Category: awareness

Menus. Do you hate to go into a favorite place to eat and see a new menu? One of the first thoughts that comes to my mind is they have raised their prices. But often more disturbing is some favorite menu item is no longer available. We might miss a blessing of something new and […]

Foolishness! The dictionary says that foolishness is a lack of good sense; it is stupidity. Synonyms include imbecility, inanity, imprudence, and a host of other words speaking to thoughtlessness. The apostle Paul wrote to the Corinthian church and said, “. . .we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a stumbling block and to the Greeks […]

Salty talk can have more than one meaning, I suppose. Some might think of sailors as salty, and I have heard the expression, “cuss like a sailor.” My reference to salty talk is not in that vein. Colossians 4:6 says, “Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt . . .” Salt in […]

What Breaks Your Heart? Think about it this way for a moment: why are you still here? It seems to me if the only reason that God saves us is so that we can be holy and live in heaven, the most merciful thing He could do would be to take us on home. But […]

Dead donkeys can tell tales; Really? Have you ever heard a donkey talk? Chances are that you haven’t, and I suspect if you start telling people you have they may lock you away. The only time I have ever heard of a donkey talking is in the book of Numbers when God wanted to get […]

Worship. Have you ever stopped to think about what worship really is? For some it is simply singing. For others it may be something else. Let’s just think about what it means to worship God. Mark Powers works with the SC Baptist Convention and leads in the area of worship. At a recent event he […]

Key of David’s house, what is that? What do you know about the “key of the house of David”? The two passages that I am familiar with that discuss this are Isaiah 22:22 and Revelation 3:7. In fact, I believe Revelation 3:7 ultimately answers the question of who holds the key. In this verse the […]

Do you have an attitude of gratitude? Do you praise the Lord and give thanks through both good times and bad times? Some have suggested that it is easy to praise God and to be grateful when things are going well. But i have noticed in my own experience when everything goes smoothly it is […]

Have you ever been in the Valley of “weeping”? The psalmist had. He says, “Blessed are those whose strength is in you, in whose hearts are the highways to Zion. As they go through the Valley of Baca they make it a place of springs; the early rain also covers it with pools. . .” […]

There is a lot of conversation these days about being a Coach, and how that is an improvement over so many other methodologies. Recently I have been scrolling through Twitter looking for new tweeps and I have been amazed at how many people are describing themselves as coaches. It led me to ponder is that […]