When Jesus looked up and saw a great crowd coming toward him, he said to Philip, “Where shall we buy bread for these people to eat?” He asked this only to test him, for he already had in mind what he was going to do. John 6: 5,6 Can you imagine Philip. I can see…
Meanwhile his disciples urged him, “Rabbi, eat something.” But he said to them, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.” Then his disciples said to each other, “Could someone have brought him food?” John 4:31-33 When you go to a fast-food place, you stand and look up at the menu to order,…
“Nazareth! Can anything good come from there?” Nathanael asked. “Come and see,” said Philip. John 1:46 Nathaniel was the first critic of Christ. He judged him because of where he was from. He didn’t think anything good could come from a bad place. Disciples have to learn this principle early or they’re going to be a…
Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, was one of the two who heard what John had said and who had followed Jesus. The first thing Andrew did was to find his brother Simon and tell him, “We have found the Messiah” (that is, the Christ). And he brought him to Jesus. John 1:40-42 What was the first thing…
“So they went and saw where he was staying, and they spent that day with him. It was about four in the afternoon.” John 1:39 John said it, “There goes the Lamb of God.” John was Jesus’ cousin and he knew Jesus was the Messiah. John wasn’t trying to amass a follower-ship, he was trying…
“I think you have too many dead things in your museum, Daddy.” – From The Greatest Showman I went and saw the Greatest Showman with my wife for our 27th anniversary. I don’t mind a good musical, West Side Story, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, etc. and I enjoyed this movie, except for all the singing.…
I was recently talking with a young man about his schedule and he asked for some feedback on how he spent his time. I told him to send me a copy and I’d take a look. The schedule he sent me was solid. It seemed like he had a handle on his responsibilities. Now, I…
Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images I was watching the College Football National Championship between Georgia and Alabama last night and wow, what a game. It was 20 to 7 at some point and I thought, “Man, is Alabama gonna lose this game?” Not if Nick Saban had anything to say about it. In a surprise…
I was eating breakfast this morning at a fast food place this morning and wondered, “does the manager manage the people or the system?” Everyone has a role. Someone has to take orders. Someone has to cook the tater tots. Someone has to cook/heat up the food. If someone does not do the job, we…
And that has caused me a ton of frustration. This quote from Gary Vaynerchuk is stuck in my head, “The reason you are so frustrated is because you are living in the way you want the world to be rather than how it really is.” All I could think about was how things should be…
