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THE TROUBLE WITH AN IDLE MIND
“A MIND IS A TERRIBLE THING TO WASTE.” I bet you remember this iconic slogan created by an advertising agency more than four decades ago to promote the United Negro College Fund scholarship program. I bring this up to make two points: our minds are like sponges and...
PRAYERS THAT MAKE IT PAST THE CEILING
When my son, Kevin was four-years-old, I bought him a helium filled balloon. As soon as we got outside, he intentionally let the balloon go. He watched as it floated higher and higher in the sky until he couldn’t see it any longer. Then he exclaimed with delight,...
IS LYING ALWAYS WRONG?
“Mommy, are you mad?” It was 3:33 am when my precious four-year-old daughter, Charity woke me. I know this because I squinted to focus on those dreaded red digital numbers glowing from my nightstand.Our entire family had been sick with the flu. So yeah, I was mad to...
STOP LYING TO YOURSELF
Humans are masters of deception. We don’t like to admit it, but it’s in our nature to cover things up. The first sin in human history started with a lie when Adam and Eve tried to cover the result of that sin. We lie to avoid punishment and embarrassment. We lie to...
“Your life is God’s story being told and His character being displayed. How does your life read? What is your life telling others about the God you Serve?”
Pricilla Shirer
“You must ask for God’s help. After each failure, ask for forgiveness, pick yourself up, and try again.”
C.S. Lewis
“God uses broken things. It takes broken soil to produce a crop, broken clouds to give rain, broken grains to give bread, broken bread to give strength.”
