Now Joseph, a Levite and native of Cyprus who was surnamed Barnabas by the apostles, which interpreted means Son of Encouragement. – Acts 4:36, Amplified Bible (AMP) The movie Dances with Wolves, starring Kevin Costner, was released in 1990. It was a hugely successful film, making $184 million in U.S. box office sales and $424 million… Continue reading What name would you be known by?
Category: Growth
A lesson from Bobby Knight.
This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success. – Joshua 1:8, KJV Collegiate basketball coach… Continue reading A lesson from Bobby Knight.
Come on down into the gutter
12 Therefore also now, says the Lord, turn and keep on coming to Me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning [until every hindrance is removed and the broken fellowship is restored]. 13 Rend your hearts and not your garments and return to the Lord, your God, for He is gracious and merciful, slow to… Continue reading Come on down into the gutter
Don’t you just love tests?
But He said this to prove (test) him, for He well knew what He was about to do. – John 6:6, Amplified Bible (AMP) If you are a young person, here is a great prank to play on your parent(s). Come home from school, act very cheery, look Mom or Dad (or both) in the… Continue reading Don’t you just love tests?
Do you just get up and go?
And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the receipt of custom, and said unto him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him. – Mark 2:14, KJV I am simultaneously amazed and ashamed each time I read a passage like Mark 2:14. Whether it’s Levi leaving his cushy job to… Continue reading Do you just get up and go?
Mercy anyone?
But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless. – Matthew 12:7, King James Version (KJV) Mercy is a character trait that many of us lack. Rather than being ready to help others in their time of need, to spare others from… Continue reading Mercy anyone?
Who has the more scientific mind?
For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth. – Genesis 7:4, KJV As illustrated in The New York Times article Seeing Creation and Evolution in Grand… Continue reading Who has the more scientific mind?
The power of accountability.
Not forsaking or neglecting to assemble together [as believers], as is the habit of some people, but admonishing (warning, urging, and encouraging) one another, and all the more faithfully as you see the day approaching. – Hebrews 10:25, Amplified Bible (AMP) William R. Patterson is an international, award-winning entrepreneurship trainer, business coach, and speaker. He… Continue reading The power of accountability.
The secret to happiness.
Not that I am implying that I was in any personal want, for I have learned how to be content (satisfied to the point where I am not disturbed or disquieted) in whatever state I am. – Philippians 4:11, Amplified Bible (AMP) Discontentment is rampant in our modern culture, and it’s nothing new. Billions of… Continue reading The secret to happiness.
Dealing with regret.
A glad heart makes a cheerful countenance, but by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken. – Proverbs 15:13, Amplified Bible (AMP) Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary defines regret as “to feel sad or sorry about something that you did or did not do.” Most people regret something that they have done, or they regret passing on an… Continue reading Dealing with regret.