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“consult not your fears”

February 21, 2006

Consult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential. Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but with what it is still possible for you to do.–Pope John XXIII

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a promise of significance

February 15, 2006

Yesterday, Creflo Dollar made reference to Isaiah 54:13, “All your sons will be taught by the Lord, and great will be your children’s peace” (NIV). I read through the entire chapter today–several times–and I’m deeply moved. There are so many wonderful promises in this chapter:…

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the familiarity of the cockpit

February 9, 2006

In Pursuing Your Life Dream, Eastman Curtis tells of a conversation he had with a trainer of fighter pilots in Vietnam. This trainer said that most of the pilots who were shot down could have escaped from their planes…

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fear: the anti-goal

November 16, 2005

Every week, I eat breakfast with Jeff, Chris, and William–we are, to use John Eldredge’s term, a “band of brothers.” Our conversations range over a wide variety of topics, from movies to marriage and politics to prophecy. However, we always make it a point to talk about our goals, and we have worked our way through some books to help us be more purposeful and focused.

Jeff’s been reading Chris Howard’s Turning Passions into Profits, and he told us about Howard’s idea of having goals you move toward (positive goals) and those you move away from (anti-goals)…

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die empty!

November 5, 2005

On TBN this past Thursday, Bishop Eddie Long said, “When you die, die empty!” He went on to say, “God put eternity in us. He gave us a vision before He gave us a body, which means you had purpose before you were formed in your mother’s womb.…

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God’s call for Christopher Columbus

October 4, 2005

The October Enjoying Everyday Life (from Joyce Meyer Ministries) has an article on the faith of Christopher Columbus. It includes some amazing quotes from Columbus: It was the Lord who put into my mind the fact that it would be possible to sail from here to the Indies. All who heard of my project rejected […]

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a confession for planning your day

October 1, 2005

I cannot do everything so I choose those things which are vital and excellent and of real value. I have wisdom and I am able to distinguish the highest and the best things for me to do.–Philippians 1:10 from Joyce Meyer’s The Secret Power of Speaking God’s Word

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