Count your words
We eagerly sing: “Count your blessings, count them one by one.” Maybe adding a verse is not a bad idea: “Count your words, count them one by one.” For some reason or another, people think that “mouth sins” like badmouthing, dirty language, cursing, and gossiping are not as serious as those “mortal sins” like adultery, [...]
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Children are different from most adults. Children learn. Children take risks. Children are curious. Children ask frequent questions. Children take ownership. (How many times have you heard small children say “It’s mine!” when they play with something and you want to take it?) Children are not uncomfortable with ambiguities. Children are not afraid of failure [...]
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“There are no victories at bargain prices,” Dwight Eisenhower said. Success costs sacrifice. Malcolm Gladwell writes in his book Outliers that people who are really successful have at least ten thousand hours of hard work behind them. In short, years of effort are the key — also on the Lord’s route. To follow Christ on [...]
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