My life would be so much more productive and I would have so much more peace if I started each morning with this prayer: “Father, this is your day. You have blessed me with life and health. Use me today to encourage those in my path and to honor you.” “For with you is the …
Many times people who “win” in life are like a turtle on a fence post. They have the misconception that arrived on top all by themselves! “For who makes you different from anyone else? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though …
In sports there’s often one or two guys on a team who talk a good game but seldom rise to the occasion to put in extra work. It’s true on coaching staffs, in business and other walks of life, as well. Talk is cheap. The writer of Proverbs 14:23 said this: “All hard work brings …
The first to apologize is the bravest. The first to forgive is the strongest. The first to forget is the happiest. “Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.” (Colossians 3:13) Keith Madison SCORE International
I like being in control of my circumstances. I don’t like suffering or seeing those I love suffer. There are things I wanted to achieve in life that are now out of reach. These things I know. I also know, looking back, that in every moment of suffering, every disappointment, every season of adversity, God …
You can get everything in life you want if you help enough other people get what they want.” (Zig Ziglar) How do you do that? How can you turn your focus from yourself and start adding value to others? You can do it by: 1. Putting others first in your thinking. 2. Finding out what …
Things change. Our children grow up quickly. Our jobs may change. The stock market is up and down. One day we’re healthy, the next day we’re not. Loved ones pass. Sometimes our teams win, sometimes they lose. Friends stick with us, others betray us. Life is uncertain. One thing never changes…the love of Christ. He …
Those who accuse you falsely are ultimately up against a Friend, an Advocate and Protector who will never fail you. Your accuser may have a temporary victory, but God will be victorious in the end. “No weapon forged against you will prevail, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage …
Who’s to blame? Social media. Network news? Cable news? Many seem to be sharing their strong opinions about politics, religion and even sports with no compromise and no regard to other people’s convictions. I was reminded of why we should set ourselves apart from the anger and hate we’re bombarded with as I read Galatians …
The prayer that Paul prayed for his Ephesian friends over 2,000 years ago is the prayer I pray for each of you this morning: “I pray that out of His glorious riches He may strengthen you with power through His Holy Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through …