It's the last day of October, and the pecans are starting to fall a little more slowly so this might just be the last of my pecan picking parables. I hope you'll bear with me once more because over the past few weeks I've realized how hard it can be for me to stay on track, to focus. It really shouldn't come as such a big surprise. The unfinished projects ...
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Set Your Mind on Things Above – How to Stop Looking Out and Look Up
"Set your mind on things above...." How can we do that day to day? What impact will doing so have on our lives? I don't know about you, but this week, my mind is full of things. All the things. My kids at school. My friends in Kenya. Happy circumstances. Sad ones. Things I don't know how to handle; others I don't want to. My mind races, ...
The Truth About Humility – Can You Be Humble and Confident at the Same Time?
We live in a world where people are in love with their selfies. True humility is hard to find. What is it? Where can we find it? Read on to find some wisdom from the words of Philippians 2. I don't know about you, but when I think of words that describe the Apostle Paul, "humble" isn't one of the first that comes to mind. When I think of him, I don't usually think ...
Lessons from the Life of a Missionary
Life lessons from the Apostle Paul - where do we even begin? There are so many to choose from! Today, we'll look at four lessons from his life that we find in the first chapter of Philippians. The Apostle Paul. How to describe him? I can think of one way: completely sold out. Whatever he did, he did with confidence, conviction and complete focus on the ...