Looking at Life Thru God’s Glasses: Counting Points or Counting People? – Part 11
Posted on July 28
LOOKING AT LIFE THRU GOD’S GLASSES: COUNTING POINTS OR COUNTING PEOPLE? – Part 11 How do you determine who wins in sports? If you look through human glasses, you count the number of points scored. If you look through God’s glasses, you count the number of people served. Monty Williams was named Head Coach of the Phoenix Suns in 2019. A reporter asked him about his philosophy of coaching. Coach Williams said, “The essence of... more »
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Looking at Life Thru God’s Glasses: Negative Circumstances or Positive Responses – Part 10
Posted on July 21
LOOKING AT LIFE THRU GOD’S GLASSES: NEGATIVE CIRCUMSTANCES OR POSITIVE RESPONSES – PART 10 What we see in life depends on the glasses through which we are looking. When we look through human glasses, we can only see negative circumstances. When we see things through God’s glasses, we can see positive responses. Which glasses we look through is a choice we make. When I was working on a graduate degree at Princeton, I read Viktor E.... more »
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Looking at Life Thru God’s Glasses: Bib or Apron? – Part 9
Posted on July 14
LOOKING AT LIFE THRU GOD’S GLASSES: BIB or APRON? – Part 9 How can we experience the most meaningful life possible? Looking through human glasses, we see the answer as wearing a bib. Looking through God’s glasses, we see the answer as wearing an apron. Coach Willie Spears and I are writing a book together to be ready in October on this subject of the bib or apron. Wearing a bib indicates that we are... more »
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Looking at Life Thru God’s Glasses: A Sad Situation or a Simple Solution? – Part 8
Posted on July 7
LOOKING AT LIFE THRU GOD’S GLASSES: A SAD SITUATION OR A SIMPLE SOLUTION? – Part 8 Oftentimes in life, we are confronted with situations that are hard to understand. Through human glasses, we see a sad situation. Through God’s glasses, we can see a simple solution. It was June 6, 2021, in Centerpoint, AL. Tim Harrison didn’t have enough money to get a cap and gown, so he could not attend his high school graduation... more »
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America’s Biggest Danger!
Posted on June 30
AMERICA’S BIGGEST DANGER! Somebody posed this question – how do you eat an elephant? The best answer was, “One bite at a time.” Enough little bites can consume the whole big elephant. Big things fall because little things eat away at them. Little drops of water constantly hitting a rock will eventually wear the rock down. If a woodpecker keeps pecking long enough with his little pecks, a limb or even a tree can come... more »
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Looking at Life Thru God’s Glasses: Getting or Giving – Part 7
Posted on June 23
LOOKING AT LIFE THRU GOD’S GLASSES: GETTING OR GIVING – PART 7 Looking through human glasses, we see getting. Looking through God’s glasses, we are able to see giving. A spirit of getting is a result of our natural selfishness. The spirit of giving is the result of God’s grace helping us to see things from a different perspective. “The greedy only wants to get, while the Godly only wants to give.” (Proverbs 21:26) Jesus... more »
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Looking at Life Thru God’s Glasses: I or WE – Part 6
Posted on June 16
LOOKING AT LIFE THRU GOD’S GLASSES: I OR WE – PART 6 What we see in life depends on what kind of glasses we use. If we look through human glasses, we see “I.” If we look through God’s glasses, we see “WE.” We don’t have to be taught in order to be selfish. A baby’s first instincts are to cry for whatever he wants. The baby perceives that the whole world centers around him.... more »
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Looking at Life Thru God’s Glasses: Problems or Possibilities – Part 5
Posted on June 9
LOOKING AT LIFE THRU GOD’S GLASSES: PROBLEMS OR POSSIBILITIES – PART 5 When you look at people and events, do you see problems or possibilities? It depends on your glasses. Human glasses see problems – God’s glasses see possibilities! When God called Gideon to go to battle, Gideon saw a huge problem. (Judges 6-8) The enemy had so many more soldiers than he did. There was no way he could win. But God was looking... more »
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Looking at Life Thru God’s Glasses: Grumbling or Gratitude – Part 4
Posted on June 2
LOOKING AT LIFE THRU GOD’S GLASSES: GRUMBLING OR GRATITUDE – PART 4 When you look at people and events in life, you see either grumbling or gratitude. Human glasses often see grumbling – God’s glasses always see gratitude. God sent Moses to lead the children of Israel out of bondage. During their long trek in the desert, the people developed an attitude of grumbling. “All the Israelites grumbled against Moses and Aaron, and the whole... more »
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Looking at Life Thru God’s Glasses: Stumbling Block or Stepping Stone – Part 3
Posted on May 26
LOOKING AT LIFE THRU GOD’S GLASSES: STUMBLING BLOCK OR STEPPING STONE – PART 3 You have a choice of looking at people and events through your own glasses or looking at them through God’s glasses. Human glasses see stumbling blocks and complain about them – God’s glasses see stepping stones and use them. In the New Testament, the cross became a stumbling block for many people. They couldn’t understand why Jesus would die. That would... more »
