This post is a continuation of the baseball analogy that I started in the previous entry. It’s amazing to see the number of similarities we find when comparing baseball and life in general. Let’s take a look at a few more: Baseball – Disappointments:The situation I described in the previous post regarding the Cardinals and…
Read more(Chapter 1) Life Using the Analogy of Baseball, Inning One
I was sitting here tonight, Monday, watching the St. Louis Cardinals baseball game and simultaneously talking with the Lord about Tuesday’s blog subject. As I often do, I said, “Lord, what do You want me to write about, not what do I want to focus on.” Initially, nothing was coming to mind. Then, seemingly out…
Read more(Chapter 23) More about Forgiveness
Downloads from the Lord: More about Forgiveness I referenced Mark 11:25 in the previous two blog posts, where forgiveness is mentioned as an essential part of our life. Mark 11:25(NIV) 25And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins. As…
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Downloads from the Lord: Forgiveness I referenced Mark 11:25 in the previous blog post, where forgiveness is mentioned as an essential part of our life. Here is that entire Bible passage, (verses 20-25 for context), to refresh our memory: Mark 11:20-26 (NIV) 20In the morning, as they went along, they saw the fig tree withered…
Read more(Chapter 21) More about Attitude
Downloads from the Lord: More about Attitude In my last blog post, I talked a lot about attitude. I believe we can all agree that the attitude we have is taken very seriously by God, and affects not only ourselves, but others as well. I believe the Lord would have us take a little more…
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Downloads from the Lord: Attitude I was sitting here today talking to the Lord about what He wants me to write about for the blog today. For a few moments nothing came to my attention, but then the word Attitude popped into my mind, “I said Lord is that really what you want to write…
Read more(Chapter 19) Something just as important as our Words
Downloads from the Lord: Something just as important as our Words We just spent four sessions discussing our words. Without a doubt choosing our words and using them in a proper manner is very, very important. However, there is another factor in effective communication that is just as important as the way we use words….
Read more(Chapter 18) The Spoken Word, Part Four
Downloads from the Lord: The Spoken Word, Part Four At the conclusion of the previous post I made the statement; “In the next post, you will see how very serious Almighty God views our words. After all, He created everything with His spoken Word!” Well here we go…we’ll start off slow and then allow God…
Read more(Chapter 17) The Spoken Word, Part Three
Downloads from the Lord: The Spoken Word, Part Three Well-known Christian authors, teachers and seminar speakers, Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott, indicate that through their research they have discovered that 77% of our self-talk tends to be negative. If that is true, and we talk to ourselves so negatively, it becomes very easy to let…
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