“Don’t trust their words; trust their behaviors.” – Beth Denison I’ve heard my wife say that a squillion times. If you are the wounded spouse, you need to identify the addict’s smoke screen. Addicts are liars, manipulators, and actors. That doesn’t make us bad people, but it does make us hard to read. With time,…
On September 29, 1954, Willie Mays made the most famous catch in the history of baseball. It was Game 1 of the World Series. With two runners on base, Cleveland Indians star Vic Wertz sent a towering fly ball over the head of the young outfielder. Turning his back on the ball, Mays sprinted toward…
I’m sure you’re familiar with the story of David and Goliath. A young boy did what the strongest men in his nation could not do – he took down the giant. You will recall that he brought five rocks to the fight. “David took his staff in his hand, chose five smooth stones from the…
In one day, Charles Servizio did 46,000 pushups. Ben Feldman sold $20 million worth of insurance in a day. Will Ferrell played for ten MLB teams in one day. In one day, mosquitoes kill more people than sharks kill in 100 years. Each day, 4.5 million thin mints are baked for Girl Scouts. And in…
Never go into battle wearing another person’s armor. “Then Saul dressed David in his own tunic. He put a coat of armor on him and a bronze helmet on his head. David fastened on his sword over the tunic and tried walking around, because he was not used to them. ‘I cannot go in these,’…
An interesting survey found that 57 percent of us have bought or read a book based solely on its cover. And a survey of 2,000 U.S. adults who bought a book based on the cover found that a whopping 96 percent of these people said the book met their expectations. That is the power of…
Have you heard of the “Knotts Prayer”? Every day, I pray the 3rd Step Prayer, the 7th Step Prayer, and the Serenity Prayer. I know a lot of you who do the same thing. Perhaps we need to add another prayer to our routines. Join me in praying the “Knotts Prayer,” just one time. Here…
Jesus said, “When you pray, do not be like the hypocrites” (Matthew 6:5). Don’t focus on the last part of that verse, but the first part – when you pray. When. Not if. When you pray. When, when, when. Maybe you are at a loss for words sometimes, and that’s why you don’t pray more.…
One summer, Bob Bartlett, an explorer, filled a boat with rare birds, put them in cages, and began to transport them to America. Somewhere in the Atlantic, the boat encountered rough water, and one of the birds got away. They watched the bird fly away to apparent “freedom.” But, several hours later, the bird came…
“Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God” (Psalm 20:7). Corrie Ten Boom said, “Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.” And Ralph Waldo Emerson added, “All I have seen teaches me to trust the creator for all I…