God is willing to wait for you, but don’t wait too long for Him.Good things usually come when we are patient.  Impatience usually leads to hasty decisions.  And sometimes, when we are impatient, we miss out on the best possible result.  God is never impatient because He always wants the best outcome.  God sent Jesus […]

True greatness is measured by the things you do for people who can’t reciprocate.
Quid pro quo is a legal term that lawyers use to mean an equal exchange of consideration.  Non-lawyers don’t have to use the Latin phrase.  They can just say, “Even Steven.”  You might also know this concept by its anatomical terminology, “You […]

When you think you’ve learned enough, you haven’t.You’ll never come to the point where you know enough about God.  Knowing God is a lifelong pursuit that grows more rewarding as you learn more.  It’s not like studying physics or 17th-century British poets, where you get to the point of saying, “I’ve had enough!”  Learning about […]

Let money be your servant, not your master.The more you have, the more you have to lose.  So, you purchase insurance.  But the more insurance you have, the higher the premiums are.  To afford the higher premiums, you try to make a little more money.  With more money, your taxes are higher.  To cover increased […]

You can acquire wisdom over time, but God promises to give it to you if you ask.What would you do if God offered you anything you wanted? What would you ask for? God posed this question to Solomon, the son of King David and a king in his own right. How did […]

What happens to you may be an accident. How you respond is not.Perspective is everything. A toddler cries when the stack of blocks falls over. (The parent knows that is is no big deal.) A child quits when the peewee baseball team loses a game. (The parent knows that the […]

If you aren’t learning to do the right thing, you aren’t acquiring wisdom.The dictionary defines wisdom as “knowledge and good judgment based on experience.” That sounds good, but what if your experiences aren’t so good? What if you make some bad choices that lead to some negative experiences? About the only wisdom […]

A true sense of humor does not rely on the humiliation of others.We all like to make people laugh. It is rewarding to bring levity into someone’s life. And the ability to make people laugh will get you invited to a lot of parties because people with a good sense of humor are […]

Prayer changes things, but worry changes nothing.Worry usually results when you have exhausted all of your options. When you have done everything possible–when there is nothing left that you can do–then you worry if the problem still exists. Well, stop worrying. There is one last step that you can take: You […]

Seeing is better than looking. Listening is better than hearing. Doing is better than talking.There are a lot of advantages to being a Christian. The biggest advantage is that you know you are going to spend eternity with God. But being a Christian is more than having an eternal fire insurance […]