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New Math Formula for Leaders (How true!)   We have all been to those meetings where someone wants over 100 percent. How about achieving 103 percent? Here's a little math that might prove helpful in the future.   What makes life 100 percent?   If the letters of the alphabet can be represented with an equivalent numbers, as below   A = 1 B = 2 C = 3 D = 4 E = 5 F = 6 G = 7 H = 8 I = 9 J = 10 K = 11 L = 12 M = 13 N = 14 O = 15 P = 16 Q = 17 R = 18 S = 19 T = 20 U = 21 V = 22 W = 23 X = 24 Y = 25 Z = 26     Then,   H A R  D W  O  R  K 8 1 18 4 23 15 18 11 = only 98%   and   K  N  O  W  L  E D G E 11 14 15 23 12 5 4 7 5 = only 96%   But,   A T  T  I T  U  D E 1 20 20 9 20 21 4 5 = 100 %   so hardwork and knowledge will get you close, but attit...

The Story of Daniel  (January 2002)   It was an unusually cold day for the month of May. Spring had arrived and everything was alive with color. But a cold front from the North had brought winter’s chill back to Indiana .   I sat with two friends in the picture window of a quaint restaurant just off the corner of the town square. The food and the company were both especially good that day. As we talked , my attention was drawn outside , across the street. There , walking into town , was a man who appeared to be carrying all his worldly goods on his back. He was carrying , a well-worn sign that read , “I will work for food.”   My heart sank. I brought him to the attention of my friends and noticed that others around us had stopped eating to focus on him. Heads moved in a mixture of sadness and disbelief.   We continued with our meal , but his image lingered in my mind. We finished o...

A PRAYER (January 2002)   This is so beautiful , it is worth the few minutes it takes to read. Please take a moment to relax your mind and humble your heart to focus on Christ. Allow God , to be the only person on your mind while you read this prayer. If we can take the time to read long jokes , stories , etc. , we should give the same respect to this prayer. Friends that pray together , stay together.   Dear Lord , I thank You for this day. I thank You for my being able to see and to hear this morning. I’m blessed because You are a forgiving God and and understanding God. You have done so much for me and You keep on blessing me. Forgive me this day for everything I have done , said or thought that was not pleasing to you. I ask now for our forgiveness. Please keep me safe from all danger and harm. Help me to start this day with a new attitude and plenty of gratitude. Let me make the best of each and every da...

HOPE AND ENDURANCE (January 2002)   “For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us , so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.” (Romans 15:4 , NIV)   You may have read the story about the “piano teacher who was affectionately known as Herman. One night at a university concert , a distinguished piano player suddenly became ill while performing an extremely difficult piece. No sooner had the artist retired from the stage when Herman rose from his seat in the audience , walked on stage , sat down at the piano and with great mastery completed the performance.   “Later that evening , at a party , one of the students asked Herman how he was able to perform such a demanding piece so beautifully without notice and with no rehearsal. He replied , ‘In 1939 , when I was a budding young concert pianist , I was arrested and p...

Let the Holy Spirit Fill You (January 2002)   You can encounter God in amazing ways through His Spirit By: Marilyn Hickey   So those times of the Holy Spirit’s touching and refreshing us , giving us rest and direction , convicting us of sin , and giving us joy - all are just a taste of what we’ll experience throughout eternity.   Don’t miss what God has for you in His presence through the Holy Spirit’s indwelling you! Say , “God , I must have a manifestation of Your presence. I can’t go on without knowing Your touch. However You want to do so , I’m available.” It’s so important to have God’s presence in our lives through the Holy Spirit. God wants to have encounters with us just like the Psalms encounters I had in my seminar.   It’s scriptural. When Paul had an encounter with God at Damascus , for example , he didn’t resist the H...