Success must never be measured by how much money you have.
What, then, does Christ’s invitation mean? It doesn’t mean He’ll make life as easy as a cruise; instead, He promises to equip us for the long hike. How? By giving us the knowledge and wisdom we need to take the next step at each point on the journey.
People don’t care what you know until they know that you care.
When we love God with all our hearts, it affects our human relationships too.
Young believers get a taste of grace, and they sometimes think it doesn’t matter what they do; the sky’s the limit! But sooner or later, they face the painful consequences of breaking God’s laws, and they learn to value the restrictions.
REMEMBER, When you forgive, you heal, and when you let go, you grow.
We have to break this cycle, back up, regroup, and bring some sanity to our lives so we’ll have the perspective, energy, and compassion for the people we see each day, and especially those who live under the same roof with us. Then we can love them like we love ourselves.
A snapshot of our thoughts gives us a picture of the content of our hearts, and what we hold in our hearts serves as the ground, seed, and fertilizer for what grows into our attitudes and actions.
Sometimes, we rejoice and our hearts almost burst with gratitude, but at other times, we make gut-level choices to thank Him during painful seasons of life.
Martin Luther once said, “We can’t keep a bird from flying over our heads, but we can keep it from building a nest in our hair!
If there is hope in the future, then there is power in the present.” – JOHN MAXWELL.
There are three pillars to the “better than good” life: passion, peak performance, and purpose.
Unfortunately, lack of obedience is one of our most difficult problems in America. Many people erroneously believe that being obedient means being subservient to someone else. In reality, it indicates respect for the authority of an authority figure. Realistically speaking, you must respect authority before you can legitimately expect others to respect your authority.
When our lives are in alignment with God’s will, the Scriptures affirm our direction; when we’re off base, it shines its light on our selfishness and disobedience.
Please don’t waste your time and the prospect’s time telling them what the product IS. Tell them what it can DO and why it will do it for them.
When we’ve gone down the wrong road for a long time, even destructive habits can feel very comfortable.
You can encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated.” – MAYA ANGELOU.
Emotion makes the prospects take action now, and logic enables them to justify the purchase later.
From the neck down, very few people are worth more than a few hundred dollars a week. From the neck up, there is no limit to what an individual is worth.
Yes, real security is truly an inside job. It can’t be given or provided – it must be earned.
Times of isolation with God will precede the times of inspiration we receive from God.” – IKE REIGHARD.