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How Do You Change People?We can’t really change anyone, but Jesus can, and sometimes he lets us be a part of that change.There’s only one way to change people: that’s from the inside out.You’ve got to change the roots of a tree to change its fruit. If you change the roots, the fruit will take care of itself. If you fight the fruit, try to change people from the outside in, what needs to be changed just keeps getting worse.It’s like pruning the tree. If the roots are rotten, we can do all the pr …

ANALYTICSEDIT VIDEO If something you’re doing is wrecking your life, it’s rooted in a false belief. The truth can be hard, but it saves lives.... it doesn’t wreck them. It may not be easy to change what you believe, but if you’re willing to seek truth no matter how it feels, it will radically change every area of your life. We think what we think and we do what we do because we believe what we believe. I talk about this at length in “The Right Fight”. How to live a loving life. God’s Word is …

Our first responsibility is always to make sure we are not the ones that need to be changing. If we have the courage to look inside ourselves, we will find we are always in need of change. That said, if someone else is in need of so much change that a relationship depends on it, then we must pray about how long we should wait. We must also love them enough to challenge them to change at all cost. If they really refuse to change and we keep lovingly challenging them, many times they will walk awa …

“The Right Fight” “How To Live a Loving Life” is the most important lessons I have ever learned in my life. Available at Shieldsofstrength.com, Amazon, and most book stores. If you haven’t already, please get a copy. The world wants us to fight first, so we end up surrendering. Love requires we surrender first, and end up fighting. Every video I ever share is based on the truths I share in “The Right Fight.” Matthew 10:39,”Whoever finds their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life for m …