Worry has always been a challenge for me. Some call worry a sin and point their fingers at people like me and say “ye of little faith.” Perhaps it is a sin, but I compromise and see worry as a weakness; one God has helped me to overcome gradually as He has proven His love …
I am thankful for grace! The fact that I’m writing this devotional is a result of God’s grace, forgiveness and mercy. Rick Warren explains grace in this way: “Grace is when God gives you what you don’t deserve. Mercy is when God DOESN’T give you what you DO deserve. For all the ways you’ve sinned, …
On average, it takes more than 2 months before a new behavior becomes automatic — 66 days to be exact. “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” (Aristotle) We can create good habits and become “more excellent” if we ask God to help us throughout the day. …
It’s been well chronicled that baseball is very different than other sports. There’s no clock. You play until the last hitter is out. The defense handles the ball. And, you play more games. Major Leaguers play 162, minor leaguers about 140, division l colleges 56. The season is a marathon, not a sprint. No one …
Back during the Big Red Machine era, I was in minor league spring training with the Reds. Pete Rose wasn’t satisfied with the work he was getting in during the big league spring training sessions so afterward he would come to the minor league complex to get extra swings in our batting cages. A few …
“When you plant a seed of love, it is you that blossoms.” (Unknown) “God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him.” (1 John 4:16) Keith Madison SCORE International
Our growth as a Christian is not revealed by how ‘good’ we are, but “it’s revealed by how we think about God, how much we think about Him and how highly we think about Him.” (Sinclair B. Ferguson) “…grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be glory …
Recently, in a prayer, a friend of mine asked God to help him “be an answer to someone’s prayer today.” Without even trying, I was being shown what availability and obedience is all about. And, also, how important it is to keep our eyes and ears open to those in need. Perhaps an elderly widow …
In the dugout, if we scored early in the game, almost invariably you would hear a coach or player say, “Score early and score often!” That’s a good formula for winning a baseball game. In our prayer life, we can pray anytime, but it would be a good thing if “we prayed early and prayed …
We should all be on a mission today. The mission should be a relentless search to recognize the things in our lives to be thankful for. God has blessed us all with good gifts. It may be health, it may be knowledge, it may be energy, family, freedom, finances or friends. My challenge for you …