Eternal Significance of Children
Someone recently sent me the following anonymous quote about investing time in ways that will matter most: If you want your ideas to last for years, write them on paper. …
Eternal Significance of Children Read MoreRedeeming the Time
Rick Grubbs is best known as the host of “Redeeming the Time,” a one-minute radio program featured on hundreds of radio outlets around the world. He has spoken thousands of times on Biblical time management in all 50 states and 26 other countries. He is the author of the book “Morning Momentum: God’s plan for launching an unstoppable day”. He and his wife Carrie live in Salisbury NC with several of their 12 children.
Crisis Prevention–Firefighters
If I ask you, “What does a fireman do?” You’ll respond, “They put out fires.” But actually, firefighting consumes only a fraction of the firefighter’s workday. The firefighter spends many …
Crisis Prevention–Firefighters Read More Coasting Home
I like driving a stick shift. Because I’m a very frugal person, I like taking the car out of gear and seeing how far I can coast. When I’m a …
Coasting Home Read More Bubbles are Temporary
The youngest of our 11 children is little Jubilee. She is a one year old who loves it when I blow bubbles for her. In fact, she can get pretty …
Bubbles are Temporary Read More Amish Meeting–Enjoy the Ride
I’ve had the opportunity to share our messages on “Redeeming the Time” in a variety of settings. But one of my all-time favorite meetings was with an Amish congregation in …
Amish Meeting–Enjoy the Ride Read More Weightlessness of God
How heavily does God weigh into your daily schedule? David Wells writes: “It is one of the defining marks of our time that God is now weightless. I do not …
Weightlessness of God Read More Useful Knowledge
Someone has wisely noted that our knowledge is generally in an inverse relationship to its usefulness. By that I mean, we often know a lot about things that matter very …
Useful Knowledge Read More Type and Walk
I recently saw a phone app called “Type and Walk.” It uses the phone’s camera to create a transparent document on which you can type while still viewing where you …
Type and Walk Read More Try Before You Die
“You had better try before you die.” I came across that simple challenge recently and was prompted to ask, “What is it that I need to try before I die?” …
Try Before You Die Read More Tozer’s Four Questions
One of my favorite writers is A. W. Tozer. He was one of greatest Christian thinkers of the last century. I like to read his work because it’s not the …
Tozer’s Four Questions Read More Time Management Consultant’s Advice
In the 1920’s, the president of Bethlehem Steel, told time management pioneer, Ivy Lee, “Show me a way to get more things done with my time and I’ll pay you …
Time Management Consultant’s Advice Read More Time as a Gift from God
I recently read of a Christian leader who was counseling a 17 year old girl who had abandonded her faith because of a tragic experience in her family. She simply …
Time as a Gift from God Read More Thermostat or Thermometer
A friend of mine who does air condition repair told me about a lady that kept complaining to her boss that it was always too hot or too cold in …
Thermostat or Thermometer Read More Succeeding at the Wrong Thing
When is it better to fail than to succeed? You might answer, “Never! I’d always rather succeed than fail!” And that might have been my response also, until I came …
Succeeding at the Wrong Thing Read More Stress Free Cars
Yesterday, a can of paint spilled on the floor of my car and I can honestly say it didn’t stress me one bit. That’s because our family car, which is …
Stress Free Cars Read More Shoes in Place
A man bought a talking centipede for a pet and made a little box for its home. The following Sunday he invited the centipede to go to church. When he …
Shoes in Place Read More Rising Two Minutes Earlier
Tom’s pastor gave him some marital advice, “Give your wife a complement. Tell her she looks like the first day of a warm beautiful spring.” When Tom got home he …
Rising Two Minutes Earlier Read More Pretending
A man answered a help wanted ad from the local zoo. He was told the gorilla had died and they needed someone to wear a gorilla suit, eat bananas, and …
Pretending Read More Older than the President
January 20, 2009 was a disturbing day for me. That was the day President Obama was sworn in to office. Now before you think I’m getting too political, let me …
Older than the President Read More Money is Time. Time is Money
You’ve heard the expression, “Time is money.” Maybe your boss uses it to remind you that when you waste time at work, you are actually wasting his money, since he …
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