Boys in the ‘70s and ‘80s loved to jump ramps. We would lay a post on the ground and nail one end of a piece of scrap plywood to it, and voila! a ramp. Most of these were rudimentary, made from found wood that we dragged home from someone’s trash. Some of the ramps wereContinue reading “Jump the R.A.M.P.S.! Joshua 1:8”
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Self-Help Overkill.
Publishers have made a mint on the self-help market. People anxious to “help themselves” spend millions annually on books covering: 1) money management, 2) dieting, 3) following your dreams, 4) “mindfulness,” 5) healing, 6) reaching goals and being organized, 7) reducing worry, 8) handling change, 9) new age/ the “law of attraction,” 10) family andContinue reading “Self-Help Overkill.”
The Secrets to Success.
If a friend asked you the formula for success, what would you say? Which of the following are important? (1) Follow good advice; (2) Surround yourself with good people; (3) Ignore mockers; (4) Begin and end each day with scripture. All four of these are important. If you do them, you will bear fruit—and whateverContinue reading “The Secrets to Success.”
Do You Want to Be Happy?
What do we want most? To be happy. What will make you happy? Being in God’s will. That is where you will find joy, peace, and success. Everyone wants to be successful. How do you do it? Obedience. If you walk with God and seek to obey Him, you will find success. But what doesContinue reading “Do You Want to Be Happy?”
Do You Have the Key to Success?
Your mother lost the key to Grandpa’s van the other night while parked at a store near the house. She was panicking. I was at the house waiting on her and Granna gave me a spare key. I drove the truck to the store, found Wendy, and we opened the van and found the key.Continue reading “Do You Have the Key to Success?”
One Verse Promises Success.
I have a verse for you to think about, meditate on, memorize, and make a part of the way you think: This book of instruction shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it both day and night, being careful to do all that is written in it, for then you willContinue reading “One Verse Promises Success.”
Messages.
When it began, the internet was hailed as a “great democratizing force,” and that’s exactly what it is when people no one ever heard of can make videos in their bedrooms and soon collect a million followers. And what a range of topics! The most popular Instagram influencer topics are 1) music, 2) humor, 3)Continue reading “Messages.”
Words: Copy Them, Recite Them, Ponder Them.
Our lives exist in words, don’t they? What we DO is important, but what we SAY is more important. When a person like your grandfather begins to speak less, it is as if we have lost the most important part of him. Words guide everything we do: rules, laws, agreements, promises, affirmation, criticism, goals, missionContinue reading “Words: Copy Them, Recite Them, Ponder Them.”
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