What in The World Does Etiquette Mean Anyway?
It Means Treating Others the Way We Want to Be Treated Or at least the way we SHOULD want to be treated. I had a conversation with a friend recently about an experience they had with a plumber. While they were standing in the kitchen talking about the project, the plumber spit tobacco juice in […]
Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things
Rev. Paulin started his message with a story from a church where he used to pastor. During the children’s time there was a small boy struggling to get free from his parents to go up front with the rest of the children. After children’s time was over and the kids had returned to their seats, […]
What Does It Mean to Be Successful?
It’s Not What People Normally Think Success, true success is anything but normal. Dave Ramsey says, “If You want to succeed, you’ve got to be weird.” It is hard to be different. Standing out and being different opens us up to criticism and ridicule. It’s much easier and safer to blend in and go with […]
Hang In There!
It is hard to “Hang In There”. Holding on for dear life with the weight of the world on our shoulders. It’s lonely hanging there all by ourselves as our arms get more and more tired. We just want to let go. DON’T LET GO! We forget or are unaware that we don’t have to […]
How Do You Make Your Dream Become A Reality?
It’s A Choice You Make…Or Not! It doesn’t matter if you’re dreaming about building a new home, a successful business or a great life, you have to choose to make them a reality. The importance of intentionality to dreams is critical to the outcome. This week I’ve been working on finalizing the proposal for my […]
Today, The Scripture Has Been Fulfilled In Your Hearing
The Bible can seem like an old history book. Full of things that are irrelevant to us today. This could not be further from the truth. Sure it’s a book full of history…but it’s so much more. It is the “Living Word”. John 1:1-4 says, “1In the beginning there was the Word. The Word was […]
“I Have A Dream” For A Team
And I Want It to Be A “Dream Team” It’s interesting how sometimes when we experience things, i.e. a word, a topic or a message, it seems that the same thing will show up multiple times, in multiple places within a short period of time. Some people would say this is just a coincidence. I […]
Keep Your Eyes Open, You Will See Miracles Galore
There are miracles happening all around us every day, some small and some huge. Just consider this amazing thing we call life. The complexity of a Swiss watch that we take for granted. The problem is that we become complacent about these things and forget where these miracles comes from. We were after all, made […]
The Cost of Change Can Be More Than Time and Money
It Can Be Reputation and Loyalty, and To Me These Are More Important Change happens for all kinds of reasons, some needed, some not. Some people love change, it excites them. These people are the ones pushing the envelope and coming up with new ways of doing things. Others on the opposite side never want […]
What Is Baptism And Why Does It Matter?
Baptism is one of those Christian terms that is used often and consequently can lose its importance and meaning. According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/baptism baptism is – 1a : a Christian sacrament marked by ritual use of water and admitting the recipient to the Christian community b : a non-Christian rite using water for […]