Many who read these text messages each morning are division l baseball coaches who will be starting a new season today. But, the following benediction is good for all of us as we embark on a new day: May God’s love surround you, God’s Spirit guide you, God’s whisper cheer you, God’s peace calm you, …
Years ago, in trying to encourage my sons and my baseball players to hang out with the right people, I would remind them of this: “You are who you’re with.” If we follow Christ and if we strive to be more like Him, we should “hang out” with him often. “So then, just as you …
Along with me, please fill in the blanks: I would have more joy in my life if only _______. I could have more peace in my life if _________. I would feel better about myself if only _________. I would feel closer to God if _________. (We don’t need to share the answers. This is …
Eternity. That’s a heavy thought and it’s hard to “get our minds around it. Solomon was the wisest of the wise. He said this about eternity: “He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to …
My main ingredient in the recipe for a successful team, staff, organization or business is a healthy portion of humility. Not the kind of humility that robs people of confidence, but the kind described in Philippians 2:3-4, “Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Each …
Recently, I’ve been thinking a lot about my age. Thinking more than praying. When would it please God for me to retire or when should I slow down? Yesterday, I was talking to a very young man and he said, “Coach, when I saw you this morning, it came to me that I need to …
During lunch with a former player recently, I was asked a simple question, but I was caught off guard and never answered. The question was this, “Coach, what would you like for your legacy to be?” I haven’t thought about again until this morning. Perhaps it’s a question we all need to ask ourselves often, …
A team, business, family or any organization cannot grow without, until its leaders grow within. Paul says continue! Don’t be satisfied. Grow in strength and be thankful! “So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live in Him, rooted and built up in Him, strengthened in the faith as you were …
When we go through life’s difficulties and challenges, we must never confuse “God” with “life.” God is the One who helps us through life’s challenges. During WW ll, Corrie Ten Boom and her family helped Jews escape the Nazi Holocaust. They were in great danger during the war. Later Corrie said, “There is no panic …
I’ve noticed most of us have pretty high standards…for other people. Stephen Covey once said, “We judge ourselves by our intentions and others by their behavior.” “If any one of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her.” (Jesus-John 8:7) Keith Madison SCORE International