From Beggar to Businessman

1 Samuel 10:6 – “And the Spirit of the Lord will come upon thee, and thou shalt prophecy with them, and shall be turned into another man”.  American author, salesman and motivational speaker, “Zig” Ziglar tells this story…A number of years ago, he was walking down a major street in a large American city, and he saw a beggar with a container of pencils for sale for $1.00...

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Life A La Mode

John 10:10 (Amplified Bible) – “The thief comes only in order to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have {and} enjoy life, and have it in abundance (to the full, till it overflows).” 

Whoever put ice cream on a pie first is a topic of discussion without a definitive answer. What is known is that it was served at the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago, where some restaurant venue served slices of pie with a scoop of ice cream on top. The French saw it as audacious...

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There's A Blessing With Your Name On It

Numbers 13:30 - "And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it."   

How you see yourself is how you will experience life!  Winners win long before they get in the competition.  In my first year of college...

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Don't Be A Know-It-All

Hebrews 11:8 "By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing where he went." 

It was a Monday morning, after an anointed Sunday service, and I was standing in the hallway of the offices where I worked at the time as a staff minister at Faith Fellowship Ministries World Outreach Center.  I saw my pastor walking toward me...

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Winning in Troubled Times

2 Corinthians 4:17 – “For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory”.  I read a story about a woman in Haiti that was caught under a collapsed house and rubble during the earthquake that hit Haiti on Tuesday, January 12, 2010.  She told of how she immediately began quoting Psalm 91.  Still under the house, on Wednesday she quoted Psalm 91, on Thursday... 2 Corinthians 4:17 – “For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory”.  I read a story about a woman in Haiti that was caught under a collapsed house and rubble during the earthquake that hit Haiti on Tuesday, January 12, 2010.  She told of how she immediately began quoting Psalm 91.  Still under the house, on Wednesday she quoted Psalm 91, on Thursday...

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Right Place, Right Time

Genesis 24:12 – “And he said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, send me good speed this day, and show kindness unto my master Abraham.”

Talk about being in the right place at the right time…The parents of a young baseball player named Conrad Gregor, traveled five hours over Memorial Day weekend to see their son play for the River Bandits, an affiliate team of the Houston Astros.  With his team down in the sixth inning, 2-1, Gregor launched a three-run homer over the fence, straight to a fan who made an over-the-shoulder basket catch, narrowly eluded by another fan’s grasp.  The fan who made the catch - Conrad’s father, Marty! 

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To Be a Mockingbird

Ephesians 5:1 – “Be followers of God, as dear children”.  One of God’s many amazing creations is the mockingbird.  There are about 17 different kinds of mockingbirds throughout the world, but what really makes them unique is their ability to mimic sounds around them.  They have been known to imitate humans, songs of other birds, a dog barking, a rooster crowing, a piano playing, and even a car honking, a squeaky door and a cat meowing.  What a remarkable creation!

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Always Run With Your Mouth Open

1 Samuel 17:45,48 – “Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword, with a spear, and with a javelin. But I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.  So it was, when the Philistine arose and came and drew near to meet David, that David hurried and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine.”

One of my goals this year is to increase the distance that I run.  Interestingly, I have discovered that how I breathe makes a big difference in my results.  I recently came across an article that argued the point of whether runners should breathe through their nose or breathe through their mouth when running.  The general consensus among runners, experts and scientists was, “mouth breathing is by far the best way to breathe while running”. 

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