I enjoy playing golf, but I have to admit I am not very good at it. Knowing this, I have settled in my heart that my central purpose on the course is to provide comic relief in the midst of an otherwise mentally taxing, high-stress game. It’s not that I tell the best jokes; it’s […]
We have all heard that trust is the foundation of relationships and would most likely all agree on that statement as well. However, as I have coached many people, I have come to find a hidden crack in this foundation. It is not uncommon to quickly realize a disconnect between what is perceived and what […]
To make things better, you have to become a great problem solver. Your influence grows as you provide solutions to problems. All business transactions are the result of someone paying to get a problem solved, whether meaningful or minuscule. The more you are able to provide solutions for people’s problems, the more valuable you become to […]
When do we worship? When we feel like it? When we are in a church building? When things are going great? In the Gospels when Jesus was talking to the Samaritan woman at the well, He said some pretty interesting things about when we are to worship. John 4:23 Yet a time is coming and […]
Abraham Lincoln said, “The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.” Lincoln’s confidence in doing what was right was more important than doing what was popular. Lincoln was a man of confidence—not so much in himself, but in […]
Happy Valentine’s Day…also my birthday. My mom always says she wanted to name me Valentino, but I am grateful they named me John! Once while Jesus was traveling and speaking about the Kingdom of God He had an interesting question asked to Him… Matthew 26:36-40 “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?” Jesus […]
Our youngest child, Henry, is a little over two years old. He is still learning how to hear our voices and recognize our words. However, he is consistently developing his ability to learn a language, which takes time. As children of God, we are developing as well. We don’t become a follower of Christ and […]
John 4:23 “Yet a time is coming and has now come when true worshipers will worship the Lord in Spirit and in truth for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks.” Have you ever noticed how people that spend a lot of time together begin to act like one another? Married couples even […]
Galatians 5:22-23a But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. These fruits are seen in the reflection of God. Love – being the first thing we display through our attitude. It is the forgiveness and compassion that we show to others when the world only shows […]
When it comes to relationships, we must make deposits into them before withdrawing from them. Think of it as a relationship bank account. What we put into the account is what we will get out of it. No more, no less. We will never be able to withdraw more than we have deposited. If we try, the relationship […]