Understanding how to invest your time only happens when you recognize what gifts God has given you. Identifying your strengths helps you identify your purpose. Years ago, my daughter asked me, “Daddy, are there some people that don’t have any talents?” I quickly answered, “Everyone has talents.” She then responded, “Yeah, but, some people might […]
Mark 2:21-22 No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. Otherwise, the new piece will pull away from the old, making the tear worse. And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined. No, […]
Proverbs 12:26 (NIV) The righteous choose their friends carefully, but the way of the wicked leads them astray. “Show me your friends, and I’ll show you your future.” This old maxim still rings true today. Who we hang out with is who we will ultimately become like. Depending on which people you choose, this can […]
In life, we often want the bigger things—the grand achievements, the great impact, and the significant abundance. However, true abundance lies not in pursuing grandeur but in faithfully tending to the little things surrounding us. By developing our faithfulness in the small aspects of life, we open ourselves up to God’s provision for the bigger […]
If you allow fear to manipulate you, you will never try new things. If you are afraid to lose, you will never truly win. Greatness requires some sacrifices. Two specific sacrifices you must make are FEAR and PRIDE. All negative forces stem from those two elements. Fear will tell you that it will never work, and […]
When I was in junior high, I ran track and field. I competed in the 800-meter dash, which consists of two laps around the track. I was pretty good at this race, but there was one guy on my team who always beat me. I will never forget Brian. Brian always outran me. Every ribbon […]
Without the vision to see our strengths, we will never know what they are. Therefore, we will not know how to leave a legacy. We have to take time to look within ourselves and discover what we have been gifted with. Most people make this process harder than it really is. Understand that our gifts […]
Many people limit their potential because they fear other people’s opinions about them. They trap themselves in a prison of low self worth based on what others have said and done to them. We cannot believe what others say about us over what God says about us. Too often we allow what people think about […]
Not long ago, my family and I went to a planetarium to see a presentation about the solar system. We visited a local university that was specifically studying the planet Jupiter. While we were there, we were able to look through their telescopes and gaze at our moon and even see a close-up view of […]
I recently came across this funny story that a lady had written entitled, In My Next Life. “In this life I’m a woman. In my next life, I’d like to come back as a bear. When you’re a bear, you get to hibernate. You do nothing but sleep for six months. I could deal with that. […]