MOTIVATE Sometimes the best gifts come in small packages. There’s a small phrase that is popular and carries big impact: “Just Be Kind.” It’s a petite and pithy phrase that almost everyone agrees and appears an easy solution to the conflicts and divisions common in our society. In fact, it’s almost kind of biblical in…
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A Gift That Keeps Giving (1 Corinthians 13)
MOTIVATE Many of you know that last year our family had our kitchen remodeled. The house we live in had its original kitchen from late 1980’s and the cabinets were falling apart. So, we were able to knock down a wall, open the floorplan, add multiple cabinets with lots of storage, and a pantry for…
Rome & Beyond (Acts 28)
MOTIVATE EXAMINE Acts 28 1 After we were brought safely through, we then learned that the island was called Malta. For several weeks on a ship, they were questioning their beliefs, doubting their leaders, and regretting their decisions. When you’re on a ship in the middle of the ocean during a storm, you will second-guess…
Shipwreck (Acts 27)
MOTIVATE Life interruptions can be irritating or infuriating, but there is often a reason behind every disruption. Interruptions do not have to be viewed as thieves stealing happiness from our life. If we have the right focus, then we can view delays as divine appointments for how God is working in our life. Interruptions (or…