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…
Read more(Chapter 16) The Spoken Word, Part Two
Downloads from the Lord: The Spoken Word, Part Two My wife Shirley laid a note on my desk a couple days ago and told me it was a little saying about words. She thought I might be able to use it in my Tuesday blog post since I’m writing about our words. I want to…
Read more(Chapter 15) The Spoken Word, Part One
Downloads from the Lord: The Spoken Word, Part One Proverbs 16:24 (NLT2) 24 Kind words are like honey— sweet to the soul and healthy for the body. The above words are what greeted me this morning when I read my Bible verse of the day. Allow me to explain why this passage meant something special…
Read more(Chapter 14) Network (Mainstream) News Media
Downloads from the Lord: Network (Mainstream) News Media It’s probably way past time for us to take a look at where we are getting our news. ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, MSNBC, FOX, New York Times, The Washington Post, Cedar Rapids Gazette, Des Moines Register, I could go on and on, however you already know what…
Read more(Chapter 13) Let’s Cancel the Cancel Culture! Part Eight
Downloads from the Lord: Let’s Cancel the Cancel Culture! Part Eight To refresh your memory, here are those seven areas of influence: 1. Academia/Education 2. Family 3. Government 4. Media/News 5. Arts/Entertainment 6. Business/Finance 7. Church/Religion In the last post we looked at how a biblical view regarding Business/Finance could cause the Powers-that-Be to try…
Read more(Chapter 12) Let’s Cancel the Cancel Culture! Part Seven
Downloads from the Lord: Let’s Cancel the Cancel Culture! Part Seven To refresh your memory, here are those seven areas of influence: 1. Academia/Education 2. Family 3. Government 4. Media/News 5. Arts/Entertainment 6. Business/Finance 7. Church/Religion In the last post we looked at how a biblical view regarding Arts/Entertainment could cause the Powers-that-Be to try…
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