At Issue - God’s Word.

Psalms 1:1-3

Without strong roots, a tree won't grow and produce fruit. Deep roots are a source of sustenance and an anchor in storms. You need to be strongly rooted in God for the same reasons. So, how do you develop roots? Absorb God's Word daily. As life gets busier, this may require creativity. During your child's soccer practice, memorize Bible verses you keep on cards in your purse. Use your lunch hour to read your Bible. Listen to the Bible on CD while you drive. Look for every opportunity to soak up God's truth and send down those roots.

On Reverence and Respect...

The most important thing you can do for the people in your life-your family, your friends, your co-workers-is to treat them with respect. The reason we love is because we respect. We react to God's greatness with reverence, and then we turn around and look at these amazing creatures God has made in his own image (in his own image!)-men and women, boys and girls-and we treat them with respect because they are made in God's image. The alternative is unthinkable: to slap the image of God in the face is to slap God in the face.

Motivational.3

"Set your sights high, the higher the better. Expect the most wonderful things to happen, not in the future but right now. Realize that nothing is too good. Allow absolutely nothing to hamper you or hold you up in any way."

Motivational.2

"I was motivated to be different in part because I was different."

Motivational...

"Either you run the day or the day runs you."

quote 2

"Start off everyday with a simple smile and get it over with."

Everyday quote...

"Poverty is often concealed in splendor, and often in extravagance. It is the task of many people to conceal their neediness from others. Consequently they support themselves by temporary means, and everyday is lost in contriving for tomorrow."