Rubel Shelly shares with us the story of Beverly Sills and how she has kept a positive attitude through hardship and disappointment and reminds us that we can choose our state of mind.
07/19/2007 by Rubel Shelly
Mike Barres reminds us that waiting is hard, but God's timing is always best.
06/05/2007 by Mike Barres
Ron Rose reminds us that we need to be investing in the future by helping others see the potential that God has for them.
06/02/2007 by Ron Rose
So often we look for short cuts or ways to cut corners to get to a goal that can only be reached by hard work, perserverance, and a willingness to keep on working over time.
04/12/2007 by Rubel Shelly
None of us can be perfect on our own. Only Jesus and His power can make us perfect.
04/11/2007 by Tim Archer
God's springtime reminds us that new life is possible and that God is on doing new things in our lives and that a better future awaits us as week seek to live with the Lord forever!
04/07/2007 by Bill Sherrill
Hanging and persevering is worth it because joy follows morning just as morning follow night.
04/06/2007 by Paul Faulkner
So often we try to complete our list without involving Jesus or investing ourselves in what really matters.
02/24/2007 by Teresa Bell Kindred
God will stick by us and get us through the worse times in our lives.
02/05/2007 by Phil Ware
Leaders build confidence, encourage others, and equip to serve and thus change the culture of an organization.
01/04/2007 by Rubel Shelly
Life is unfair and in the unfairness we need to learn to pray and keep after it and not relent, not praying those PC prayers, but gut check from the heart prayers that are real.
12/17/2006 by Patrick D. Odum
We need to visualize who we are in Christ before it becomes a real part of our daily go to work world, and so we need to pretend we are children of God and the presence of Jesus Christ.
11/14/2006 by Rubel Shelly
Kimberly takes an honest self-appraisal and listens to God to learn that she needs to tremble in awe of God and his grace and at her own sin.
11/07/2006 by Kimberli J. Brackett
We stand on the shoulders of giants and have the blessinmgs we have because of their sacrifices.
11/05/2006 by Alan Smith
The words of an old song remind us of our deep need for God and longing for him.
11/01/2006 by Tom Norvell
This is an honest look at repentance and sorrow and life change, and reminds us that God's goal isn't our sorrow, but our reformed life.
10/10/2006 by Mike Barres
After reading the passage again, have you seen anything new, like maybe it should apply in everything you do -- the Golden Rule!
10/02/2006 by Phil Ware
Burn out seems to happen more and more frequently, but when see why it happens, we realize that folks are losing sight of the goal and are often motivated for the wrong reasons.
09/12/2006 by Bill Sherrill
Many events in our lives change us forever, our lives will never be the same as a result, and Jesus is one of those life-changing events.
09/10/2006 by Tom Norvell
Life is accomplished and made worthwhile by sticking to our goals and doing things one step, one brick, at a time.
09/06/2006 by Larry Zinck
Both God and satan use the principle of tenacity and persistence to shape and form things just like nature does, but how we use it is everything.
09/05/2006 by Bill Sherrill
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom and worship, but it is not a terror of the Lord, but an enraptured love-filled walk with a holy God.
08/15/2006 by Rubel Shelly
What's our best way to insure what is really important to us, our going to heaven?
08/10/2006 by Steve Ridgell
A joke about HMO's leads to some interesting oberservations about heaven and the fact that everyting on earth is temporary.
07/27/2006 by Alan Smith
Stuck in an airport trying to get home, Phil realizes several lessons about getting un-stuck spiritually.
06/19/2006 by Phil Ware