Do you remember when you were a kid and it was about a week before your birthday or a week before Christmas, how that week seemed like a really long time? Do you remember how time seemed to drag on forever? Or maybe you are walking by today and you are in your junior or senior year of college and you remember how four years, maybe five seemed like a really long time for you to get through college? [Read more…]
What is your most valued asset? What is your most prized possession? In other words, what do you have that you absolutely would never let go of? Is it your family or maybe a family heirloom? Collectibles? Your home, your car, your money? Your retirement? What means the most to you in this world? What do you value above everything else? Tonight, I’m asking you to think about your most valued asset. How would you answer me? [Read more…]
You are here at Churchill Downs and you are all excited. Maybe, you are convinced going in that “your horse will win.” But my question to you is: will the excitement last? Even if you are right and your horse wins, will the excitement last? Let’s even say you are picking a longshot and the payout is huge, will the excitement last? If so, for how long? [Read more…]
How do you witness to an atheist? The same way you witness to anyone following a cult and the same way you witness to a false convert. You take the person through some of the 10 Commandments. God gave us the commandments for a reason. God is righteous and Holy and His standard is perfection. Jesus summed up the 10 Commandments this way: You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul and mind and love your neighbor as yourself (Matthew 22:37-39). [Read more…]
Do you ever complain about high gas prices? I know I do. Are there other things that are too pricey for you? I am pretty cheap so my wife shocked me recently when we were in a mall in St. Louis. I won’t mention the name of the store, but they had pots and pans that were a $1,000 each (and no we didn’t buy one at that exorbitant high price)! I wouldn’t spend $200 for a whole set of pots and pans. [Read more…]