“If you are lodged in the past, the future will slip past you, and along with it, your chances for success.”
(Proverbs 16:9 ESV)
The heart of man plans his way, but ...
What’s the most joyous moment you can recall?
Meeting your spouse?
The birth of a child?
The day you accepted Jesus as Savior?
How happy were you? Did you sing and dance?
Isaiah 55:12 says the ...
Opposites. They make the world function as it should.
Take two magnets, put the opposing poles together, and we can create an electric motor.
Male and female did God make the creatures of all the ...
People do crazy things. There is no illusion involved when swallowing a sword. Hot coals? They really are hot, and people do walk on them with bare feet. Tightrope walking over deep chasms without a ...
We teasingly say that our naps and our early bedtimes are our “beauty rest,” but there’s truth to that statement. When we get a good night’s sleep, we refresh our body’s systems. It’s a ...
In an iconic space movie, one of the characters, Yoda, said, “Don’t try. Do.”
Let’s change that slightly.
In an iconic story of divine intervention, one of the principal players said, ...
So, what’s the big deal you’re pursuing today?
That new house? That’s exciting, the largest purchase most people ever make.
Or is it a promotion? Even if you must invest your weekends, you ...
“Success requires persistence during the worst of times.”
(Galatians 6:9 ESV)
And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.
A ship sails ...
It’s a sound we dread. We sit or bend over, and the rending of fabric catches our ears.
Our clothing is damaged. We immediately search for a mirror, inspecting our garments to find the tear. Is it ...
We burn trees for heat and fuel. The process is fast, hot, and all consuming. When the fire is hot enough, nothing remains of the original wood, just the leftover ash.
It seems the ash is a waste ...
Turn on your furnace in January … or your air conditioning in August.
Drive down the highway at 70 mph while eating a powdered doughnut.
Pour a glass of water and set it on your dining room ...
In 1938, Orson Welles had a brilliant idea. He took a popular book and turned it into a radio play, convincing many of his listeners that Earth had actually been invaded by Martians. He was immensely ...
In the song Love, Love, Love, the Sidewalk Prophets repeat the word love as many as twelve times in a row.
The catchy and syncopated lyrical technique punches home that without love in everything we ...
