I did not make these 9 items up.  This is from a book by Hal Urban titled Life's Greatest Lessons pp34-6.

We're free to choose our character -- the type of persons we become.

We're free to choose our values.

We're free to choose how to treat other people.

We're free to choose how to handle adversity.

We're free to choose how much we'll learn.

We're free to choose what we'll accomplish in life.

We're free to choose our own belief system.... Read More

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I would like to add a note to our understanding of poverty versus abundance.  First, of course, each of our lives is (usually) not completely poor or plenty.  We will have areas of life that we have a lot in (for example, health perhaps) at the same time as having a lack in another area (perhaps we have not been blessed with children, for example).

Secondly, no matter what the area is, it is not merely a black and white choice between 'I have some' or 'I don't have any'. ... Read More

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Have you felt like this:  "I have so little in my life, how can I move forward?  I have no money, no figure, no time, no friends, no good family relationships, no confidence, no spirituality.  How can I do anything?"

Have you ever felt like this?  "Man, this is a lot of money -- I don't dare make decisions with it.  I have all these friends and family -- shouldn't I be serving more?  I am blessed with great health -- shouldn't I be doing more?  I have... Read More

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“Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him, talk ye of all his wondrous works.” – 1 Chronicles 16:9

“Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.” – Psalm 95:2

“Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in... Read More

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