by dukematlock | Jun 2, 2014 | Uncategorized
I’m not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it…Niccolo Machiavelli The comfortable routine of our lives often lull us into a slumber of complacency. Far too often we accept the status quo as destiny. We face the day like the Seven Dwarfs...
by dukematlock | Jun 2, 2014 | Uncategorized
More than anything else the Altar Call represents change. Not merely an experience but lasting change. A person makes a decision to follow Christ and they are forever changed. There is a change in their relationship with the creator, a change in their guiding compass,...
by dukematlock | Jun 2, 2014 | Uncategorized
One of my top five strengths with Strengthsfinder is Futuristic. I love what can be! The thought of tomorrow and what we can create is thrilling. As a child I remember my mom listening to Doris Day sing “Que Sera Sera, what ever will be will be”; even then I thought...
by dukematlock | Jun 2, 2014 | Uncategorized
If you have made mistakes, there is always another chance for you. You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing we call “failure” is not the falling down, but the staying down…Mary Pickford Recently a friend stated he felt like a failure. We spent...
by dukematlock | Jun 2, 2014 | Uncategorized
“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos into order, confusion into clarity…. It turns problems into gifts, failures into success, the unexpected into perfect timing, and mistakes into...
