No Other Success

No Other Success Can Compensate For Failure In The Home. There is nothing that can take the place of a Mother and Father in the home. With open Eyes, Mind, Ears, and Heart. We will only be effective with our children as our lives reflect what we wish to teach. No parent is too Important, too Rich or too Poor to play with their children. Bible ref: Luke 18:16 & Matthew 19:14 "come follow me"
by D. Newburn

Know The Direction You Are Heading

Life is a competition, not with others but with ourselves. Seek each day to live stronger and love deeper. Be the friend you have always wanted to meet. Small corrections toward a definite course over a life time are far better than sudden jerks in the wheel. Reset your compass often, The important thing in life is to know the direction you are heading not where you have been
By D Newburn

The Old Tree That Stood Alone

A boy visited his lumberjack uncle on the job. He was immediately impressed by a huge tree standing alone on a hill. The boy in awe exclaimed lets cut that huge tree, we will get allot of good wood from that one. The uncle replied, no son good lumber ...comes from trees in groves. Standing alone a tree has many limbs leaving many knots. We are the same we grow better together than we do alone. Strength grows in numbers

One Advantage to Living Many Years

One advantage of living many years is you can remember the good times when the bad ones are weighing down. Adversity with the right attitude forges self-confidence, self respect, and builds character.Adversity can help us purge and purify our lives of things that really don't matter. Prioritize your life in this order and you will win the battle. 1 God, 2 Family, 3 Church, 4 Worldly obligations
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No Greater Weapon

In our world today more than ever before, Satan is launching his most vicious attacks on our freedom both body and spirit. We have no greater weapon against his deeds than pure unselfishness and Christ like love for our fellow man. It is easy to serve our ...family, but the real test is to give of your substance, time, or talents to a stranger in need. Set a goal (BE PRAYERFUL" in this you are safe") Share, Volunteer Today.
by D. Newburn

Progression Takes Daily Effort

Progressing through life is like running a marathon. It requires a good strong start and consistent effort all the way to the finish. In life there are no Instant Christians. There are only Constant Christians. The work of a Christian is not merely completed and concluded with accepting Christ. It is a daily effort remember the words of the Master. "Come Follow Me" As Mom Would Say, "Actions Speak Louder Than Words."
By D. Newburn

To Lift Another You Must Stand On Higher Ground

In life you cannot hope to lift another person until you are standing on higher ground. You cannot light a fire in another soul unless you have a flame burning in yours. So if you want to soar with the Eagles make sure you are not scratching with the chickens. Striving can be more important than Arriving. Emulate the person you want to be. Before you know it you will be there. A wise man once said Come Follow Me.
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Divine Problem Solving

Steps to Divine Problem Solving. When you have a problem 1.work it out in your mind. 2. Ponder Analyze and Meditate on it. 3. Let your scriptures fall open & start reading 4. Measure it against what you know is right or wrong then make an educated decision. 5. Ask God If the decision you made is right. 6. Be willing to accept your answer. Good decisions fit like a puzzle You can not force success it never works out.
By D. Newburn

Happiness Is Not Announced With A Marching Band

A happy life does not come with a marching band to announce it's arrival. It grows within us year by year little by little until we recognize it. This is only accomplished when we stop aiming to get ahead of others in the race of life. To win you must look within & focus on surpassing yourself. Doing so,you will discover your better self and happiness. Geniuses are heroic but Ordinary is extraordinary in the 2nd mile
By D.Newburn

2nd MILE

I feel if you help a friend, You are Serving God & he will bless you. I have come to realize often times the blessing only comes after 2nd mile. (bible ref.), (matt 5:41) he wants to bless us, But he puts the blessing in the 2nd mile. "The refiners fire" only purfies with sacrifce.
When I say the refiners fire only purifies with sacrifice: I mean when you purify a metal you have to give up something in order to purify it. In our lifes if we are to become pure we have to give up something. We have to give up our impurities or "our favorite sins". I have learned when a master jewler is refining silver he has to do it in a very specific manner.
If the metal is not heated enough all of the impurities will not be removed.
If the metal is over heated it can loose its temper and become brittle.
In our life as we go through the refiners fire it is important that we do not become too hot and loose our temper during our trials.
During this refining process, from what I understand, The seasoned Jewler knows for a brief second when he has purified the silver, because he can see his reflection in the metal.
When we are enduring the trials of our refiners fire, The Lord knows when we are pure when he can see his reflection in US.
May we live our life in a manner that we can become b"E"tter instead of b"I"tter when lifes trials are upon us.
When we become better we look for the best in "E"veryone but when we become bitter it comes from selfishness because we can only look within our selves and look others falts of others which leads us to become b"I"tter.
The only way to sweeten a Lemon is to add sugar.
Be the sugar in someones life who has lemons. If you have lemons look for someone to serve and you will find sugar.
When we serve others we seem to sweeten our life and theirs and it makes us happy.
Often times our service comes out of a need that we recognize.
Once again when we are in the service of our fellow man we are only serving the master. When we sweeten someone elses life with kindness and service we cant help but sweeten our own life in return.
So go and be the sweetner in the lives of those you meet, who seem to have drawn a pail of lemons. If you do this I promise you will be blessed in the second mile.
by D. Newburn