Dumb Things Smart Christians Do: Tunnel Vision
Any of us can get trapped by tunnel vision — only seeing a tiny bit of life and missing so much of the world around us. Today, pastor and missionary Joel Arreola, talks about tunnel vision and what we can do to break out of it. SM4 is committed to …
Dumb Things Smart Christians Do: Getting Stuck in the Past
It’s easy for any of us to get stuck in the past. Whether it’s from the loss of good things, or the distress of painful life experiences, we can be held hostage by our histories. But Jesus made a way for us to become unstuck, able to live life fully …
Dumb Things Smart Christians Do: Letting Your Mind Run Wild
When we spend a good amount of time letting our minds run wild, we lose the ability to concentrate; and a lack of concentration can become a problem. When we are undisciplined in our thoughts, we can easily be sidetracked from what we are trying to accomplish. Today, Pastor Lisa …
Dumb Things Smart Christians Do: Living a Disordered Life
It’s so easy to misorder our life — putting all the little things in front of what’s most important. But have you noticed that a misordered life leads to a disordered life? When all the pieces are no longer fitting together we experience the pain, frustration, and anxiety that comes …
BONUS TRACK: For men only! The “I WILL” Spirit
Psalm 101 seems to have been written specifically with men in mind. Its eight verses are packed with a dozen “I WILL” declarations, as David was stepping into his role as king, and stating exactly what his LIFE and LEADERSHIP would be all about. As men, we can learn from …
Dumb Things Smart Christians Do: Living Distracted
Have you ever been caught in the “shiny object syndrome” — where what glitters brightest steals your attention? It happens to all of us, and advertisers spend BILLIONS to distract us even more. But what God says what we look at matters, because our vision sets our direction. Our heart …
Know Your Season
If your life can be measured in seasons, what season do you think you are currently in? Although we don’t get to choose our seasons; it is critical that we know the season God has us in! It is our hearts, not our ages or circumstances that shape the seasons …
Dumb Things Smart Christians Do: Bad Decisions 2
The decisions we make — both big and small — are incredibly important, because what we DECIDE is what we DO. And what we do shapes both the direction and quality of our lives. Today we examine three “lenses” we look through that tend to block out God’s perspective on …
Dumb Things Smart Christians Do: Bad Decisions
Christians aren’t immune from making bad decisions. Our old “sin nature” continues urging us to do dumb things — but we can fight back. And part of fighting back has to do with asking smart questions when we’re processing decisions. Today we’ll discover three helpful questions we can use when …
Dumb Things Smart Christians Do: I Can’t
Often times we look for a variety of things to say “I Can’t” but in order to follow God, we need to be able to give God everything we have and everything we are. It’s an all in offer from God to us and from us to God.
In the Presence of My Enemies
When our enemies are present, we can assume it’s because God is absent. When we’re in the middle of troubles, pain, sickness, and mental anguish, we might conclude it’s because God has left us; he’s abandoned us; he no longer cares. But we’d be wrong. That’s exactly where God meets us, sustains …
Dumb Things Smart Christians Do: Being Judgy
Have you ever felt judged? Yep. And it’s always painful. Harder question: have we ever judged others? Yep, again! And it’s dumb — because it always chases people from our lives and never moves people in the direction we were hoping for! Today we discover what the Bible says about …