Sharon and I attended the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame banquet last night. There were some great former athletes there…Bench, Rose, Perez, Concepcion and many more. The current team was there as well…young, vibrant and athletic. Two things were noticed by me as I observed the old and the young:One, the current players were very …
If you feel discouraged or left out today, remember this truth and experience joy in the midst of sadness: “The Lord appeared to us in the past, saying: ‘have loved you with an everlasting love…’”(Jeremiah 31:3) “Riches take wings, comforts vanish, hope withers away, but love stays with us. Love is God.” ~ Lew Wallace …
How can we encourage someone in our sphere of contact or influence today. Maybe we can share an encouraging word or just pay special attention to them. The enemy wants people to feel invisible. God wants them to be loved. “Great opportunities to help others seldom come, but small ones surround us every day.”(Sally Koch) …
Want to have more joy in your life?Spend five minutes, or more, each day thanking God for the good gifts He has given to you. Want more blessings in your life? Give to children in need and look in their faces. Visit a lonely senior citizen and bring a small gift. “…remembering the words the …
“pray continually,”(1 Thessalonians 5:17) Recently, Casey Cavell invited me to be his guest on the “Dugout-CEO Podcast.” One of the many things we discussed was the best “tool” in a leaders “toolbox.” It’s only 45 seconds. Hope you watch. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/oAxEqjpRkmo (https://www.youtube.com/shorts/oAxEqjpRkmo) Keith MadisonSCORE International
One of the first things we learn when we are old enough to hold a bat in our hands is “keep your eye on the ball!” As we get older we realize that same principle is needed in every phase of our lives. It’s easy to get distracted. It’s important to remember to “keep the …
What we do for ourselves doesn’t last very long, it dies with us. What we do for others lives on and becomes our legacy. “Legacy is not leaving something for people. It’s leaving something in people.” – Peter Strople “You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom …
“Baseball, it is said, is only a game. True. And the Grand Canyon is only a hole in Arizona.” – George Will Many people receiving this “Mound Visit” have spent much of their lives either playing, coaching or scouting in the grand old game of baseball. The game is in our blood, as many say. …
Before Jesus came into the world, religious leaders held the law that was written on stone over the heads of people like a guillotine. Jesus changed everything. “I will put my laws in their minds and write them on their hearts.”(Hebrews 8:10)“For I will forgive their wickedness and remember their sins no more.”(Hebrews 8:12) “He …
“It is not so true that “prayer changes things” as that prayer changes me and I change things. God has so constituted things that prayer on the basis of Redemption alters the way in which a man looks at things. Prayer is not a question of altering things externally, but of working wonders in a …