Our stories are still being written. We may have our own personal plans, but God has a better one. He uses our losses and wins, our disappointments and achievements, our struggles and small victories and the pain and healing to write our story. When we go against the grain our lives are filled with roughness …
Give a smile, give a word of encouragement, give your employer a great effort, give your family time/love today. There are so many ways to give…be creative. You can give without loving, but you cannot love without giving.(Unknown) Jesus said this: “Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken …
There’s a lot of anger and rage in the world today. I’m sure that it’s been a part of mankind from the beginning. It’s hard to believe an argument can be won through screams, profanity and name calling. “Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body …
Elisabeth Elliott is one of the bravest missionaries in modern times. She lived among the same hostile tribe in Ecuador that had previously murdered her husband. It’s interesting to me that she said this about faith…“Faith does not eliminate questions. But faith knows where to take them.” We all have doubts, fears and questions. I …
Vince Lombardi was an incredibly successful NFL football coach. He was a tough, “old school” coach. One of his most famous quotes was “faith, family and football.” It’s interesting that I don’t think about Coach Lombardi’s accomplishments when I think of him. I think about “faith, family and football.” What are your priorities? If you …
Treat others the way you want to me treated. Be the coach that you would want to play for. Be the employer that you would want to work for. Be the neighbor that you would like to live next door to. “So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, …
Every person matters. Everything matters. What may seem like a small detail for us may be life changing for a person we encounter today. “Do small things with great love.”(Mother Teresa) “Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters,”(Colossians 3:23) Keith MadisonSCORE International
Have you ever been guilty of praying with your mind on something besides God? I have! Sometimes, when we take time to pray, it’s good to be silent. Sometimes words are are not enough to offer God. It’s good to be quiet and give Him your entire mind, body and soul. “In prayer it is …
The question I should ask myself each morning is this, “Who will I have the opportunity to serve today?” “In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; rather, he made …
There are days when we wonder how we can go on. It is a condition of the human race that we, at times, experience discouragement, disappointment, heartbreak or pain. Jesus said, “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” (Matthew 11:28) “The Lord is my rock, my …