Food for Thought
Michael Jordan, arguably the best basketball player of all time, attributes his success to all his failures. He just never gave up even when he knew he had missed over 300 shots and had missed the winning shot of the game many times. Every time he got knocked down he...
Bible Verse
Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up (Luke 18:1).
Food for Thought
Funny things that can be learned from Noah’s experience and applied to life. Don't miss the boat. Remember that we are all in the same boat. Plan ahead. It wasn't raining when Noah built the Ark. Don't listen to critics; just get on with the job that needs to be...
Food for Thought
“We all have hardships and carry scars of adversity – some bigger and deeper than others. But the point is – we all have them. What matters is how we handle them.” ~ David L. Wolf, D.O.
Bible Verse
You will surely forget your trouble, recalling it only as waters gone by (Job 11:16).
Conversational Question
Relativism: The doctrine that knowledge, truth, and morality exist in relation to culture, society, or historical context, and are not absolute. Biblical or non-Biblical? For or against? Let me hear from you.
Food for Thought
Recently thinking about how I would answer the question: “How do you (does one) please God?” I Googled “pleasing God”. "The Life That Pleases God" by Rev. Bruce Goettsche, March 22, 1998 was the very first result. The following excerpt helped me; maybe it will help...
Bible Verse
Not that I am looking for a gift, but I am looking for what may be credited to your account. I have received full payment and even more; I am amply supplied, now that I have received … the gifts you sent. They are a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, pleasing...
Quote
“The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones.” ~ Shakespeare, Julius Caeser
Quote
"Love is always bestowed as a gift- freely, willingly and without expectation. We don’t love to be loved; we love to love." ~ LEO BUSCAGLIA
Bible Verse
I know that there is nothing better for men than to be happy and do good while they live. That everyone may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all his toil—this is the gift of God (Ecclesiastes 3:12–13).
Food for Thought
Chuck Swindoll http://www.insight.org/resources/topics/humor/ asks, How is your sense of humor? Are the times in which we live beginning to be reflected in your attitude, your face, your outlook? Solomon . . . says three things will occur when we have lost our sense...
Conversational Question
Is there a difference between hope and faith?
Bible Verse
I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is like the working of his...
Story Teaser
What prayer changed David’s life forever? • The Lord’s Prayer. • The Serenity Prayer? • The Prayer of Jabez. You will learn the answers when you read The Gift is You.
Quote
“Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.” ~ Abraham Lincoln
Bible Verse
Brothers, I do not consider myself yet taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Jesus Christ (Philippians 3:13–14 NIV).
Tragedy and God’s Grace
Dear friends: As you know, another senseless tragedy occurred a week ago, this time in Colorado. Twelve individuals were killed and over seventy were injured. What started out as a special night at the movies turned into a deadly event. Many are asking why and how...