When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom. —Proverbs 11:2 Ego Check—Step 1 “Do not think of yourself more highly than you should. Instead, be modest in your thinking” (Rom. 12:3 TEV). Ego Check—Step 2 “Don’t be selfish; don’t live to make a good impression […]
Prepare to meet your God. —Amos 4:12 Wealth can be a good thing. But a person who is unprepared for its use and careless of its stewardship can be destroyed by it. Stories about lottery winners seldom have happily-ever-after endings. “The rest of the story,” as Paul Harvey would tell it, has frequently dead-ended in
He must leave all he owns to someone who has not worked for it. —Ecclesiastes 2:21 It won’t be long until everything that now belongs to you will belong to someone else. When God faced off with a man whose life was absorbed in beefing up his assets he
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The cheerful heart has a continual feast. —Proverbs 15:15 Molly Picon, star of Yiddish stage and film, spent many nights crammed in jam-packed hotel rooms with her theatrical cohorts. Bellyaching about the sardine circumstances was the language of the night. But never a
Be transformed by the renewing of your mind. —Romans 12:2 TODAY I will, with God’s help, monitor and control my words, actions, and attitude. TODAY I will be intentionally aware of a blessing that I have been taking for
How can I repay the Lord for all his goodness to me? —Psalm 116:12 Warren Buffett, the world’s third richest person at this writing, is planning to give away the bulk of his $65 billion fortune before he dies. “If we’ve been blessed we should give back,” he says. Dr.
I will wait for the Lord … I will put my trust in him. —Isaiah 8:17 Why do you always seem to get in the wrong checkout line? Automated phone systems? Grrrr. A half-hour of key punches interspersed with promotional messages and elevator music as you rush toward the completion of
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Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might. —Ecclesiastes 9:10 Coretta Scott King, widow of Dr. Martin Luther King, got a lot of press and air time. Her achievements were impressive. But note this—she once cut a phone conversation with the President of the United States short because her daughter
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So many people were coming and going that they did not even have a chance to eat. —Mark 6:31 Schedules are frequently interrupted by people who want a slice of your time. “The person who has an hour to waste,”
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Where are the other nine? —Luke 17:17 In its relatively short run, the host of the radio program Job Center of the Air helped more than 2500 people find jobs. Only ten of them called to say “Thank you.” Jesus cured ten men of hideous, flesh-eating leprosy. Only
