Topic: How are you living? How is your walk? Sermon Notes: 20 Feb 2018 “To be little with God is to be little for God.” EM Bounds 1 Timothy 6:11-16 Final Charge to Timothy 11 But you, man of God, flee from all this, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance and gentleness. 12 Fight the good fightof the faith.…
Oh The Places You’ll Go, Leaving a Godly Legacy… Here is a great idea I had to give my grand children an eternal gift! The Dr. Seuss book, “Oh The Places You’ll Go” is a great book, but only tells half of the story. So, I marked up the book to reflect the full and…
My Son in Law, (Daniel Elmore) and I have a lot in common and we like to talk about these things. I’ve asked him to write up his thoughts on ‘Stress’ so I can pass them along. Here are his thoughts… When you work to increase your bodily health, one very important area that is…
Dear Present Self, This is from your Future Self – you in 20 years. I am hoping to write to you today, well your today, to persuade you to consider making some changes. You see, 20 years from now, I will be the result of all your decisions. It’s not fair. You have all the…
If you have lived long enough, like 10 years or so, chances are extremely high that your mind has been reprogramed and even rewired according to this world. TV, movies, advertisements that are even rated G or PG sexualize women, promote greed and pride, while breeding selfishness. And the norm for society, well just watch…
The problem that we face is that we don’t understand the fact that there are two people that have to agree to any change that you want to make; The Current Self and the Future Self. They battle each other and it’s not a fair fight! Let me show you what I mean by a…
Three years ago I made a commitment to myself to take control of my life and make a plan for myself. You see, it’s like anything really – if we don’t know where we want to go, how can we get there? If we don’t have a direction or a route in mind and just…
In marriage and really any relationship, it could be that if you win, you lose. Here’s how that goes: You have your mind made up about something that you want. Your spouse (an other person) has their mind made up on what they want. You demand your way. They resist and push back. You escalate…
There are many different ways to categorize conversation. Keeping it simple, I’ve adopted these five levels from Gary Smalley (http://pslinstitute.com/fivelevels.html). Let me add my thoughts as well. (1) CLICHES – Typical, routine, oft repeated comments, questions and answers given out of habit and with no real forethought or genuine intent. “How are you?” “Fine.” “Having a…
What is the number one reason for divorce? Is it finances? Affairs? Midlife crises? Differences of opinion on raising children? Communication? Growing apart? Abuse? No! These are all symptoms of the cause for divorce. The number one cause of divorce is … failure to do conflict right. When we fail to do conflict the right…
I have three daughters and as soon as I had the first one, I knew one day that they would come home with some guy that they would love. I knew that as time went on, their love for me would become less as their love for another man grew. And this is the way…
You know, oddly enough there are not enough real men out there – you know, men who want to be the best dad for their kids, super husband to their wife, honoring son to their parents and a man of obedience to God. I have a plan in place for me now for a few…
Men. This is a challenge to you who have daughters. I have three daughters. Two of them are now married and my youngest is in a relationship. Long ago, when my daughters were babies, I had that fear that father’s of daughters get. It’s the fear that they may end up with a guy who…
I arrived to the elder’s meeting 15 minutes early and since these guys have lots going on in life, I was the only one there, early. This gave me some time to think things through. You see, I’m a visual learner and it’s the way that I best communicate. I combined the concept that I…
I graduated college in 1985 equipped with a B.S. in Mathematics and an excellent work ethic. My first position was working for Ross Perot at EDS. I was 21 years old, dressed in a suit and slung COBOL code and stacks of punch cards. I was nervous and insecure. Here is what went through my…
How Shall We Live... 