Attitude is a choice. Choose a negative attitude and be miserable and make those around you miserable. Or, choose a positive attitude, people will want to be with you, listen to you and will help you accomplish more during the day. “Do everything without grumbling or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, …
Henry David Thoreau once wrote, “It takes two to speak the truth—one to speak and one to hear.” To really value others as individuals, we must learn to listen, patently, to what they have to say. When we do this, we may learn a lot, or me may learn nothing. But, when we listen, we …
In Paul David Tripp’s excellent devotional book, “New Morning Mercies,” he shares, “your weaknesses are not the big danger that you should fear. What you should really fear are your delusions of strength.” God can do more with our weaknesses than He can our strengths. Paul knew this quite well: “But He said to me, …
Everyone who has been rescued by Jesus Christ, has hope that is far different than the world’s hope. We are not trusting in any one man, a political party, or a revolutionary new drug that will help us live longer on earth. We have hope in the One we came always trust, Jesus. “Hope means …
Be encouraged! We are all aware of our weaknesses. We fall, but God helps us up. He deserves praise because He forgives and extends His transforming grace! “The meaning of life. The wasted years of life. The poor choices of life. God answers the mess of life with one word: ‘grace.’”(Max Lucado) “for all have …
In Brian Dodd’s outstanding book, The Games Leaders Play, he says, “The first responsibility of leadership is to lead yourself well.” Leadership isn’t just about being in charge and giving orders. It’s about being responsible for others and carrying yourself in such a way that others will want to follow. Jesus said this: “From everyone …
“So be careful how you make sense of your life. What looks like disaster may in fact be grace. What looks like the end may be the beginning. What looks hopeless may be God’s instrument to give you real and lasting hope. Your Father is committed to taking what seems so bad and turning it …
Disappointment, stress, worry, fear, loneliness, confusion, temptation…when we experience these emotions, it’s a great time to have a conversation with God. Even if it’s a short, sincere prayer of “help me, Lord, __ is stealing joy from my life.” God is always with you. He hears your honest cry for help. “Look to the Lord …
In a world that changes so rapidly most of us can’t begin to keep up, Jesus never changes. He is faithful during happiness and during heartbreak, health and illness, wins and losses. “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.”(Hebrews 13:8) “How sweet the name of Jesus sounds, in a believer’s ear!It soothes …
“He (God) loved us not because we are lovable, but because He is love.”(C.S. Lewis) “For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the …