Category: Personal Development

  • Small Things

    Do not despise the day of small beginnings – Zechariah 4:10 Don’t aim to be the biggest aim to go the longest Don’t strive for fame rather keep bringing your best Give your all to the small Sometimes what’s missing is YOU People don’t follow principles people follow people so be the best version of…

  • 4 Ways Not To Be Stupid Altogether And Therefore Live A Life Of Meaning

    Hands up if you’ve ever been stupid. Yes, we all have. We’ve all done stupid things that had an impact on our own lives, embarrassed us but also that had a negative impact on others. Maybe you just put your foot in it too many times, or you get the wrong end of the stick…

  • You Were Designed To Change

    If something doesn’t change it’s dead. Some people die well before they hit the grave. Benjamin Franklin said, Some people die at 25 and aren’t buried until 75 This isn’t meant to be the case, it is not what you or I were designed for. We were designed to change. The evidence for this is…

  • SHAME OFF YOU

    We carry shame around far too long, Jesus is trying to take shame off of us Shame attaches itself to our lives because 1. Things we do 2. Things that are done to us… You can have a positive God Filled future You can know God’s best for your life you can hit mark of…

  • Could Your Disadvantage Be Working In Your Favour?

    At the start of the 20th Century, Alfred Adler suggested the counterintuitive Theory of Compensation. His thesis was that disadvantages can often work to our advantage because they develop within us attitudes, strengths and abilities that would otherwise not appear. His theory was that as we compensate for those disadvantages we discover our greatest gifts.…

  • The Paradox of Flourishing

    Here at Christian Life Church (soon to be IKON CHURCH) our Vision Statement is simple. HUMAN FLOURISHING: people doing well in every area of life. We believe that if we are successful in our work this will be the result. In his latest book, Strong and Weak: Embracing a Life of Love, Risk and True…

  • Approval is Overrated

    You don’t get better if you are only trying to prove how good you already are. Part of me doesn’t like feedback, be honest, neither does part of you.  “Feedback is the breakfast of champions,” sounds great until someone gives you feedback, critical feedback. Even that word, ‘critical’, send shivers doesn’t it. The word however,…