| 1:40 MIN READ | What kind of friend do you most appreciate? Friendships come in two categories — fair-weather friends and rainy-day friends. The differences are worth considering. Fair-weather friends are people who come into your life with an agenda. They perceive that you have something they want. It might be influence, prestige, position […]

| 1:33 MIN READ | When was the last time someone did you a favor? Favor is a wonderful thing. We don’t get very far in life without favor along the way. To impact the world and experience greatness, we must grow the attitudes that win favor –– the favor of God and man. There’s […]

| 1:35 MIN READ | How you view you makes a big difference in the choices you make. The Old Testament story of Esther reminds us of this. Esther was part of the remnant of Jews left in Persia from the time of the Babylonian Captivity. She lost her family and was raised by an […]

| 2:01 MIN READ | Every situation in life comes with choices. We either react or respond to them. Reaction is emotion-driven. Response is thought and principle-driven. There’s a great story in the Bible about two individuals named Mordecai and Esther. Esther came on the scene of history after the Persian king, Xerxes, deposed his […]

| 1:22 MIN READ | Human history has left a record of men and women, in both the limelight and obscurity, who made their world a better place! The Bible tells about two of these history changers –– Mordecai and Esther. They were used by God to rescue the Jews from destruction at a critical […]

| 2:06 MIN READ | Someone once said, “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger!” Perhaps the adage can more accurately be stated, “What doesn’t kill you, CAN make you stronger!” The possibility is there, but the choice is ours. Problems, pain, and limitations provide us with potential character-building fertilizer if we respond the right […]