Did you know the more confident a person is, the more generous, grateful, and kind they tend to be? It's our harboring insecurities that actually create much of the disagreeable, self-focused, and discontented demeanors we encounter and struggle with. This was beneficial for me to understand because developing and teaching successful stewardship habits often begins …
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Spreading HOPE
Four different books that span from fiction, nonfiction, children and teen - but with one message: HOPE❤️ (Romans 5:2-5). Available worldwide @ Amazon.com, BarnesandNoble.com, CareerCall.org👍
Thankful God used the “Test-of-Money” to help shape my Testimony!
Thankful how God used the "test-of-money" to help shape my "testimony"! Most vividly, it led me to take my son on our first mission trip together! This event is hard to imagine happening if God hadn't used various events to break me of the stronghold my blind ambition created within me. For example: - Take …
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Lessons From Scrooge
Many of us know of Ebenezer Scrooge from the classic story, "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens', but how many of us identify ourselves with him? Clearly, we'd rather see ourselves in a very different light and for good reason. After all, Scrooge is a mean, stingy, greedy, grumpy old man, who thinks and cares …
Overflow
What is overflow? One example would be when our cups are too full to hold any more. As a result, if more is poured in, there is an overflow. This is also a beautiful illustration of how our life with Christ can be. However, there are times we are tempted to try and catch the …
Harvest Tap
I recently took my son on a mission trip to South Africa accompanied by several other men from my church. Although, this is a beautiful country with indescribable landscapes, the hills are scattered with townships - the underdeveloped living areas that serve as stark remnants to the country's apartheid past. Interestingly, as we entered the …
God Playing Favorites?
Occasionally, someone will innocently ask me if I have a favorite child. Initially, I had a hard time understanding this question. For each of my children challenge me, bless me and fulfill me in various and different ways. Granted, sometimes, one is easier than the other to discipline, correct and/or instruct, but I honestly have …
Invest For Success
We all desire success for ourselves, our families, our businesses and quite frankly, anything we're affiliated with. However, how do we go about accomplishing all this? Thankful, the answer is surprisingly simple and can be applied by practically anyone regardless of their background, credentials, difficulties and/or present opportunities. The greatest challenge is making the shift …
Linger Longer
The other day I realized how I was rushing my kids through dinner, in order to race them off to the showers and then race them off to bed - all so I could race to rest. Then it hit me, how easily I get caught up in this racing mentality. I do it when …
Why Witness?
One of the most frequently asked questions Christians receive revolves around what happens to people who have never heard the gospel. Perhaps they live in remote areas, or simply have never been introduced to the story of Christ. Do they go to hell? O.S. Hawkins, in his book, The Jesus Code, points out that if …
