Can You See The Other Side Of Your Problem?
It’s not easy to see God’s side of your problem.He sees the END; you see the BEGINNING. Hesees the TRUTH; you see the FACTS.
The Lord Is With You
“The Lord is with you.” What exactly does that mean? Is it more than a sweet phrase?
Trust is the Secret Place in a Relationship
All relationships start with trust. The more we trust, the more we let our guard down and relax. You have a “secret place” in your life for those you trust. Who is in that “secret place?” Is there anyone there but yourself?
How To Have A Perfect Day
We all want to do better with our time. The secret of using time wisely is in the “perfect day.”
How To Remain Unshakable When It All Caves In
Try these four key secrets that brought those miners through and will deliver you as well:
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Don’t blame God.
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Find an encourager.
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Breathe…and sing
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“Trust.”
How to stop the strife and get a life
Strife is a time waster. If you could eliminate strife from your life, your free time to create, build, and change things would go through the roof.
Where does strife come from and how can I eliminate it from my daily life?
How to Get Wise to the Devil's Lies
Buying a used car can be tricky. They may tell you all about how wonderful that old car is but do they tell you about the oil leak? The rust underneath? The bent frame or the flood the vehicle went through?
Satan doesn’t tell you everything, either. When we read the story of Adam and Eve, we get the full picture of Satan’s “sales pitch.”
HERE ARE THE THINGS THAT ADAM AND EVE WERE NOT TOLD WHEN THEY INNOCENTLY REACHED OUT AND PLUCKED THAT FORBIDDEN FRUIT:
2020: Your Year of Clear New Vision
Your eye is the most sophisticated camera in the world. It takes lenses, reflection, focus, and communication to send “sight” to the brain.
Your spirit must be equally focused to communicate “insight” into your soul.
Here are three steps I use to “see” further into 2020 and “focus” that image into my soul:
Presents...or presence?
The commercialism of Christmas is in high gear. Amazon trucks are rolling. Malls are packed. Trees and tinsel prepare for the Christmas Day “loot.”
There is a “presence,” an atmosphere in Christmas that’s about a lot more than Santa Claus.
HERE, FOR ME, IS THE “PRESENCE” OF CHRISTMAS:
How to 10X Your Prayer Life
I love to pray. It hasn’t always been that way. I have moved from “desire” to “discipline” to “delight.”
LET ME TELL YOU A FEW THINGS THAT HAVE HELPED ME:
One of God's Greatest Generals Goes Home
Evangelist Reinhard Bonnke went to heaven this week. Perhaps the greatest evangelist of all time, he watched 79 MILLION people respond to Christ in his 35 years of crusades.
I knew him well.
HERE IS MY STORY OF THIS GREAT GENERAL:
How to Shape Your Own Destiny
Destiny” is a big word. It sounds like your whole life in seven letters.
Actually, it is easier thank you think. Destiny is when you connect your purpose to the purpose of God.
God has a purpose. It is eternal. It was there before the world began. Some parts of that purpose, however, will not be done until we connect our purpose to God’s purpose.
Here are my four main concepts of how to shape your destiny:
How to Make This Thanksgiving Epic
I was surprised the other day when someone told me that many Americans are not even celebrating Thanksgiving. They see it now as a pointless, even worn out holiday. Some even disagree that our founding leaders were godly people.
Ok. I agree it’s more than turkey and cranberry.
Here are my thoughts about the “why” of Thanksgiving and the things moving in my heart right now about it:
Endurance is the Name of the Game
What a stunner. A man just ran a marathon (26.2 miles) in under 2 HOURS.
Eliud Kipchoge easily broke the “impossible” goal. His secret? “If I keep on running, my body responds.”
Endurance is the ability to push yourself toward your goals when your body, mind, and spirit say, “I’ve had enough.” Actually, you haven’t.
What are the secrets of endurance in your life, your marriage, your legacy?
This is How You Restore Your Past
RESTORATION. I love that word. It speaks of hope, of past mistakes being made up for.
God is a God of restoration. He doesn’t ignore failure. He gives us the courage to face failure and defeat what defeated us.
Try these ideas about restoring your past failures:
My Top 5 Secrets to Productivity
I tried a little gardening when I was first married (no money!). I usually ended up with a huge pile of weeds and some tiny, even microscopic “fruit.”
My neighbor staked his tomatoes with “PVC” pipe and carefully poured water down the pipe to the deep roots of his plants. He weeded every day. He fertilized, protected with insecticide (not so good now!) and organized his rows so that each plant had space to grow.
Is it any wonder that his tomatoes looked the size of oranges when mine looked like marbles?
Try these five simple observations on productivity:
How You Can Overcome Betrayal
Betrayal is as old as humankind. A strong alliance or partnership is suddenly dissolved. Close, intimate friends are wounded. Cynicism sets in as it seems “no one can be trusted.”
There’s hope after betrayal.