“There are only two options regarding commitment; you’re either in or you’re out. There’s no such thing as life in-between”

110 degrees outside, 100 inside!!! Can't wait to be back in my Action office!! one last doctors visit 80)

All of us make tracks through the valley of failure. The question is, How are you going to respond? Plenty of people give up and exchange a vibrant kingdom-serving life for a defeated existence. But failure need not be an end. It's a chance for a new beginning living in Christ's strength.

"Summon your power, O God; show us your strength, O God, as you have done before." Psalm 68:28

Too often we let our circumstances determine our attitude. If life is going smoothly, then we feel good about ourselves; when it gets hard, our mood drops. But we don't have to live this way. Like the apostle Paul, we can learn and practice the secret of being content.

"I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made" Psalm 139:14

"Blessed are you when people hate you and when they exclude you and revile you and spurn your name as evil, on account of the Son of Man!"
Luke 6:22