We're living for Likes, but we're longing for love.

The life we have is a reflection of what we think.

Your calling is more about who you are becoming than what you are doing.

I think God eventually changed my heart simply because I clung to my desire for Him, even though I wasn't sure how to follow through on that desire.

What science is showing us today is what God told us through Solomon almost three thousand years ago: "For as he thinks in his heart, so is he" (Proverbs 23:7 NKJV). So if both the Bible and modern science teach us that our lives are moving in the direction of our strongest thoughts, then we need to make time for introspection and ask ourselves, "Do I like the direction my thoughts are taking me?

We aren't designed by God to seek the image of others; we are designed to seek him. When we spend time on social media focusing on how well others present their lives, we are, to use one of my father's baseball analogies, taking our eye off the ball.

So if it seems like you're doing something different from what everyone else is doing, and if sometimes that feels hard, this is a good thing, not a bad thing.

You are not a victim of your thoughts. You have the power through Christ to take them captive. As a result, you will find what you are looking for. You can believe the worst or think the best. You can find reasons to worry or reasons to have faith. You can live pessimistically, or you can possess life-changing faith.

In ten years, we will each look in the mirror, and someone will stare back. That person will be shaped by the thoughts of today.

But no, your mind is a battlefield, and the battle for your life is always won or lost in your mind.

Full-time lover of your world; part-time lover of God.

To win the battle for our minds, we must engage, because there is no other way for us to defeat evil. The days of being neutral must be over.