joyful parents of four grown kids, proud grandparents of two, and happiest anywhere with lakes, beaches, sunshine, and reminders that darkness never gets to write the final chapter.