In professional baseball, players tend to be labeled by coaches, managers and the front office. “His feet are slow,” “he can’t hit the breaking ball,” “his fastball has no ‘life’,” etc. No matter how hard a player works during the off-season to improve, those labels seem to stick. Thankfully, God doesn’t label us. He continues …
Jesus grew up in Joseph and Mary’s house learning how to be a carpenter. He was a carpenter’s son. He is also an architect who has redesigned millions upon millions of hearts, including mine. Jesus is trying to clean out the selfishness, jealousy, envy, pride and fear and replace them with love, forgiveness, generosity, peace …
Babe Ruth, at one time, was the most famous person in the world. His notoriety was like Michael Jordan, Mohammad Ali and Humphrey Bogart all rolled in to one. When he retired from baseball, he had set numerous records, including home runs (714), RBI (2214), walks (2062) and….strikeouts. The Sultan of Swing struck out 1330 …
God listens. What we say to Him matters. He doesn’t hear eloquent words or stammering, He hears our hearts. Don’t give up. He doesn’t ignore your heart felt plea. “I cry out to the Lord; I pray to the Lord for mercy.” (Psalm 142:1) Keith Madison SCORE International
Attitude is a choice. It’s perhaps the most important choice we can make today. We can choose to be positive and have a productive day while encouraging those around us…Or, we can choose a negative attitude and be miserable and make every one around us miserable, as well. Choose to smile and to bring a …
“If we do the little things like they are big things, then God will do the big things like they are little things. (From “Draw the Circle” by Mark Batterson) When we work, we work; when we pray, God works. “Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, …
As hard as we may try, we all fall short of being righteous. Paul even declared in Romans 3:10, “”There is no one righteous, not even one.” But God, in His incredible love for us, gave to us the Righteous One, Jesus Christ. Paul also said in 2 Corinthians 5:21, “God made Him who had …
Today, most of us will make multiple decisions, interact with several people, meet old and new challenges and attempt to have a positive, productive day. You can! Be encouraged to ask God to go before you to prepare the hearts and minds of those you come in contact with and to help you “take captive …
God is bigger than any problem we face. This is a simple statement of faith that all of us have most likely heard. Author and philosopher A.W. Tozer believed that a low view of God is the cause of many evils in the world, but a high view of God is the solution to thousands …
If Jesus were to be described in today’s political culture, would He be conservative, liberal or a radical? To be honest, in my opinion, there were times during His life on earth, He could have been placed in any one of those boxes. But if you look at all of His teachings collectively, He would …