The Gambler’s Fallacy looks at good fortune and says, I’m due! For example, if a coin toss resulted in heads twice in a row, the gambler’s fallacy says it will land on tails the third time, because tails is “due.” But the results of past coin flips have no impact on a future coin flip.Continue reading “The Gambler’s Fallacy.”
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Treasure Your Treasure. 1 Thessalonians 5:21.
Football players learn early protect the ball. Linebackers will punch the ball to knock it from your hands—and if you drop it, you will probably not be the one who picks it up. You MUST hold on tight or you will lose the ball and hurt your team. When you find something you love, holdContinue reading “Treasure Your Treasure. 1 Thessalonians 5:21.”
How Do You Do … Without? Jeremiah 35:6-9.
Most of us are prepared to do without—on occasion. Dieting is easy if it’s temporary. It’s not that hard to give up ice cream for a day or two. But what if someone told you to give up something for the rest of your life? Jack Lalanne, the “Godfather of Fitness,” met a health foodContinue reading “How Do You Do … Without? Jeremiah 35:6-9.”
RESPECT THE WORD. Jeremiah 33:3.
I always thought grownups were a little silly about Bibles: don’t drop it, don’t set it on the floor, don’t wrinkle the pages, don’t let it get wet, etc. But that comes from a good motive. Most people in history had no Bible or shared one, and had to treasure it. And consider this: whenContinue reading “RESPECT THE WORD. Jeremiah 33:3.”
You Have Not Because You Ask Not. Jeremiah 33:3
Call to me—ask me—and I will show you great and incomprehensible, amazing things that you do not know. Jeremiah 33:3 Just ask. Are you asking? Am I? –What an amazing promise. ΑΩ
HOW DO YOU PROVE OWNERSHIP? Jeremiah 32:9-15.
When I was a child, Mama wrote my name on the tags of my coats, so they would not be lost or stolen. The older and more careless I became, the more things needed my name on them: books, toys, balls, bats, bicycles. The simplest way to assert dominion over goods (portable property) is toContinue reading “HOW DO YOU PROVE OWNERSHIP? Jeremiah 32:9-15.”
DOES GOD HAVE AN ANGRY FACE?Jeremiah 33:9.
Children are so honest. I remember mine asking me directly, “Daddy, are you mad right now?” Kids look for clues and when the clues are not clear, they just ask. Children wonder about God in the same simple terms: ‘Does God have an angry face or a happy face?’ God is angry about sin, injustice,Continue reading “DOES GOD HAVE AN ANGRY FACE?Jeremiah 33:9.”
PRAY ABOUT PRAYING. Jeremiah 32:42.
When someone is ill, we tell them to pray. Then we tell them to pray with faith, to pray BELIEVING. But what if you don’t have faith? Can you muster up faith? Can you strengthen your own faith? I don’t know—but you can pray FOR faith. If you need more faith, ask God! If youContinue reading “PRAY ABOUT PRAYING. Jeremiah 32:42.”
MARRIAGE IS A TEACHING TOOL. Jeremiah 31:20.
We think romance is the point of life. Far more than half our songs and movies are about romance. Our culture worships romance like an IDOL. Yet God created romance. Imagine—God Himself created His number-one rival. He created those feelings, the passion, the electric charge when two hands touch, the sparkle in the eye andContinue reading “MARRIAGE IS A TEACHING TOOL. Jeremiah 31:20.”
BLOOM WHERE YOU’RE PLANTED. Jeremiah 29:5-7.
Everyone should train as an endurance runner. Running teaches great lessons: Go one more mile. One more block. One more yard. One more step. Never quit. You can do it! My mom used to say, “bloom where you’re planted.” That was her way of saying: Do the best you can do in the pot you’reContinue reading “BLOOM WHERE YOU’RE PLANTED. Jeremiah 29:5-7.”
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