Some time ago I was eating at a Mexican fast food restaurant. As I stood in line for service I noticed in front of me a very poor elderly lady who looked like a street person. When it came her turn, she ordered some water and one taco. As I sat in the booth right...
People with momentum all share one trait; they attract criticism. How you respond to that criticism will determine the rate of your momentum. I was reading a cover story about Billy Graham in Time magazine recently and was surprised to find in that article several...
Life is too short to think small. Rather do as my pastor, Joel Budd, encourages us to do, “March off the map.” Most people could do more than they think they can, but they usually do less than they think they can. You never know what you cannot do until you...
Look beyond what you see with your natural eyes. Listen with your spiritual ears. Keep your antenna up for God's perfect direction in your life. Just because an opportunity presents itself for which we are qualified does not necessarily mean that it is God's will...
The call of God is always a call to excellence—never a call to mediocrity. If anything is worth doing at all, it is worth doing well. One day a hunter came across a bear in the woods. The bear said to the hunter, "I want a full stomach." The hunter responded, "I...
A majority, many times, is a group of highly motivated snails. If a thousand people say something foolish, it's still foolish. Truth is never dependent upon consensus of opinion. In 1 Peter 2:0, the Bible says of us Christians, ...ye are a chosen generation, a...
Never try to defend your present position and situation. Choose to be a person who is on the offensive, not the defensive. People who live defensively never rise above being average. We're called, as Christians, to be on the offensive - to take the initiative. A...
Not all obstacles are bad. In fact, an opportunity's favorite disguise is an obstacle. You will always meet obstacles on the road to your answer. The fight is good; it is proof that you haven't quit and are still alive. No one is immune to problems. Even the lion...
How do you know the difference between what comes to your mind, and direction from God? There is a persistency to direction. The Bible says in Proverbs 19:21 (NIV), "Many are the plans in a man's heart, but it is the Lord's purpose that prevails." In Psalm 32:8 the...
All of God's great people in the Bible were faithful in the small things. In Matthew 25, Jesus told the parable of the talents. In it He referred to the one servant who had taken his master's money and multiplied it. In verse 23 his master said to the man, "...Well...
All great discoveries have been made by people whose faith ran ahead of their minds. Significant achievements have not been obtained by taking small risks on unimportant issues. Don't ever waste time planning, analyzing, and risking on small ideas. It is always...
"A man with one watch knows what time it is; a man with two is never quite sure." - Anonymous Quote Have you ever noticed that some of the most miserable people in the world are those who can never make a decision? When the human mind is in doubt, it is most easily...
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