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  • A Proverb for Anything

    Proverbs 16:3 is a proverb for anything and it is so outlandish and broad that it is wonderfully difficult to fully embrace:           " Commit to the LORD whatever you do,                     and your plans will succeed." At first, this looks like a "get out of jail…

  • Money – Troubles or Treasures

    The house of the righteous contains great treasure,       but the income of the wicked brings them trouble. (Prov. 15:6, NIV) "It’s only money." Not necessarily. You don’t need to have me point out the obvious to you. Some people have money pass through their hands with no effort or gain. Still others suffer…

  • Do SOMETHING! – Today’s Proverb for Work and Wealth

    Proverbs 14:23 – "All hard work brings a profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty." In today’s readings of Proverbs, one stands out to be as instructive in the matter of work and wealth. It has to do with the value of hard work and it suggests that there is always profit in hard…

  • What Counts?

    What Counts? What you count is an alert to what counts in your life and work. If you are in ministry and you value people, you will count people. If you are in business, you will count contacts, activities, and profits even if quality comes first. If you value time, you will measure it. If…

  • Becoming REAL

    "What is REAL?" asked the Rabbit one day, when they were lying side by side near the nursery fender, before Nana came to tidy the room. "Does it mean having things that buzz inside you and a stick-out handle?" "Real isn’t how you are made," said the Skin Horse. "It’s a thing that happens to…

  • Smile

    Are you a novice to the habit of smiling. I will suggest a begining exercise that may help. Not only will you feel better, but it pays well too. S – Stretch your cheeks as far as they can go to the left and the right. M – Make yourself hold that position. I –…

  • How Big?

    How Big Is Your God?                     The questions we must ask ourselves in evaluating our possibilities contain some of their own answers: How big is my God?How compelling is my dream?How burning is my desire?How deep is my commitment?

  • Thoughts on Leadership

    "Eagles don’t flock – you have to find them one at a time." –  H. Ross Perot Leadership is a skill and not everyone has developed it. In fact, it  is somewhat rare. There are qualities of leadership that are not present in every person. Among them, is the ability to divorce oneself from the…

  • GREATNESS

    I was browsing through some encouraging quotes this morning and found this file of quotes on greatness. Jesus said that the one who would be greatest among the disciples would be the one who became servant of all (Matthew 23:11). These thoughts certainly do not contradict that one overarching truth. In fact, they expound upon…

  • Risk

    The word "risk" is used three times in the NIV translation of the New Testament. Each time, it is used in a positive light and each time it was a matter of life and death. The same holds generally true for use of the word in the Old Testament. Here are the NT references :…