When is the last time your heart just beat out of your chest with the possibility of wild success or epic failure? You see, those two things come hand in hand. If there’s a possibility of wild success, then there’s also a possibility of epic failure. And if there’s a possibility of epic failure, then
Do I have any listeners who are art collectors? I don't hang out in art galleries, my most expensive wall hanging was likely $69 on sale at the local Hobby Lobby. Art galleries make me itchy. The thought that a single nail holds something of greater value than my car and I could potentially knock
Several years ago I read a book called “The Traveler’s Gift.” It’s an excellent little book and I highly recommend it. There’s a chapter where the main character visits a storehouse in heaven. He describes this storehouse as enormous in size. He says he was unable to see from one end to the other and
Sometimes life presents struggles and hardships that seem unfair, and certainly unwanted. Perhaps today as you listen, you're in the middle of one of life's struggles or you're witnessing someone you love struggle, and more than anything you just want to find a way out. You want to break free. You want life to return
Do you remember being in middle school gym class and waiting to be chosen for a team? The coach would select 2 team captains, then those captains would take turns one by one building their own teams. Now I'm not sure who came up with this system, but I'm here as a fully grown 45
The very thing you've been worried about ... The very place you're desperately seeking change ... The situation you feel hopeless in ... The relationship you can't seem to fix ... The hurt you can't seem to heal ... The thing you went to bed sad about and woke up stressed over ... Honey, if
There's a story of a young woman diagnosed with terminal cancer who began planning her own funeral. She met with her pastor and selected the scripture and the songs. One final detail as their meeting came to a close, she asked to be buried with a fork in her right hand. The pastor was puzzled.
Do you want to live well today? Of course you do. No one woke up this morning and said "ya know, I want to royally jack up this day of living." No one intentionally woke up, realized it was Thursday and said "I think I'll just waste today." No, none of us. However, many of
Before God made you, he imagined all you could become. He had a clear imagine of you at your fullest potential, then he went about forming you individually, equipping you with every strength, gift, talent, attribute, trait, and passion to one day become all he imagined. You see when he made me, he added a
In the book of Genesis chapter 19 we read the story of a city called Sodom and Gomorah. This was a city full of vile men and wicked ways. Within that city was a Godly man named Lot. God sent 2 angels to tell Lot to take his family and escape the city before God