STOP AND THINK - Take Christ out of Christmas, and December becomes the bleakest and most colorless month of the year. (A. F. Wells) This is Christmas week. In much of the world, you can’t miss it. It’s emblazoned in signs, lighted trees, decorated windows—everywhere....
STOP AND THINK - When we all help one another, everybody wins. (Jim Stovall, American writer) Stovall continues: “You need to be aware of what others are doing, applaud their efforts, acknowledge their successes, and encourage them in their pursuits.” When we help...
STOP AND THINK - You don’t feel your way into acting, you act your way into feeling. (Quoted by James Emery White, pastor and author) Sometimes we don’t do something we know we should do because “we don’t feel like it.” The Bible says we are to act toward others in...
STOP AND THINK - The hinge of history is on the door of a Bethlehem stable (Ralph W. Sockman, 20th century radio preacher). Christmas is just a week away, and we may not have taken time to consider the centrality of Christ’s coming in history. Our calendars are based...
STOP AND THINK - Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened. (Dr. Seuss, children’s author) What good advice for adults as well as children! When good things we enjoy come to an end—whether it’s a relationship or an activity—we often go through times of...
STOP AND THINK - Nobody can afford to look round and to wait for somebody else to do what he is loath to do himself. (Carl G. Jung, 20th century Swiss psychiatrist and founder of analytical psychology) When we see things that need to change, we often say, “Somebody...
STOP AND THINK - When it comes to making decisions, more often than not, you cannot trust your heart. Instead, you need to trust God. (Mike Lee, American pastor) Quite often we’re told (especially in romantic novels) to just trust our hearts. But the Bible tells us,...
STOP AND THINK - If someone listens, or stretches out a hand, or whispers a word of encouragement, or attempts to understand a lonely person, extraordinary things begin to happen. (Loretta Girzartis, American educator and writer) In spite of crowded malls, theaters,...
STOP AND THINK - Great gains usually are not achieved by giant steps, but the collection of many small ones. (Quoted by Bill Katip, American college president) We sometimes think that we will not achieve much without taking big steps, one after another. In reality, of...
STOP AND THINK - The greatest tragedy in life is not unanswered prayer, but unoffered prayer. (F. B. Meyer, 19th-20th century English pastor and evangelist) People sometimes complain that God hasn’t answered their prayers. In might just be that they didn’t understand...
STOP AND THINK - Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love! (Hamilton Wright Mabie, 19th and 20th century American essayist and lecturer) Christmas is just two weeks away, but we don’t need to wait until the 25th to begin to act like...
STOP AND THINK - In prosperity, our friends know us; in adversity, we know our friends. (John Churton Collins, 19th century British literary critic) When you’ve done really well at something—a rare athletic feat, a noteworthy community achievement, a significant...