A Christian worker who complains and does a lazy job hurts the gospel. We honor God by:
• Arriving early
• Serving with a smile
• Doing our best work
Your job performance shows people who you serve.
15 things to do with your father while he is still alive. I lost mine 8 years ago.
1. Ask him what he was like at your age because once he was the same age you are right now & Watch his face light up as he tells you stories from when he was younger
2. Record his laugh when he tells one of his signature jokes. Someday you will replay the video over and over just to hear it again
3. Ask him about the proudest moment of his life. (Odds are he will say when you were born)
4. Ask him his favourite songs
Listen to them together, laugh, sing and be happy. These will become your most cherished memories in years to come
5. Take a picture of him doing something he loves. Watching tv, gardening, playing the guitar, anything. When you look back these will be the pictures that will make you smile the most
6. Tell him you love him even if it's something you don't normally do.
7. Tell him you are proud to be his son/daughter This will mean more to him than you realise (even if he doesn't show it)
8. Listen to music from his youth and watch him turn from dad into a young man again
9. Take a short video of him talking about something random sacred Someday even the ordinary things he said become
10. Bring up something you are thankful for from years ago
11. Ask him what it was like for him growing up
12. Call him for no reason
Don't take being able to do this for granted.
Someday you would give anything to hear his voice again.
13. Take a picture of just the 2 of you together
14. Ask him to show you an old photo of him because seeing him young will remind you that he wasn't always Dad
15. Tell him something you are struggling with, no matter what age you are Because even when your grown it means the world to him to feel like he can still help
Let him give you advice, even if you don't need it because one day you will give anything to hear his voice guiding you again
FYI: If someone is being disrespectful to your spouse, they are being disrespectful to you.
Doesn't matter if it's family, your parents, your kids, co-workers, friends ...
Have your spouse's back.
6 Things We Love About Being Married:
1. Companionship
2. Spending time together
3. Friendship
4. Making love
5. Intimate conversations
6. Sticking up for one another
What's on your list?
"There's a tendency to lose sight of the Ducks... They have a quality resume, and certainly the team to go out there and wreak some havoc in the playoff."
@joelklatt breaks down Oregon's resume and their potential path ahead in the CFP.
What to do when your kids aren't walking with Jesus:
1. Pray without ceasing.
2. Remember that God loves them even more than you do.
3. Don't compromise your faith, but also don't argue about it.
4. Don't burn a bridge, so they have a path back.
5. Point to Jesus when possible.
Your life changes as the love of God explodes in your heart, tearing down walls you built to protect yourself and building up confidence and faith in a God who is for you.
"Your kids will learn how to love by watching how you treat their mom.
Honor her. Protect her. Speak kindly.
You’re showing them what love looks like."
~ @ryanstephens
Violence and abuse disconnect us from caring relationships. Telling the trauma story gives a place of caring connection that cares for the soul. Trauma recovery requires talking, and as the story is repeated over and over, strength to speak and grasp the truth grows.
When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you.
Isaiah 43:2 ESV
LADIES: Don't settle. Yes, marry a man who is a provider, but also one who is kind and courteous. Marry a man who is gentle and emotionally connected to you. Marry a man who is considerate, caring & loving. If you're going to spend your life with a man, spend it with a good man.