Leaders build confidence, encourage others, and equip to serve and thus change the culture of an organization.
01/04/2007 by Rubel Shelly
Light a stuck anchor prevents a boat from advancing or moving, so we often get stuck in our pasts and can't go forward until we get rid of the dead weight that weighs us down and holds us back.
12/31/2006 by Rubel Shelly
The old Gallows of the city of Chicago were left in the basement for years and years and this reminds Patrick of things that we allow to sit around in our hearts and fester and destroy us for years.
12/27/2006 by Patrick D. Odum
The real place Christmas happens is in our hearts, where love, joy, peace, and kindness are found.
12/23/2006 by Charlotte Barres
We get so caught up in the fluff we forget the focus of God, like justice and mercy.
12/20/2006 by Jamie Shell & Brent Nidiffer
Russ finds out about a grandbaby because of a sonogram and the baby is wiggling around all over the place and reminds us that life begins in the mind of God.
12/07/2006 by Russ Lawson
Learning to take things one hour and one step at a time helps this mother learn to make it when her premature baby is having problems in the hospital.
12/06/2006 by Denise Waldrop
Using something for free almost every weekend of the year for a parking lot reminds a church that they don't own what they use; we need to learn that same thing as God's children.
12/03/2006 by Alan Smith
A Christmas present of a ruby and diamond ring that is adjustable is a present that evokes praise just like the way God has blessed us should pour forth our praise!
11/26/2006 by Jeanene Reese
How God turned a couple of horrible, traumatic experiences in the Ware family into something really good!
11/20/2006 by Phil Ware
In the times of hardship and trial, it is hard to wait on the Lord because it seems so long before his deliverance, promised and sure as it is, comes to free us from our pain and suffering.
11/18/2006 by Tom Norvell
With an onslaught of bad things happening over the last several weeks, Russ is holding on to hope and faith in God and the steadfast love of the Father.
11/04/2006 by Russ Lawson
An awful Halloween ten years ago reminds us how important it is to value children for who they are!
10/31/2006 by Phil Ware
So often, ministers and pastors won't let others minister to them, but we need to minister and be ministered to, we need to bless and be vulnerable so we can be blessed.
10/29/2006 by Jeff Lee
A child buys a car online because he has learned to imitate the actions of his mother on a computer and this is a powerful reminder that our kids are always watching us
10/21/2006 by Alan Smith
The awful murders in our schools several weeks ago almost went unnoticed because we were so busy focusing on the Terrell Owens soap opera which shows how messed up we really are.
10/09/2006 by Phil Ware
We all need time for real, genuine, rest.
10/07/2006 by Alan Smith
Some folks are takers, getting everything they can out of life and sucking it dry or leeches who suck the life out of everyone around them who have it.
09/29/2006 by Paul Faulkner
We have all sorts of trouble, heartache, grief, disappointment, discouragement in this world, but Jesus has overcome the world and given us victory.
09/26/2006 by Tom Norvell
We can cry out to God and know he hears us and that our children and our grandchildren's futures are in his hands.
09/21/2006 by Tom Norvell
Jesus finished his work, accomplished his mission, completed his task, passed his test, and when his life was over he was victorious.
09/18/2006 by Phil Ware
A return of money from a thief reminds us that we must seek to right the wrongs we've committed.
09/16/2006 by Patrick D. Odum
God can forgive all of our mistakes, sins, and failiures.
09/15/2006 by Paul Faulkner
The plane crash in Lexington, Kentucky brought out all sorts of emotions in the hearts of people and reminds us how death touches us all and our need for the promises of Jesus.
09/13/2006 by Teresa Bell Kindred
Burn out seems to happen more and more frequently, but when see why it happens, we realize that folks are losing sight of the goal and are often motivated for the wrong reasons.
09/12/2006 by Bill Sherrill