I was in scouting when I was a kid, maybe through the six grade. I don’t remember much about scouting, but I do remember the motto: “Be Prepared”.
That very much sums up my personality. I like to be prepared. In fact, I’d go so far as to say that I like to prepare for [...]
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Be prepared
Corporate
A Parasite
Pornography is a parasite, feeding on a person’s soul and eventually their family. It is a crippling addiction that will at least render a man incapable of leading his family, and at worst may destroy it. If only it were a problem small in scale…but it is not.
Depending on the statistics you read, 70-90% [...]
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Here I am God! Send me!
In Luke 8, there is a story of a dad desperately asking Jesus to come and save his sick daughter. Jesus agrees to come to the man’s house, but on the way there, messengers come to say that the girl has already died.
When they arrived at the house, Jesus wouldn’t let anyone go in with [...]
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The Power of Words
Scripture is full of examples and instructions that tell us the power of words. They have the power to build up and to tear down. The right words can help improve a situation and they can make it much, much worse.
I came across two such examples in Proverbs 16 today:
From a wise mind comes wise [...]
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Where is your faith?
The story of Jesus sleeping in the boat filling with water has always been a challenging one for me. It is found in Luke 8:
One day Jesus said to his disciples, “Let’s cross to the other side of the lake.” So they got into a boat and started out. As they sailed across, Jesus settled [...]
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Memorizing Scripture
Memorizing Scripture: I know for a FACT it will change my life. Seriously. Hiding it in my heart. Allowing it to change me from the inside out. Having it available when I need it most. It is something I have done in the past, but never done consistently.
This year will be different, and I’d love [...]
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Why Listen?
Wikipedia defines active listening as "a structured way of listening and responding to others. It focuses attention on the speaker. Suspending one’s own frame of reference and suspending judgment are important in order to fully attend to the speaker."
I’m not always a good active listener. Too often, I listen:
To be polite.
In order to catch the [...]
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