August


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August 31, 2024 August 31 – Kingdom Kindness Three delicatessens opened in the same area simultaneously.  Knowing that the competition would be fierce, the owners placed large advertisements in the windows of their stores.       The first one read, “We have the best sandwiches in the world!”       0
August 30, 2024 August 30 – Architectural Integrity Every parent I know wants their children to have the advantage in whatever it is they are doing.  Most of the things that seem advantageous are really temporal, inconsequential items.  Skinny jeans, iPods, baseball bats, and earphones may bring a 0
August 29, 2024 August 29 – A Word for Others Not long ago I went to bed with a specific prayer request on my heart.  My devotion time is usually during the early-morning hours, so that night I asked the Lord to meet with me and give me a Word 0
August 28, 2024 August 28 – Family Contributions Time with family is like investing for retirement: small and consistent contributions compounded over an extended period of time leads to a valuable return.  Ronald Reagan said it like this, “Great change in America begins at the dinner table.”  Reagan 0
August 27, 2024 August 27 – The Faith of Your Children Under the leadership of Moses, the children of Israel wandered in the wilderness for forty years.  When Moses died, Joshua took over the reins.  Joshua’s generation would experience the mighty works of God as they crossed the Jordan River and 0
August 26, 2024 August 26 – Cell Phone Insanity In 1876, an internal memo from Western Union read, “This ‘telephone’ has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication. The device is inherently of no value to us.” Western Union, nor the world at large, 0
August 25, 2024 August 25 – Investing in the Next Generation If we are going to make an impact in the lives of young people, we must do it quickly, emphatically, and intentionally. They grow up pretty fast, and if you don’t influence their faith, heart, and mind at a tender 0
August 24, 2024 August 24 – How Children are Influenced Our influence is felt most significantly by those closest to us.  This is especially true as it relates to parents and children.  Henry Ward Beecher said, “The humblest of individual exerts some influence; either for good or evil upon others.”  0
August 23, 2024 August 23 – Time With Family Thomas Jefferson said, “The happiest moments of my life have been the ones I have spent at home in the bosom of my family.” I concur; I am the most content when I am with my wife and children.  Therefore, 0
August 22, 2024 August 22 – The Lone Ranger Danger As a child I loved watching the old reruns of the Lone Ranger.  He would always come through and save the day on his horse named Silver.  His sidekick Tonto would assist whenever needed, but for the most part, the 0