This day the Lord will hand you over to me. —1 Samuel 17:46 When fear attacks, you need to refocus from the source of your fear to the source of your power. Saul’s soldiers’ source of fear was the giant, Goliath. God was the source of their power. They forgot that, but David didn’t: …
We get knocked down, but we get up again and keep going. —2 Corinthians 4:9 “The price of success,” said Vince Lombardi, “is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task.” Today is …
My peace I give you. —John 14:27 It was Jesus’ last meal with his disciples before his crucifixion. “I will be with you only a little longer,” he said. While they sat in stunned sadness, he said, “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you.” The next two days …
Seek peace and pursue it. —Psalm 34:14 Want a couple of sentences that can keep you in control? Try these: “I have the right to choose.” “I choose peace.” When some domineering person drives you to the limit of your endurance, say to yourself: I have the right to choose. I …
People should . . . enjoy the fruits of their labor, for these are gifts from God. —Ecclesiastes 3:13 When you were a kid, were you ever ordered to clean your plate because children were starving in some faraway place? You probably wondered how your empty plate could fill an …
Let us come before him with thanksgiving. —Psalm 95:2 Paul advises us to season our prayers with thanksgiving: “By prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God” (Phil 4:6). A dominant attitude eliminates a conflicting attitude because …
Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears us up. —Psalm 68:19 In The Legend of Bagger Vance, war hero Rannulph Junah is an honorary participant in an exhibition match with two golfing legends. He starts strong, but haunting combat memories cause him to fall apart. Bagger Vance, Junah’s mystic mentor and caddie, pulls …
Let your light shine before others. —Matthew 5:16 On this day—March 22—in 1963, C.S. Lewis died. His death drew scant attention because it was the same day that John F. Kennedy was assassinated—and that, of course, dominated the news. C.S. Lewis was the most famous and prolific apologist …
I lay my requests before you and wait in expectation. —Psalm 5:3 More often than not, we see what we expect to see, hear what we expect to hear, feel what we expect to feel. If you expect to be mistreated, you probably will be—or think you are. If you …
Teach us to number our days. —Psalm 90:12 You can use your days selfishly or selflessly. You can use them growing bitter or getting better. The number of pages left on your calendar may signal that it’s too late to train for a triathlon, become a brain surgeon, …
