You may have heard the amazing story that was in the news on January 1. Flavaine Carvalho was working as a server at the Mrs. Potato Restaurant in Orlando, Florida. As she served a family, she noticed that everyone received food except a young boy at the table. Upon closer examination, Carvalho noticed that the… [Read More…]
Avoid Distractions, Maintain Focus
I was listening to a Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast and he was explaining to leaders how 2021 could be their most focused year ever. His simple premise was that a person needs to avoid distractions and maintain focus. Are we ever distracted? According to Business Insider, the average person touches their phone over 2,600 times a day…. [Read More…]
Surrender is the Key
As we embark on this new adventure of 2021, many people are constructing goals and making resolutions. Some are assessing things accomplished in 2020, areas where progress was made with more needed, and those things that were on the list but were never touched. People resolve to do better with health issues, relationships, work/life balance,… [Read More…]
Looking Forward to 2021
So much has been said and written about the difficulties that have been part of 2020. As we now stand on the brink of 2021, there is every reason to be enthusiastic about this new year that lies before us. I was reading some material from one of my favorite authors, J. Lee Grady. He… [Read More…]
A Prayer to Emmanuel – God with Us
Kim Butts of Harvest Prayer Ministries always writes perceptive and helpful things. I thought you would benefit from seeing and praying through her recent post, “A Prayer to Emmanuel – God With Us.” Father, the day of celebration is upon Your people! As we anticipate Your Son’s birth, we ask that you would stop… [Read More…]
Warm Your Heart
What you see above are some of the products of our Food Basket Ministry at Christmas time. When people sign up to donate a food basket, they receive a list with the items and quantities that are needed to fill the basket. Each one of those food baskets was donated by our people, and it… [Read More…]
Give With A Grateful Heart
Here is the critical information about our end-of-year offering, the “Grateful Heart Offering.” Our end-of-year offering is one that we use for outreach, where the emphasis is on others. In our years of doing an end-of-year offering, Madison Christian Church has never kept a penny of the offering. Our goal is to change lives for… [Read More…]
When Life Gives You Lemons…..
There is a saying, “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.” In other words, perspective matters. How we choose to view a situation is vitally important. We control that perspective. The apostle Paul, for instance, gives us a wonderful example of this. The Book of Philippians is a “prison epistle.” Paul is in jail, and… [Read More…]
Give Thanks in All Circumstances
What a wonderful opportunity this week to devote a time to counting our blessings! The apostle Paul encourages us in I Thessalonians 5:18, “Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” According to Dr. Robert Emmons, a professor of psychology at UC Davis and considered to be… [Read More…]