Encourage Coping Statements: 02-05-2026

1. A bad experience does not make a bad life or relationship.
2. A step backward does not mean that you cannot take two steps forward next time.
3. A failure does not mean success is impossible; it only means you need to learn new information and skills.
4. Setbacks are part of progress, so if you experience one, encourage yourself to stay on the path and learn more, not quit.
5. Obstacles are often insurmountable until you ask for help, admit shortcomings, admit errors, and learn more information and higher skills.

Dreams Must Involve More: 02-04-2026

1. If your dreams are not plans, they are fantasies.
2. If your dreams don’t involve new habits, they are fantasies.
3. If your dreams do not require daily work, they are fantasies.
4. If your dreams do not cause you to learn new skills, they are fantasies.
5. If your dreams do not involve preparation, research, and study, they are fantasies.

Discomfort Must Not Stop the Good: 02-03-2026

1. If you are uncomfortable doing good, do it anyway.
2. If you are uncomfortable confronting evil, do it anyway.
3. If you are uncomfortable praying in public, do it anyway.
4. If you are uncomfortable speaking the truth, do it anyway.
5. If you are uncomfortable forgiving someone, do it anyway.
6. If you are uncomfortable showing compassion, do it anyway.
7. If you are uncomfortable professing your belief in God, do it anyway.
8. If you are uncomfortable performing an act of kindness, do it anyway.
9. If you are uncomfortable telling someone you love them, do it anyway.
10. If you are uncomfortable praying before you eat at a restaurant, do it anyway.

Some Warning Signs for Choices: 02-02-2026

1. If a choice is too easy, it’s likely wrong.
2. If a choice is difficult, chances are it’s right.
3. If a choice is too comfortable, it’s likely wrong.
4. If a choice is too hard, chances are it’s right.
5. More often than not, the safe choices are the wrong choices.
6. More often than not, the difficult choices are the right choices.
7. More often than not, the convenient choices are the wrong choices.
8. More often than not, the painful choices are the right choices.
9. More often than not, the low-risk choices are the wrong choices.
10. More often than not, the impossible or high-risk choices are the right choices.

Win with God: 02-01-2026

1. When you rely on and stay true to God when God is attacked, you win.
2. When you rely on and stay true to God in a negative situation, you win.
3. When you rely on and stay true to God, no matter the situation, you win.
4. When you rely on and stay true to God even when all desert Him, you win.
5. When you rely on and stay true to God even at the risk of your life or your family’s life, you win.

Where Is the Focus of Your Life?: 01-31-2026

1. Focus your life on what is true.
2. Focus your life on what is good.
3. Focus your life on what is eternal.
4. What is true, good, and eternal but God?
5. God is life, light, and love; therefore, focus your life on God.

Your Past Is Your Toolbox: 01-30-2026

1. Your past is a school, not a home.
2. Your past is a teacher, not a companion.
3. Your past is your workshop, not your prison.
4. Your past is a reality check, not a condemnation.
5. Your past is how you measure your behavior today.