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Sow an act, reap a habit. Sow a habit, reap a character. Sow a character, reap a life.

Used in "Back to Bethel" sermon

Summer is a time for family vacations. I hope none of you have the same experience as the lady in this story.

The swallow dips his wing into the brook, and then he is up again into the skies, soaring toward the sun. The duck can swim in the pool or dive under the water—it is in its element. So the Christian just sometimes touches with his wing the streams of earth, but then he is up again where he should be.…

The Israelites in Egypt had no doubt caught very much the spirit of the Egyptians, and the spirit of the Egyptians was the exact opposite of the spirit of a true-born Englishman. We rejoice that we are free. We are in the habit of discussing laws and criticizing statutes, and if there were an unjust…

There are some who make a bad use of what ought to be a great blessing—namely, the printing press, and the printed sermon—by staying at home to read a sermon because, they say, it is better than going out to hear one. It is a bad example for a professing Christian to absent himself from the assembly…

When a man ran in the Grecian games, if he had run halfway, and passed most of his fellows, and had then turned to look round and to rejoice over the distance which he had already covered, he would have lost the race. Suppose he had commenced singing his own praises, and said, “I have come down the hill,…

All our measures of distance by the eye are matters that have to be gained by habit and observation. When I first went to Switzerland, with a friend, from Lucerne we saw a mountain in the distance that we were going to climb. I pointed out a place where we should stop halfway up, and I said, “We shall…

Isaías 65:22 (RVR60) 22No edificarán para que otro habite, ni plantarán para que otro coma; porque según los días de los árboles serán los días de mi pueblo, y mis escogidos disfrutarán la obra de sus manos.

CHANGE Biologists and caretakers still living within the borders of Yosemite National Park said the pandemic quarantine has changed the ways wildlife behave. Ranger Katie, a biologist who has worked with bears for more than ten years, said the animals normally have to pick through little corridors to…

In his book, Tiny Habits: The Small Changes That Change Everything BJ Fogg says, “I’ve found that there are only three things we can do that will create lasting change: Have an epiphany, change our environment, or change our habits in tiny ways.” — Tiny Habits: The Small Changes That Change Everything…

Eight year old Steffan Williams was kayaking in the sea near a treacherous stretch of coastline when he spotted an elderly woman and two teens trapped on a rock. In a spot where the tide can trap unknowing tourists he took his rubber dinghy and towed them to shore. The next day he noticed two more teens…

Lenworth “Kip” Williamson made a resolution on January 1, 1989 that he would run every day. Twenty-seven years later Williamson is still running and in May 2016, he marked 10,000 days. Williamson said he was always an outdoor runner and the winter of 1989 was mild, so he decided to keep running. He said…

A recent AP-NORC poll found that “About three-quarters of Americans who attended religious services in person at least monthly before the pandemic say they are likely to do so again in the next few weeks, poll. But 7% said they definitely won’t be attending.” https://www.wavy.com/news/national/millions-of-us-skipped-church-during-pandemic-will-you-go-back/…

In his book, Bezonomics: How Amazon Is Changing Our Lives and What the World's Best Companies Are Learning from It, Brian Dumaine writes, “Whether Democrat or Republican, those surveyed respected Amazon more than the FBI, universities, Congress, the press, the courts, and religion. That perhaps helps…

A hotel chain in Japan has admitted making a mistake when they replaced their humans with robots. They discovered that the Robots that have been serving as front-desk staff, cleaners, porters, and in-room assistants are expensive to service, unable to answer many customer questions, and prone to annoying…

Many people like to start the day with a hot shower or a cup of coffee. A survey conducted by One Poll, found many Americans report they no longer have a set morning routine and as a result they experience feelings of confusion each day, and 81 percent say they feel “off.” The company that commissioned…

Federal officials announced that a thirty-five-year effort to help the Interior Least Tern has brought the bird back from the brink of extinction. The bird survived a craze for its plumage early in the 20th century, and dam building projects along key river habitat during the mid and later part of the…

According new research by the Barna Group, 44% of American Christians told researchers that attending church is not an essential part of their faith. World Magazine, December 28, 2019, p. 13 Interestingly, whatever these respondents told the researchers, it doesn’t square with the plain teaching regarding…

A group of musicians and scientists sent a message into space, hoping to communicate with intelligent life on a distant planet. The project, known as Sonar Calling GJ 273b was aimed at a nearby exoplanet named GJ 273b. Scientists believe the planet is a “Super Earth” and may be the home of intelligent…

The veterinarian assured Emma Smith that her dachshund, Rolo would be fine. He diagnosed the 7-year-old dog with a sprained tail “from excessively wagging it” out of joy that his owners were self-isolating at home instead of leaving for work. Rolo “is currently on pain relief, and the vet said he should…

Residents of the Welsh town of Llandudno reported a herd of 122 Kashmiri goats overran the town during the lockdown, overrunning neighborhoods and eating plants. Locals said the goats wandered away from their home in a nearby country park and found a new habitant in city streets due to a reduction of…

In 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen Covey writes, “It is character that communicates most eloquently.” —Jim L. Wilson --7 Habits of Highly Effective People, p. 30 Proverbs 11:3 (CSB) The integrity of the upright guides them, but the perversity of the treacherous destroys them.

In 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen Covey writes, “It’s not what happens to us, but our response to what happens to use that hurts us.” —Jim L. Wilson --7 Habits of Highly Effective People, p. 81 Proverbs 26:11–12 (CSB) As a dog returns to its vomit, so also a fool repeats his foolishness.…

A study funded by health care insurer Cigna found that fifty-eight percent of 20,000 American reported feeling lonely in 2018. The following year, the number had increased to sixty-one percent prompted chief medical officer Doug Nemecek to say that loneliness is at epidemic proportions, and the coronavirus…