Posts tagged 'balance'

  • Life Balance Check, Part 6: Managing Stress

    Stress is something we’re all familiar with; it’s natural and unavoidable to have some stress in our lives. The problem arises when there is too much stress, especially when that stressful state continues for months on end. ...

    by Peter Amsterdam

  • Life Balance Check, Part 5: Fellowship, Family, and …

    I have been reflecting recently on how much my life has been blessed through meaningful relationships with others. We are hardwired to need other people in our lives, including our immediate family as well as ...

    by Peter Amsterdam

  • Life Balance Check, Part 4: Personal Growth

    Throughout our lifetime, we naturally grow and improve in various areas of our lives. We gain experience from our positive and negative encounters, our successes and failures, our relationships, reading and studying, etc. ...

    by Peter Amsterdam

  • Life Balance Check, Part 3: Exercise

    I’d like to address the subject of exercise. I know this is not a new topic; there’s been a lot of buzz about exercise for the last few decades, and we have addressed it in earlier posts and publications. ...

    by Peter Amsterdam

  • Life Balance Check, Part 2: Health

    Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, as it goes well with your soul.—3 John 2 ESV

    Our bodies are an amazing gift from God, and it is our duty to Him to take care of them. Our bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit. We are not our own.1 ...

    by Peter Amsterdam

  • Life Balance Check, Part 1: Time with the …

    We all know that time spent with the Lord is of paramount importance, but because we are so familiar with the concepts of “Word time,” “devotions,” and “prayer time,” they can sadly become cliché. ...

    by Peter Amsterdam

  • Life Balance Check: Introduction

    For the latter part of last year and the first months of this year, I struggled with ongoing back pain which made it difficult for me to work at my computer, and it also hindered my sleep and exercise. ...

    by Peter Amsterdam