“Lord, how long will You continually forget me? How long will You hide Your face from me?” – Psalm 13:1 As coaches, we have all watched helplessly as good athletes suddenly go into a funk and can’t hit a baseball, make a foul shot or sink a putt. If that funk...

“Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.” – 1 Corinthians 16:13 At a recent youth baseball game I witnessed what has become all too common on our playing fields. The kids were competing hard and having fun. The fact that it was a “playoff...

“And he will turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers…” – Malachi 4:6 I am the father of two fine sons. When the youngest left home for college, my wife and I entered a new phase of our lives. The empty nest was a...

“Then Moses and the children of Israel sang this song to the Lord, and spoke saying, ‘I will sing to the Lord, for He has triumphed gloriously! The horse and the rider He has thrown into the sea! The Lord is my strength and song. And He has become my salvation; He...

“Beloved, while I was very diligent to write to you concerning our common salvation, I found it necessary to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints. For certain men have crept in unnoticed, who...

“So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave it to her husband with her, and he ate.” – Genesis 3:6 When we drop the ball, there are...

“Then He called His disciples together and gave them power and authority over demons, and to cure diseases. He sent them to preach the kingdom of God and to heal the sick.” – Luke 9:1-2 John Maxwell, best selling author, speaker and coach has often been called the...

“Then I looked at all the works that my hands had done and the labor in which I had toiled; and indeed all was vanity and grasping for the wind. There was no profit under the sun.” – Ecclesiastes 2:11 Sitting in the “leadership chair” can be rewarding and...

“Here’s a word you can take to heart and depend on: Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners. I’m proof —Public Sinner Number One— of someone who could never have made it apart from sheer, mercy. And now he shows me off—evidence of his endless patience—to...

  “Moreover, look for able men from all the people, men who fear God, who are trustworthy and hate a bribe, and place such men over the people as chiefs of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.” – Exodus 18:21 The selection of team captains will have a...

“Do not be conformed to this world,but be transformed by the renewal of your mind,that by testing you may discern what is the will of God,what is good and acceptable and perfect.”– Romans 12:2 There is a strange paradox that comes from a wilderness experience. We...

“Learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression, bring justice to the fatherless, plead the widow’s cause.” – Isaiah 1:17 (ESV) It had been a back-and-forth game and the officials were calling it tight. The whistles had blown repeatedly leading to constant...