Prepare your attitude for the New Year
We are about to start a new year. Is yours going to be one of the best years of your life? It can be. It is up to you and your attitude. My inspiration this week is the Bible verse,…
What does it me to pray without ceasing?
The Apostle Paul wrote this in a letter to the Thessalonians. 1 Thessalonians 5:16-19 Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. Do not quench the…
Get out of your way
We have all done it at some point in our lives. We have not pursued doing something because we knew in our minds it was not possible, so why try. What has it been lately? Do you have any regrets…
Why is life so hard?
Have you had times in your life when things all of a sudden did not go as you expected them to? We get into a routine and do not even think about what could change for the worse. Tonight, I…
Do some people have more time?
Does time seem to slip away from you? Do others in your life seem to have more time to accomplish more things? We all have the same amount to start with, but there is a wide variety of how we…
Remember to give Thanks to God
freedigitalphotos.net Are you ready? Do you have big plans to feast on turkey, stuffing, and all the trimmings? Are all of your relatives getting together? Are there parades and football games that will take all of your attention throughout the…
Compassion from the heart
We all have an idea of what being compassionate to others looks and feels like. How can we dig deeper and get a better understanding of what it means? My Sunday school class discussed this topic this past week. We…
Pay it forward, a Lesson in Mentorship
It has started to become a popular phrase these days. Pay it forward. If someone does something nice for you, you in turn do something nice to someone else. You see it being applied to random acts of kindness, meaning…
A Lesson in humility and gratitude
This race was going to finish off a busy year of racing for me. I had already ran 2 full marathons, a duathlon and four half marathons in 2015. My half marathon times have all been within a minute and…
Surround yourself with successful people
It is not a coincidence that successful people are surrounded by successful people. It is human nature to develop the traits of those around us. If you are on a team and everyone else is pushing hard to do well you…
Share your goals with God. He can help you achieve them in ways you never thought of.
Repost from May 2013. Philippians 4:13 NLT For I can do everything in Christ, who gives me strength.It was about 5 years ago that I was attending a regional retreat for leaders of a catering association that I belonged to. One…
You can teach Integrity
Why do some people have more integrity than others? Is it something we are born with? Is it a product of our environment of the community that we live in? Is it affected by the friends we pick? Our parents…
