THERE ARE THREE REWARDS FOR GOING ON GOD’S GREAT ADVENTURE In J.R.R. Tolkien's book, The Hobbit, the good wizard Gandalf encourages the hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, to go on a great adventure to help recover a vast treasure from the dragon, Smaug. Gandalf: The world is not in...
IN THE MOVIE OF LIFE WE NEED TO BE ROY ROGERS, NOT TRIGGER Roy Rogers was an American actor who was one of the most popular Western stars of the 20th century. Known as the "King of the Cowboys", he starred in over 100 movies and...
TRUTH IS WHAT GOD SAYS IT IS, REGARDLESS OF WHAT WE THINK On one level, yes, something can be true for you but not true for me. For example, I actually like broccoli. It’s not that I don’t hate it. It’s that I like it. I...
YOU CAN APPEAR TO MOTIVATE PEOPLE BY SHOWING THEM HOW THEY CAN BE SUCCESSFUL AT SOMETHING THEY ALREADY WANT TO DO Years ago I went to an American Management Association conference at which I heard an expert speak on the subject of motivation. He said, "You're...
YOU CAN’T REJECT GOD UNLESS YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO PUT IN HIS PLACE In his book Fundamentals of the Faith, Christian scholar Peter Kreeft writes: “The problem of evil is the most serious problem in the world. It is also the one serious objection to the existence...
WE CAN'T LET THE THINGS WE DON’T UNDERSTAND KEEP US FROM THE THINGS WE DO There are things we understand about prayer and there are things we don’t understand. Here are four things we understand about prayer: God wants us to pray. Matthew 7:7 says, “Ask, and it will be...
MY THIRD PRAYER HACK IS TO PRAY AFFIRMATIONS BACK TO THE LORD These affirmations are not typical prayers. They do not contain requests from God, they do not contain adoration or confession or thanksgiving to God. But I consider them to be prayers nevertheless. I am...
PRAYING WRITTEN PRAYERS REPEATEDLY IS MY SECOND PRAYER HACK Hack: an unexpected solution to a tricky problem. Last week I shared my first prayer hack, which was praying with my wife. It wasn't until we began praying together that I developed a consistent and satisfying level of...
PRAYING DAILY WITH MY WIFE IS MY FIRST PRAYER HACK All of you already knew this, but I just recently learned that the word "hack" has taken on an additional meaning. It used to mean: A loud sharp cough coming from the chest. To cut with rough or...
USING VOICE RECOGNITION SOFTWARE TO REDUCE AND REPEAT It takes approximately 50 gallons of maple sap to produce a gallon of maple syrup. Seems like a lot of work, but Americans eat over a million gallons of maple syrup each year, and while there are no...