Negative thinking will keep you from enjoying life. A negative person expects nothing off a silver platter except tarnish. I was watching television with my daughter a few years ago, and there was a lady on American Idol who didn’t win and during every interview, she was crying, every single…
When we squeeze a tube of toothpaste, we know what is going to come out. The label says toothpaste and we get what we expect. When people are squeezed, we never know what is going to come out. God’s word can be in our head, but it needs to be…
When a balloon is full of hot air it rises, then as it cools it drops back down. Our feelings are similar, much like a roller coaster, yet that’s not how God intended. When a balloon is full of helium, it rises and stays above the situation. It is consistent,…
When we have extended time with friends, family, or loved ones certain “times of intense fellowship” can occur. Those events can steal precious hours and days of our life. How do we take precautions? Are we prepared for the deadly effects of OFFENSE? We need to be prepared because it’s…
Do you ever feel helpless or embarrassed to admit to someone that you don’t know the answer to a question or how to do something? It takes real strength, intelligence and humility to just say, “I don’t know.” One of my favorite words as an employer is to hear an…
There are so many people who are hurting so badly and yet they won’t ask for help. No matter how much a person needs help, they are NOT going to get it until they are willing to ask God and other people to help them. I look back at my…
If we record a Cardinals baseball game, and the Cardinals win, we know who won. As we watch the recording, it’s not like they are winning right now, they already won. People are going to think we’re crazy if we send out tweets or Facebook posts about the game because…
Soldiers don’t just protect and defend, they SAVE lives! They don’t say, “Someone else will do it.” They do it afraid. They stop thinking about themselves, they think about others and the mission at hand. They are real Heroes. Are you afraid to ask someone to come to church or…
Are you disqualified or do you disqualify YOURSELF? How often do we disqualify ourselves from being greatly used by God due to the pain and problems of our past? Have you ever been overwhelmed by the shame of your own past failures? God’s grace will allow you to requalify yourself…
Everything big starts small. That dream that you have, that goal, that ministry that you’re supposed to start, that business… it is often fear that causes us to think, “I’m going to be ashamed if this fails.” Plans For Good In Jeremiah 29:11, the bible says, “I Know The Plans…
If we go too long in between drinking glasses of water we experience thirst. But before that happens our memory is affected, our mind isn’t as clear, our mood begins to alter. It’s not just about what we aren’t taking in, but about what the atmosphere around us is taking…
