METHODOLOGY THAT MATTERS

In the late 1990’s I worked for a top manufacturer of audio equipment for automobiles. Across the company this organization had adopted the 5S approach, a system that included guidelines for organizing the workplace. They include, Sort, Set in Order, Shine, Standardize, and Sustain. While these guidelines were effective in the workplace and while they can be applied to how you keep your home...

DO I WANT BE IN THAT NUMBER?

This is your Monday Short meditation! There was a Pew Research Study done in 2014. It revealed at that time that 55% of Americans prayed daily! While I think the times that we live in presently, one would acknowledge that this percentage would increase. I would be surprised, stumped, and shocked to find out that it has stayed at status quo or sunk to a lower percentage. Here’s the question for...

PLEASE POST, TAPE, OR PASTE!

“Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old, they will not turn from it.” (Proverbs 22:6 NIV) I’m praying that you read this meditation late Saturday night or early Sunday morning. After reading it, print it out and post it in one or three places in your home. Place # 1: The refrigerator. Remove, temporarily, all the papers and pretty pictures and creative...

THE PREACHER, THE PEOPLE, THE PICTURE, & THE PERCULIAR PRISIM

The preacher referred to in the title above is yours truly. The picture is what appeared on my laptop screen after I logged in Thursday morning. Perhaps your PC had the same picture. Different than the people who just looked at the picture admiring its beauty and perhaps even going so far as to analyzing it further, the preacher looked at the picture from the peculiar prism that he uses to apply...

IT’S BEEN A LONG TIME…

“And they brought the boy to Him. When he saw Him, the spirit immediately threw him into convulsions, and falling to the ground, he began rolling around and foaming at the mouth. And He asked his father, “How long has this been happening to him?” And he said, “From childhood.” (Mark 9:20-21 NASB) The purpose of today’s meditation is to equip you with a response to someone who...

THE REMEDY

“The soul (appetite) of the lazy person craves and gets nothing , but the soul (appetite) of the diligent is rich and abundantly supplied.” (Proverbs 13:4 The Amplified Bible) Today, I’m going to give you a remedy to use when you start thinking, “I ain’t got nothing to do.”  The remedy: “Start doing something.” Instead of sitting around going out of your mind, start doing...

GOD HEARS YOU…

“But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him.” (Matthew 6:6-8 NIV) I shared...

ANOTHER CASE OF DÉJÀ VU

“Blessed is the person who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand in the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers! But his delight is in the Law of the Lord, and on His Law he meditates day and night. He will be like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither; and in whatever he does, he prospers....

THE HEAVENLY P.A. SYSTEM

This is your Monday Short! Let me be really quick, really. Listen! You will hear really important announcements spoken over the overhead public address system in your school, the inner-office intercom system at your work, or the broadcast “Breaking News” on TV this week. You will hear loud announcements transmitted over the speakers at the various stores and malls that you will shop at this...

YOU CAN FOOL SOME OF THE PEOPLE SOME OF THE TIME

“The eyes of the Lord are in every place, watching the evil and the good.” (Proverbs 15:3 NASB) There was a crew of sewer repairmen working a couple houses down the street from where I live. I heard the noise of a truck and went to look out the living room window to see what was going on. I saw three men in bright, florescent green vests and a couple of co-workers wearing...