Where Are You Going?

Posted by Jonathan Bingham on December 6, 2015 under Audio, Bible study, Multiweek | Be the First to Comment

This study came from four different sources that are closely related in their practical truths. I was reading something and came across this quote:

“Bad habits are easy to make, but hard to live with. Good habits are hard to make, but easy to live with.”

And somehow God took that thought and reminded me of one of my favorite Andy Stanley sermon series, Destinations: The Principle of the Path. And when I started thinking about that, I remembered a recent sermon by one of our teaching pastors where he talked about the process of how our thoughts become attitudes and actions, and how those actions become habits, and how those habits will determine our lives. And then I remembered some great wisdom from Andy Andrews that really helps make it all practical.

I began thinking about all four principles and realized there is an important reminder / warning for us at any age and place in life that we be careful with our minds, intentionally choose what is influencing our decisions, and make sure the destinations that are set by our current paths are where we want to end up.

Where Are You Going?

And in the process of doing that lesson, I updated an old lesson on controlling your thoughts.

Control Your Mind – Update

And in the Scripture meditation point I realized it would be helpful for me to put together a starter list of passages for people to meditate on.

Meditation

Here are the recordings of my teaching this series (AAC format playable in most browsers, iTunes, and iDevices):

(My new lapel microphone does a much better job getting my audio, but a much poorer job picking up audio from the group, and this lesson had a huge amount of wonderful discussion that ended up being large chunks of silence on the recording, so I had to remove it.  That results in some odd transitions, but it’s better than wasting the listeners’ time.  I may have to start running two separate recordings to capture both well.)

Week 1 – Introduction (8/2/15), 47 min., 24MB

 

Week 2 – Destination     (8/23/15), 41 min., 20MB

 

Week 3 – Direction     (8/30/15), 28 min., 14MB

 

Week 4 – Direction     (9/6/15), 42 min., 21MB

 

Week 5 – Direction     (9/13/15), 32 min., 16MB

 

Week 6 – Decisions / Thoughts    (9/20/15), 44 min., 22MB

 

Week 7 – Friends     (9/27/15), 40 min., 20MB

 

Week 8 – Friends (do-over)     (10/4/15), 20 min., 10MB

 

Week 9 – Friends / Music     (10/18/15), 33 min., 16MB

 

Week 10 – Music / Books     (10/25/15), 52 min., 26MB

 

Week 11 – Bible / Scripture Memory / Scripture Meditation     (11/29/15), 44 min., 22MB

 

Week 12 – Prayer / Worship     (12/6/15), 16 min., 8MB

His Needs, Her Needs Review

Posted by Jonathan Bingham on December 10, 2011 under Bible study, Single | Be the First to Comment

This lesson focuses on one of the 10 basic needs highlighted in Willard Harley’s popular book, His Needs, Her Needs:  affection.  Along with a biblical background from Matthew 6, the lesson talks about how a husband can meet his wife’s need for affection, and how he can blow it.  I also included a little worksheet that can be copied and handed out to couples so they can identify and communicate their top needs to their spouse as a first step toward aligning each spouse’s efforts to meet the other’s need with their actual needs.

His Needs – Her Needs Review

My Top Books of All Time

Posted by Jonathan Bingham on January 22, 2009 under Blog | Be the First to Comment

Of course, first is the Bible.  Read it.  All of it.  Seriously.

Then:

How to Win Friends and Influence People – Dale Carnegie

Good to Great – Jim Collins

Developing the Leader within You – John Maxwell

If Only He Knew – Gary Smalley (aka Hidden Keys of a Loving, Lasting Marriage)

The Dream Giver – Bruce Wilkinson

The Traveler’s Gift – Andy Andrews

Hinds Feet on High Places – Hannah Hurnard

Laws for Liberated Living – Manley Beasley  (OOP)