Acting Like the Devil
A study discovered 31% of employees end the year with unused vacation time. That might come as a surprise to those of us who really love our vacations. But there …
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Bad or Busy
If the Devil can’t make you bad, he’ll make you busy, because he knows you’ll be no threat to his territory either way. One of Satan’s favorite tactics is getting …
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Simple Meals
A stressed mom asked her six year old daughter to return thanks for the elaborate meal she had prepared for their special company. The little girl replied, “I wouldn’t know …
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Poem- My Hands Were Busy
MY HANDS WERE BUSY My hands were busy through the day. I didn’t have much time to play The little games you asked to do, I didn’t have much time …
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Margin Defined
In his book “A Minute of Margin,” Richard Swenson writes, “Margin is like oxygen- everybody needs some. If we have too little, we suffer from the shortage. If we have …
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Stop, Look and List
There are a few phrases we pick up in elementary school that stick with us for life. Remember “I before E except after C?” or “In 1492 Columbus sailed the …
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Seasons of Celebration
Biblical time management is really all about striking the right balance in the different areas of life. For example, some people continually feast and celebrate, while others scoff at such …
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Sit There
How often have you heard the phrase, Don’t just sit there, do something. While that may be good advice in some situations, the fact is that one of the most …
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Taking Turns
Next time you see a flock of migrating birds in a “V” formation you’ll notice that one leg of the V is often longer than the other. Now why that …
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Frozen Ground
An Alaskan farmer needed to build a fence and wanted the job done quickly. Each day, as the thawing of the ground permitted, he choped away at the frozen land …
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Creating Memories
What means more to a child, the things you give them or the time you spend with them? To answer that question I want to do a little experiment. Get …
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God’s Timing
When the batteries go dead on a watch it will still be right twice a day. But if it runs 5 minutes fast or 5 minutes slow it will never …
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Who Will be Crying at your Funeral?
Who will be crying at your funeral? That’s a question that author Patrick Morley, began asking himself. Morley and his wife were successful in their business. Their schedules were filled …
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Take a Break
Police in Oakland, California spent two hours attempting to coach out a gunman who they believed had barricaded himself inside his home. After firing ten tear gas canisters, officers discovered …
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Take Time to be Holy – 2
William Longstaff would not have thought of himself as a hymnwriter. In fact, he may have only written one poem in his life. But that poem was titled take time …
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Take Time to be Holy
Most people wouldn’t think of looking to a hymnbook for instruction in time management for our busy world today. But if they did, they might discover a deep, rich hymn …
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Sabbath Day Principle
Our great-grandfathers called it the Holy Sabbath. Our grandfathers called it the Sabbath. Our parents called it Sunday. Today we call it the weekend. Whatever you call it, there is …
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Sabbaticals
You know you’ve been spending too much time at the office when the only way you recognize your kids is from their pictures on your desk at work. If that …
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Jumping to a Conclusion
A group of soldiers were being taught how to jump from a plane. A new recruit asked, “What if my parachute doesn’t open?” “That,” the instructor replied “is known as …
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Extra Rocks
God met with a man and asked him to take three rocks in a wagon to the top of a hill. Eager to please God, the man cheerfully obeyed, singing …
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