Be the person to ask the lady at the drive-thru how she is doing. You might be the one she talks about when she gets home. Be the person to tell random people you like their hair or shirt. Be the person to thank those who you see in uniform. They give their lives so […]
Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended (laid hold of); but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead. Philippians 3:13 Paul was writing here about the call to press on as one in a race. Press forward, while […]
Teaching children an attitude of gratitude requires helping them to look at their situations from a point of appreciation rather than lack. If they are not taught to appreciate what they have, they will never be satisfied, always wanting more. Here are ways to help: Say please and thank you. Help someone less fortunate. Volunteer. Send thank […]
If you think about it, we make changes every day, in some form or another. We change our clothes and what we had planned for dinner. Yet, somehow, we resist making changes in our spiritual life. We get comfortable and want everything to stay the way it has always been. If we continue to go […]
Moses felt very inadequate and felt like he didn’t have anything to offer to God or to others. He was only a shepherd. God asked him one day, “What’s in your hand?” Moses looked at his hand and said, “A staff.” The Lord said, “Throw it on the ground.” Moses did so, and it became […]
Today you have a choice. You can live out loud or blend in. I love the top definition in the urban dictionary for live out loud: Living a life you are excited about, with purpose, and inspiring others to do the same. In 1 Peter 3:15, Peter says to always be prepared to give an […]
Doing something because it’s the right thing to do. We’ve all been there. We question whether we’re making a difference, but yet we continue because we made a commitment. Apostle Paul’s encouraging words from Galatians 6:9 remind us to not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest […]
When you see the value in yourself, you will see the value you are to someone else. You are not a mistake, a misfit. God created you and there will never be another you.