Has anyone ever thrown you away? When we are rejected, betrayed, or abandoned, we can feel worthless. When we make mistakes, or experience repeated failures, we can assume that we don’t have much to offer or that our best is never good enough. But we must always remember that we have value. Our value is not based on what other people think of us, or even what we think about ourselves.
Read MoreFar too many of us are anxious, nervous and afraid. We rush through life concerned that we have to make something happen. However, we must begin operating from the assumption that doors are going to be opened for us.
Read MoreI think we tend to overemphasize the benefits of choice, especially when the chooser is ignorant or immature. I know this may sound like heresy to many of you, because as Americans we value choice and have exalted rugged individualism as an ideal. But the more I think about it, the more, I am beginning to think that all of us can benefit every now and then from a push or a pull from a loving hand. Sometimes, we all need someone to make us do what we find unpleasant.
Read MoreOne of the deductions that we can safely make from this statement is that in order to have a relationship with God, you’ve got to think on an entirely new level. You've got to raise your thinking about yourself, other people, and your situation.
Read MoreThere is a relationship between prayer and victory. When you pray, you set you and your family up to WIN.
Read MoreAs the 25 year old son of an elite Roman family, Caesar was an extremely valuable prize. He was captured, and was informed that the ransom price was 20 talents—which at the time was a very considerable sum. According to Plutarch, Caesar laughed and told them that their asking price was too low and suggested that they raise it to 50 talents! They did, and sold him back.
Read MoreIn his poem If, Rudyard Kipling suggests that one of the great challenges of life is dual ability to “walk with crowds and keep your virtue” and “walk with Kings and not lose the common touch.” Neither are easy, and the latter may be harder. But keeping the common touch will get your further faster.
Read More.Anyone that distracts you from the main objective of building something of lasting value must be ignored, whether they are copycats, critics, or cheerleaders.
Read MoreIf we do not learn patience, If we accelerate through scripture in search of absolutes, in pursuit of popular shortcuts, we risk much more than the food we love.
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