It's My Turn

It really is much more blessed to give than to receive, but – sometimes we receive more than we could ever imagine because of our giving.

What is remembered about those who pass from this world is directly connected to the good they do while they’re here.

Those who make the most of their circumstances, regardless of how dire, will find life’s rewards to be that much sweeter.

How much one says isn’t nearly as important or meaningful as what one might say.

Words have power for the smallest of us. Choosing our words carefully is imperative before wielding that power. Respect is the least a person deserves from another.

All too often we make judgements about others without knowing their situation or having any idea what life is like for them.

Courage isn’t the lack of fear, it’s acting in the face of perhaps your deepest fear because you are the one at hand.

He loved to draw and even as he was told he had no talent by his editor, he continued to do what he loved and the whole world would eventually know his name.

Gethsemane was one of the lowest points of Christ’s life. Perhaps it is fitting that it’s located in Kedron Valley.

The Savior instructed the blind man to wash in the pool only after He had placed the mud He made from His spittle on his eyes

There are actually three temples in the scriptures. The later destroyed not long after it was completed. As we live for Christ we must live as The Temple of God, in and out of our churches.

The city of Jerusalem is prominent throughout the Bible’s old and new testaments, playing a key role in the life of Christ as well as His followers both past, present  and future.

Jesus washed the feet of the disciples, a very unusual action, but what He taught through this act every person needs to grasp.

Does God really work the bad happenings in our lives for our good? Looking at the life of Paul gives us more insight into this question and the answer.

The account of David & Bathsheba shows us that forgiveness is absolutely necessary for man-kind. The clean heart and clear conscience is our only route to true peace.

God has placed within every human being the desire to succeed. Pushing for the next level of achievement is always better than setting the goal so low it comes easily.

We as humans will never “arrive” so we must keep straining toward the goal because the thrill of life is in the attempts at achieving the next goal.

No one is spared from the trying times of life. It’s how we face them that matters. What centers one’s life determines the approach to that problem solving.

Stocks and wealth are worth far less than our fellow man and we must invest well in the lives of others rather than the things of the world.

In every bad situation Christ saw the good and He expects us to do the same as we seek to be His light to those around us in His world.