The Lord is my strength and my defense;
he has become my salvation.
He is my God, and I will praise him,
my father’s God, and I will exalt him.
—Exodus 15:2 NIV
Month: January 2016
Thought for today: Sunday, January 31, 2016
Productivity comes from engagement, not control and mere compliance. This is why operating in our strengths is so important.
—Matt Perman
HT: What’s Best Next: How the Gospel Transforms the Way You Get Things Done by Matt Perman
Truth for tonight: Saturday, January 30, 2016
Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the Lord:
“I will sing to the Lord,
for he is highly exalted.
Both horse and driver
he has hurled into the sea.
—Exodus 15:1 NIV
Thought for today: Saturday, January 30, 2016
More important than efficiency is effectiveness—getting the right things done. Efficiency doesn’t matter if you are doing the wrong things in the first place.
—Matt Perman
HT: What’s Best Next: How the Gospel Transforms the Way You Get Things Done by Matt Perman
Thought for today: Saturday, January 16, 2016
Truth for tonight: Friday, January 15, 2016
Moses answered the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the Lord will bring you today. The Egyptians you see today you will never see again. The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.”
—Exodus 14:13-14 NIV
Thought for today: Friday, January 15, 2016
Read every day something no one else is reading.
Think every day something no one else is thinking.
It is bad for the mind to be always part of unanimity.
—Christopher Morley
HT: Execupundit
Truth for tonight: Thursday, January 14, 2016
The Lord said to him, “Who gave human beings their mouths? Who makes them deaf or mute? Who gives them sight or makes them blind? Is it not I, the Lord? Now go; I will help you speak and will teach you what to say.”
—Exodus 4:11-12 NIV
Thought for today: Thursday, January 14, 2016
Almost always, your road to victory goes through a place called “failure.”
—Bill Walsh
HT: Execupundit
Truth for tonight: Wednesday, January 13, 2016
You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.
—Genesis 50:20 NIV