Napoleon Hill said, “No man can afford to express, through words or acts, that which is not in harmony with his own belief, and if he does so he must pay by the loss of his ability to influence others.” Do you believe what you say? Do you say what you believe? As followers of […]
Newscaster David Brinkley once said, “A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.” If this is true, which I believe it is, how are you doing at laying a firm foundation in your life? What do you do when others say hurtful things to […]
Proverbs 16:9 says, “We can make our plans, but the Lord determines our steps.” Words easier said than done. God DOES want us to plan life’s next move. He just wants to be able to steer what we plan. Whenever I plan a trip, I still look to the Rand McNally road atlas. The atlas […]
Here are 3 reasons why we can trust God… 1) He is GOOD We can always trust that God’s plans are good and good for us. Jeremiah 29:11 says, “I know the plans I have for you declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you a hope […]
A few weeks ago I was driving into Bloomington, Indiana to record a radio program I co-host each week. On my way into the studio I saw a guy walking on the side of the highway with a dog while he was rolling a giant inflatable globe…that’s right a giant globe. It is not everyday you […]
Philippians 4:13, “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” This is one of the most powerful verses in the Bible concerning our ability in Christ…let’s break it down… A) I Can Do Notice Paul said, “I CAN.” What he didn’t say was… “I might be able to do…” “I hope to do…” “I’ll try to […]
In one of Charles Schultz “Peanuts” Lucy says to Charlie Brown, “ Sometimes, I feel we are not communicating: You, Charlie Brown, are a foul ball in the line drive of life. You’re often in the shadow of your own goal post. You’re a miscue. You’re 3 putts on the 18th green. You are a […]
Toward the end of the 19th century, Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel awoke one morning to read his own obituary in the local newspaper. It read: “Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, who died yesterday, devised a way for more people to be killed in a war than ever before; he died a very rich man.” […]
A missionary went to Sierra Leone, West Africa. When she first arrived there, she was fascinated to see people wearing American T-shirts even when they didn’t know what the words meant. Her biggest laugh came the day she saw a man wearing a pink shirt with an arrow pointing to his tummy with the words: […]
My wife and I took our two daughters to the Metamora Canal Days Festival during the Fall time a few years ago. This is a huge celebration in the history of horse-drawn canal boats, which fueled the Southeastern Indiana economy until its displacement by the railroad. During the festival we took a boat ride down […]