I am new to the reblogging stuff, but I thought this was a great post. Follow this blog for more great insights. This post is so applicable to people whether you are going for that big promotion, or starting a home-based business like I am.
Dreams become visions, visions become goals, goals become actions, and actions create activity.
Monthly Archives: February 2014
You Tube Tuesday: Bear Bryant
For YouTube Tuesday I am posting a video clip of Coach Paul “Bear” Bryant. For those of you who don’t know who Coach Bryant is…..GET OUT FROM UNDER THE ROCK!!!!! LOL.
He is considered to be one of the greatest college football coaches of all time. Until the early 2000’s he held the NCAA Division I (FBS) record for wins, the record was later broken by Bobby Bowden and Joe Paterno. He is considered an icon of almost deity status within the state of Alabama, the only person held in more reverence than the Lord Almighty is Bear Bryant! Anyway, this is a clip of Coach Bryant reciting a poem that he kept a copy of on his desk so that he could read it every day. I think it is very poignant and very applicable for all of us.
Here is a copy of the poem:
This is the beginning of a new day. God has given me this day to use as I will.
I can waste it or I can use it for good.
What I do today is very important because I’m exchanging a day of my life for it.
When tomorrow comes this day will be gone, forever, Leaving something in its place I have traded for it.
I want it to be gain, not loss, good, not evil, Success, not failure, in order that I shall not forget the price I paid for it.
Have a great day everyone.
Monday Motivation
Today’s Monday Motivation comes from Dr. Kevin Elko, one of the most requested motivational and inspirational speakers in America. He has worked with Fortune 500 companies and national championship college teams, helping them to realize their full potential. Our principal at Pearl High School, Dr. Lundy Brantley sends out Dr. Elko’s Monday Morning Cup of Inspiration every week and I usually just ignore it, but today I decided to give it a listen to see what it was all about. Man, that was 7 minutes well spent on the way to school this morning!!! So I have decided to post a link to this message so you can listen for yourself. You may also want to subscribe to the different free newsletters and sound bites that he sends out on a weekly basis.
The topic of today’s Monday Morning Cup of Inspiration is New Levels, New Devils. I thought this was awesome because we all want to get to higher levels in life, but no where does anyone tell us what to do whenever we get to that next level. There are new challenges and new problems to deal with once you hit that next level, and Dr. Elko talks about that today.
Monday Morning Inspiration 2/3/2014
I hope you enjoyed this morning’s cup of inspiration, but before we wrap up today, I wanted to share a quote for you from Don Yeager and His Daily Dose of Greatness site.
“Once a man has made a commitment to a way of life, he puts the greatest strength in the world behind him. It’s something we call heart power. Once a man has made this commitment, nothing will stop him short of success.”
– Vince Lombardi Former NFL Head Coach
If today has you inspired to make a change, I hope you do so. If you are looking for spiritual nourishment, check out yesterday’s post, or if you are looking to make a financial change, take a look at our business page and see how you can take steps to start a new lifestyle.
Hope everyone has a great week!!!
Sermon Sunday
Wow, I can’t believe it’s Super Bowl Sunday, and in a few short hours football season will be over for another year!!! At least conference play in college basketball has hit full swing so I can devote my energies to that, LOL.
Today starts the first day of Sermon Sunday, as I will recap the sermon from this morning at The Pointe, where my family and I attend church. The actual sermon will be put online later today, you can click here to listen to this sermon, as well as the first sermon in this series. These are my notes taken from the sermon.
OVERWHELMED: Getting Past Our Past
Jim Taylor, Sr. Pastor, The Pointe
Everyone loves snapshots, we love to catch those moments and time and hold on to them forever. However, a snapshot never shows the entire picture, or tells the whole story, it only captures an instant, a single moment in time. Unfortunately, when it comes to the snapshots of our lives, we often allow one or two bad snapshots to define our lives. You have to realize that when you are of God, the snapshot is not who you are in HIS eyes. Everyone has a few bad snapshots, but ultimately you have to decide if you will let it overwhelm you or will you overcome it.
I. If you are in Christ you are COMPLETELY forgiven.
- you will still see, feel, and hear reminders of your past, but you don’t have to let it define you (2 Corinthians 5:17)
- your past and FUTURE are forgiven
- being forgiven is not about asking, but about accepting the blood of Jesus, because in Jeremiah 31:34 God says. “I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more.”
- the reason it is about accepting and not about asking is that God forgives you whether you ask or not because we are saved by faith and not by works (Eph. 2:8-9), and the requirement of asking to be forgiven would be considered a work (an entire topic for later)
- the act of asking is for US and OUR benefit, not God’s (I John 1:9); it makes us feel good to confess and get things out
II. In Christ, we are chosen and valuable (I Peter 2:9)
- we undervalue ourselves because of our snapshots; sadness and rejection stays with us because we feel unworthy of forgiveness
- He is always drawing us to HIM (Romans)
III. In Christ, I am unconditionally loved
- Jesus loved the worst people of the times (lepers, prostitutes, tax collectors)
- Matthew 1:40- He showed compassion to the lepers by TOUCHING him. He could have simply looked at him and healed him, but instead chose to show him compassion and physically touch him
- God is not afraid of how dirty you are, He wants to wrap his arms around you and give you a hug.
- God loves you because you are HIS (Romans 8:38)
In closing, we may not be who we want to be, but thank God we aren’t who we were. What is true of your past does not have to be what is true of your future.
Hope you enjoyed the recap. Enjoy your Super Bowl Sunday.
The Change in You 