Category: purpose

Do you know where you’re headed?

June 11, 2013 | 5 comments

The trouble with not having a goal   is that you can spend your life   running up and down the field   and never score.   ~ Bill Copeland   Set spiritual goals. God will always bless those.  

Don’t build on the sand

May 7, 2013 | 3 comments

Take a good look at this tower.  See anything unusual?   It’s leaning!  Yep, two meters off plumb. When construction on this tower in Delft began in the 1300’s, the builders moved a canal away from the Old Church to

Giving unselfishly

December 26, 2012 | 4 comments

How successful are you at giving to others without taking thought for yourself? While walking the streets of Washington, DC last fall, I traipsed across a bronze medallion in the sidewalk commemorating the life and work of Clara Barton. Barton

Purpose of prayer

November 2, 2012 | 3 comments

Experience proves that some types of prayer are a whole lot more effective than other types of prayer. For instance, pleading, begging or bargaining with God brings meager results. Jesus said that our Father knows what we need before we