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Tell Your Story

You have a story to tell, and a duty to share it. It’s the story of what you’ve been through and of God’s mighty deliverances, providential leadings, and tender mercies in your life. Your story may not be pretty or … Continue reading

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Looking Back

“We ought not to look back, unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors and for the purpose of profiting by dear-bought experience” (George Washington). Here’s how to benefit from regretful experiences of the past: Graciously accept your … Continue reading

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Stay Fresh

My advice to graduates: You can’t eat your certificates. Knowledge can become stale. Therefore, stay fresh. When you graduate today, and stop learning tomorrow, you’d become an illiterate the next day. There are many graduates who, for all practical intents … Continue reading

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Who Is Your Real Mother?

Your real mother is not necessarily the woman who carried you in the womb or gave birth to you. She is not even the woman who raised or cared for you (e.g., adoptive mother, step-mother, guardian, grandmother, aunt, big sister, … Continue reading

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Better Be Wronged Than To Wrong

Have you been defrauded, taken advantage of, or victimized? Been ill-treated, mistreated, or persecuted? And are you tempted to get even or fight it out? WHEN YOU’RE RIGHT, SURRENDER YOUR RIGHT. The voluntary surrender of our rights calls for dying to … Continue reading

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Audacity of Chicken Leadership

Alas, today we’ve allowed the chickens to lead the Eagles! We know this when consciences don’t catch fire for noble and just causes. When competence is determined by age, degrees, pedigree, and blind agreement. When activity counts, and not productivity. … Continue reading

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Be the One

“If you think you’re too small to make a difference, you haven’t spent a night with a mosquito” (African Proverb).  Just because you’re the only one doesn’t mean your presence, voice, or efforts don’t count. An unknown author uses a typewriter’s missing key to … Continue reading

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Failure Is Never Final!

Have you been stung by failure? Are you hurting from the shame of your self-inflicted wounds? Have you lost hope, feeling that your relationship, health, studies, business, or profession is over? FAILURE IS NEVER FINAL! You can bounce back and … Continue reading

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Think For Yourself

It’s easier to feel than to think. And many who think they’re thinking are either parroting the thoughts of others or merely re-arranging their prejudices. Thinking is hard, for it forces us to analyze facts before we finalize acts. And, … Continue reading

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Givers & Takers

“No person was ever honored for what he received. He was honored for what he gave” (Calvin Coolidge). We say “we’re blessed” when we receive something. But, Jesus said, we’re “MORE blessed” when we give than when we receive” (Acts … Continue reading

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