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“Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope. This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me.” Psalm 119:49-50 God’s Word brings us life and in the gift of life, we find great hope and comfort in the midst of affliction. Affliction is common to…

The advantages to smiling are both documented and anecdotal. Here is how. Can it be that smiling makes us smarter too?

Spelling M-O-N-E-Y Biblically M – MANAGE it; never let it manage you. It is a great slave and a poor master. Love people and use money; not the reverse. It is not money, but the love of money that is the root of all evil.(I Timothy 6:10). in fact, Ecclesiastes 5:10 says that the person…

  The entrepreneurial urge is the motivational edge of men and women who love to develop bold initiatives and who change the world little by little. When Steve Jobs approached John Sculley, then C.E.O. at PepsiCo about coming on board at Apple, he posed this question: "Do you want to sell sugar water for the…

I am sure you already have learned this, but since I am learning it, I will share it. I have never won an argument by challenging the truthfulness of the other party. They either know they are lying and will not admit it because it does not pay or, more likely, they believe their truth.…

From Top 10 Unwritten Gym Rules to Follow I've been noticing that if I am alone and I spill something, break something, cut myself, do something stupid or have something stupid happen to me, my reaction is …. {drum roll} … SILENCE … … loud, audacious silence. I say nothing, grunt nothing, shout nothing. That…

Being nasty is not prophetic.

  It was 1970 and I was in high school, sitting in my room, doing homework or writing, listening to the top 30 station. I could not be prepared for what I heard next. It jarred me, awakened my heart, renewed my hope, and brought tears to my eyes. Judy Collin's angelic voice began peeling…