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HOW YOU START YOUR DAY TOMORROW. > > Michael is the kind of guy you love to hate. He is always in a good mood > and always has something positive to say: When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would reply, "If I were any better, I would be twins!" He was a natural motivator. > > If an employee…

Barna: Doctrinal confusion abounds; Mohler: Church is key to discipleship Oct 14, 2002 By Michael Foust LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)--Seventy-nine percent of Americans profess a belief in the Trinity, while 74 percent reject the concept of original sin; 59 percent say Satan is merely a symbol of evil; and nearly…

Hell or Parental Responsibility What does God say to a little fellow growing up in a home? He says, “Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord” ( Col. 3:20 ). But wait a minute—what if his parents don’t tell him to do the right things and don’t bring him up the…

THIS OLE HOUSE Composer/songwriter : Stuart Hamblen Publishers : Duchess Music Ltd. Highest Position : #1. Weeks on chart : 23 Recorded : May 22, 1954 Flip side of her "Hey There" which also hit # 1 This ole house once knew his children This ole house once knew his wife This ole house was home and comfort…

Getting into fights A young couple drove several miles down a country road, not saying a word. An earlier discussion had led to an argument, and neither wanted to concede their position. As they passed a barnyard of mules and pigs, the husband sarcastically asked, "Are they relatives of yours?" "Yes,"…

> Children of God > > A little girl was talking to her teacher about whales. > > The teacher said it was physically impossible for a whale to swallow a human because even though it was a very large mammal its throat was very small. > > The little girl stated that Jonah was swallowed by a whale. > > Irritated,…

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…

Trusting to our own judgment often means following our own whims. But faith seeks direction from infallible wisdom, and so it is led in a right way. God knows your capacity better than you do; ask Him to choose your inheritance for you. If the flowers were to revolt against the gardener, and each one…

In the center of my lawn, horseradish will sprout up. After the smallest shower of rain, it rises above the grass and proclaims its vitality. There was a garden there once, and this root maintains its old position. When the gardener cuts it down, it resolves to rise again. Now, if the gardener cannot…

I remember talking once to a lady who assured me again and again that she prayed daily for me that I might be kept humble. I told her that I would pray the same prayer for her. When she said, “Oh, I am never tempted to be proud,” I replied, “Well, dear friend, I am afraid you are very far gone in that…

A certain boy has run away from home. Another boy remained at home. Is he therefore a better child? Listen! He had broken his leg, and could not get out of bed. That takes away all the credit of his staying at home. Some men cannot sin in a certain direction. They say to themselves, “What excellent fellows…

Suppose that one of the Queen’s enemies, who has sought her life and has always spoken against her, were to say, “I mean to be one of her servants; I will go into her palace and I will serve her,” having all the while in his heart a rebellious, proud spirit. His service could not be tolerated—it would…

Our forefathers died for half a truth, and we will not bear rebuke for a whole one. Two women were tied to the stake at Wigton and drowned in the rising tide—do you know what for? Simply because they would not say, “God save the king.” You say, “What does that matter?” Well, it was comparatively a theological…

A certain monk went to a monastery, determined to give himself up entirely to contemplation and meditation. When he reached the place he saw all the monks at work, tilling the ground, plowing, or trimming the vines round the monastery. He very solemnly observed as he entered, “Do not work for the food…

In an article in the Wall Street Journal, columnist Elizabeth Bernstein has written about the benefits of prayer. The onset of the Coronavirus pandemic has increased worldwide interest in prayer. Google searches for prayer has skyrocketed. She interviewed numerous people who have turned to prayer to…

Research indicates that the position you sleep in affect overall health. The study found that 47% of Americans sleep in the fetal position which rests the spine and helps clear waste in the brain that contributes to the development of Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s disease. Sleeping on your side in the log…

There remains a warm place in our hearts for truth. NBC Anchor Brian Williams has lost his position with NBC’s Nightly News. NBC relieved Williams when his viewers discovered that he was not truthful in personal anecdotes he told on air about adventures in Iraq and other stories. –--Jim L. Wilson and…

In Introducing Emotional Intelligence: A Practical Guide, David Walton writes, “Self-awareness is about understanding ourselves and knowing what pushes our buttons and why. Our past and our self-image play a large part in how we choose to interpret other people’s behaviour. More importantly, it also…

A new social science study has found that the positive emotions associated with social media postings generally outweigh negative one. The study looked at the content and spread of 19 million English-language posts from September 2014. The results showed that while negative content tended to spread faster,…

In his book, Thanks: How Practicing Gratitude Can Make you Happier, Robert Emmons writes, “Hopelessness and despair can adversely impact the endocrine and immune systems, even hastening death. Conversely, being an optimist may help reduce your risk of dying from heart disease and other causes. A thirty-five-year…

With record numbers of people crossing into the United States, agents are spending 40% of their time caring for people already in custody and handling other administrative tasks, rather than conducting patrols and uncovering smuggling activity. To help with these problems, the agency has begun adding…

Dave Earley says, “Relationships can be understood as bank accounts. Realize it or not, you have a relational account with every person within your sphere of influence. Every positive interaction makes a deposit in that account. Every negative dealing with a person makes a withdrawal in your relational…

Hubert Davis accepted the Head Coaching position as the North Carolina basketball coach just four days after Roy Williams retired. But he isn’t just returning to the school where he played from 1988-92 to win basketball games—he is on a mission. In 2014, he explained why he accepted the assistant coaching…

A study conducted by the Austin Institute for the Study of Family and Culture suggests there is a strong correlation between being religious and personal happiness. Research found that people who attend religious services every week are twice as likely to describe themselves as ‘very happy. ‘The opposite…

On April 4, 2020 Luciana Lira, a Connecticut school teacher spoke to Zully, a mother of one of her school children and learned that she had two medical issues. She was pregnant and about to give birth, and she had just tested positive for COVID-19. After hanging up the phone with Zully, she immediately…