9/28/26 MondayMatters: No Small Finishes

9/28/26 MondayMatters: No Small Finishes

https://youtu.be/TalzRgIRZ5U?is=L-NWfY6Xz2XTAOOP.    Here’s the video.

 

Most of us finish with a fizzle rather than a flourish. We outlive our usefulness, pass our prime, go beyond our high point, and by the time we consider stepping aside we have overstayed our welcome.
Not so with God. In His economy there are no small finishes. Exhibit A is the thief on the cross. “Today you will be with me in paradise.”

Here are four reminders that with God finishing well means finishing in Him.

1. The size of the finish does not reduce the faithfulness of the servant. “Well done, good and faithful servant. You hav been faithful with a few things, I’ll make you ruler over many.”

2. Small finishes do not reflect the giant impacts. You have left a legacy that will not be measured until eternity.

3. The size of the finish says more about the followers than the finisher. “Will you also leave me?” Jesus to the remaining disciples.

4. A small finishes is still a transition to a huge reward. “I go and prepare a place for you…that you might be with Me where I am.”

R L Stevenson said, “Don’t judge a work by the size of the harvest. Judge the number of seeds planted.”

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9/21/26 MondayMatters: When To Get Help

9/21/26 MondayMatters: When To Get Help

Here’s the video  https://youtu.be/0H1eOc4tJWk?si=DFwKfabq2hujCqlp When Doris and I married, Chonda thought it would funny to be funny. She used white shoe polish to write “Help Me!” on the soles of my shoes. Nobody knew that, including me, until we knelt to pray. In retrospect, she should have written that on Doris’s shoes. One of the hardest… Continue Reading

9/13/26 MondayMatters: When You No Longer Feel Useful

9/13/26 MondayMatters: When You No Longer Feel Useful

Here’s the video https://youtu.be/wlUVkepsPC0 I have an old Nissan Pathfinder. Ten years old, to be exact. It’s not a bad-looking vehicle.  It’s silver. Apparently in 2016, Nissan had a glut of silver paint. There are a million of these Pathfinders around middle Tennessee, where I live, and 99% of them are silver. Makes for a fun… Continue Reading

9/7/26 MondayMatter: God Is

9/7/26 MondayMatter: God Is

Here’s the video:  https://youtu.be/gUC7K0c3drQ God Is Righteous, Holy, and Faithful When we ask, “What is God like?”, Scripture gives us many answers. But three words give us a powerful picture of His character: God is righteous. God is holy. And God is faithful. We have been looking at the basic truths about God that shape, or… Continue Reading

8/31/26 MondayMatters: Foundational Redemption

8/31/26 MondayMatters: Foundational Redemption

Here’s the video https://youtu.be/0yrSYsVkSQI?si=NiQSYpzn6n7A80HB George Barna wrote a book recently, How To Think Like Jesus. He says there are 7 foundational truths that determine whether or not we have a genuine Biblical world view. Jesus said unless you have a house built on a rock it won’t stand. What we believe about God is crucial to… Continue Reading

8/24/26 MondayMatters: You Matter!

8/24/26 MondayMatters: You Matter!

Here’s the link for the video   https://youtu.be/74Wi8zgELcg?si=lR8UBtAYbN4vAW-F Here are three very basic beliefs about God. You start with these to settle what you believe about everything else. 1. God created everything. He is large and in charge. 2. He created everything with purpose and order. A disciplined life is a good thing.    We’ve looked… Continue Reading

08/10/26 MondayMatters: What If God Did Make It All?

08/10/26 MondayMatters: What If God Did Make It All?

Here’s the video link. https://youtu.be/2IJpFWvzMGk?si=46qCDThnhWZMmbHx Our basic tenet is that God created everything and Genesis 1 is foundational to our faith. Some of the core pillars of theology that come from that assertion are: 1. God created ex nihilo, out of nothing. That means He is the First Cause, the Cosmological Argument for the Existence of… Continue Reading

07/20/26 MondayMatters: The REAL Attachment Theory

07/20/26 MondayMatters: The REAL Attachment Theory

https://youtu.be/LsHbPtTRAKY?si=9RJPdehTCzDjlGpf   Attachment Theory is a modern, overworked way of describing various kinds of unhealthy relationship styles and the reasons for them. At the risk of overworking it again; Anxious Attachment Style is fearful, anticipating rejection and has a mindset of “You’re okay but Im not okay.” They can smother a relationship with neediness and… Continue Reading

What Is Old?

What Is Old?

Yesterday was my birthday. Hold on. This isn’t an attempt to make you feel guilty and start a whole batch of “happy belated” messages. It’s just the opening line to put things in context. So, here’s what I did. I started my 73rd year as I start nearly every day, a cup of coffee and… Continue Reading

07/13/26 MondayMatters:  Praying Past the Ceiling

07/13/26 MondayMatters: Praying Past the Ceiling

Sometimes it feels like our prayers just bounce off the ceiling. We are in a glass box and God cannot, or will not hear us. David felt that in Psalm 22, verse 2, “My God, I cry out by day and you do not answer me…” I feel that often, especially during a sickness or… Continue Reading