Hello Yan: I have wanted to send you this note but time slips by. When you were here I went up for prayer. You did not have any knowledge that I had 4 hernia surgeries – 1st two sugeries were not complicated just normal the third time they decided to put a “mesh” in my stomach. That was major sugery. On Christmas Eve 2005 that mesh ruptured...

Job 23:8-12  “[When] I travel east looking for him—I find no one; then West, but not a trace; I go north, but he’s hidden his tracks; then South, but not even a glimpse. But he knows where I am and what I’ve done. He can cross-examine me all he wants, and I’ll pass the test with honors. I’ve followed him closely, my feet in his footprints, not...

1 Chron. 4:10  “Oh, that you would bless me and enlarge my territory! Let your hand be with me, and keep me from harm so that I will be free from pain.” And God granted his request.” WE know very little about Jabez, except that he was more honorable than his brethren, and that he was called Jabez because his mother bare him with sorrow. It will sometimes...

It was a high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, “Always do what you are afraid to do.” Remember the old Proverb that says: “Storms make Oaks take roots.” Don’t sit and wait for the easy way out, but If the wind will not serve, take to the oars. Around you there will always be more than enough people who will enjoy...

The fellow who has go nowhere and has no plans for getting anywhere always has a bookful of reasons to explain why.  They are normally quick to explain why they haven’t, why they don’t, why they can’t and why they aren’t. Like any disease, excusitis gets worse if it isn’t treated properly.  A victim of this thought disease goes through this mental...

Imagination is seeing things, not as they are, but as they should be. Think about it:  Everything that has ever been invented in the history of the world, began as an idea in one person’s mind. Without imagination, without dreams, we would stay fixed in time. The following four steps will help you remain “fresh” in your imagination: 1.  ...

Your attitude almost always determines your altitude in life. It is impossible for me to overstate the imortance of maintaining a positive attitude.  On the other hand, it’s impossible to understae the difficulty in actually doing it.  Stayin positive is not easy, and it’s a very personal thing.  But it can be doen.   I can only share what works...

“The Christian family was the bulwark of godliness in the days of the Puritans; but in these evil times hundreds of families of so-called Christians have no family worship, no restraint upon growing sons, and no wholesome instruction or discipline.   I see families struggle, even break up.   Parents cry out with agony in their souls because of the...