My brother-in-law Pat is one of those amazing individuals who exemplifies the “COURAGE TO CARE.” Several years ago he was fighting a fire in downtown Detroit, a city that is infamous for the fires set in its scores of abandoned buildings. What did Pat do? He...
The boundaries are limitless for our prayer life! If you have a concern or a problem, you have been given a free invitation to pray about everything. As children we badger our parents with every kind of question imaginable. We learn that we have open...
We are designed to fly. All our internal signals are like a cockpit of a plane equipped to give us lift in life and a sense of soaring over circumstances. All we need to do then is release the weights that hold us. Start with...
PEACE is not resignation – but RESILIENCY. Psychological resilience is defined as an individual's ability to properly adapt to stress and adversity. A scattered mind is, like the bible says, a wave tossed about by the wind of the sea (James 1:6). Where does life find...
I know from personal experience the importance of attitudes and self-regulation. As a college athlete and team captain, many times my emotions would have to take a back seat for the sake of the team and the game before us. I remember an entire stadium with...
There are qualities in humans that override every obstacle faced in this earth. When we understand Who lives in us and is our Helper, we are not afraid to take on any challenge. The key to overcoming is not perfection but perseverance. Recently, I was touched...
In one of our large events in Africa, we were told by the organizers not to expect to start on time. “Here in Africa the opening night is just a test run where we work out our problems.” Can you imagine? There are 75,000 people preparing...
We wake up each morning with a world of possibilities before us. The morning news will reveal what went wrong while we were sleeping, but the good news is that there is more that has gone right! You have found a right way to believe...
Finding inspiration in a down economy with polarized media coverage and the fear thermometer heating up can be the greatest challenge of individuals in the coming year. Therefore, I will keep visiting the places where inspiration is found to provide a quick lift to those...
“If you’re a street sweeper, be a great street sweeper for God.” These are the words that saved a street sweeper in Siberia from suicide, and launched him into the leadership of a church and authoring a book. He saw for the first time that...