I will never forget reading a book by Dr. Denis Waitley called Seeds of Greatness where he writes, “The average person dies with millions of unused brain cells.” About that time, I also read that most people use about 400 words in more than 80% of their everyday conversations. That is 400 words out of about 450,000 words in the English dictionary. If we learnt 10 new words every day for one year we could become among the most learned and well-spoken individuals in the world. Motivated by this fact, I set as a goal for the following year that I would learn one new word every day and bought …
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GROW ON……..don’t just go on.(1)
I will never forget the day my high school physics teacher, Mister Elliot, made me stand in front of the classroom and looking up at me said, “Denton, when are you going to grow up?” I replied, “Mister Elliot, I am already nearly two meters tall (six foot six inches), how much taller do I need to grow?”
It wasn’t the answer he was looking for as he wanted to make an example of me for misbehaving in his class.
However, it does remind me of a lesson that has been of primary importance to me; leaders need to continually grow on and never just go on. This lesson has …
WORDS THAT HAVE SHAPED MY LIFE (81-90)
(81) “CREATE A MEMORY……wherever you go!”
Jesus is the most unforgettable person the world has ever seen. Not a day passes without large numbers of people being transformed by the power of His love and life and words. So much has Jesus impacted my life that there was a time when I determined that wherever I went I would have a goal of creating a memory in the lives of people I met. And now in my senior years I am more focused than ever before on this goal. Each day is a gift from God to be able to create memories in the lives of people I meet.
I …
There are no COINCIDENCES in the Kingdom of God….. only GOD INCIDENTS
“ ‘The children are dressed and ready for school, but there is no food for them to eat,’ the housemother of the orphanage informed George Meuller. George asked her to take the 300 children into the dining room and have them sit at the tables. He thanked God for the food and waited. George knew God would provide food for the children as He always did.
Within minutes a baker knocked at the door. ‘Mr. Mueller,’ he said, ‘last night I could not sleep. Somehow, I knew that you would need bread this morning. I got up and baked three batches for you. I will bring it in.’
Soon there …