Author Archives: Dale Cantrell

11/3–Start Your Day Off Right Series  Quote: 11/3–Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” – James Baldwin     Story: 11/3–Moan and groan—how many of you know people that all they do is moan and groan?  People say I’m not happy with my job. TheyContinue reading “Start Your Day Off Right Series 11/3”

It is like driving forward while looking in the rearview mirror. You may move ahead a little, but sooner or later you’re going to crash.” Genesis 13:10-13 And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, evenContinue reading “Can You Spare A Minute Or So 11/3!”

Acts 3:1-8. Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour. And a certain man lame from his mother’s womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into theContinue reading “Give God Such As You Have”

I’m just a plow hand from Arkansas, but I have learned how to hold a team together. How to lift some men up, how to calm down others, until finally they’ve got one heartbeat together, a team.  There’s just three things I’d ever say: If anything goes bad, I did it. If anything goes semi-good,Continue reading “Can Your Spare A Minute Or So 11/2?”

There’s something powerful about simply showing up. Not just once, not just when it’s easy, but day after day—even when you don’t feel like it. Success doesn’t always come from giant leaps; more often, it’s built from small steps taken consistently. When you wake up and decide to face the day instead of giving up,Continue reading “Always Keep Showing Up”

1 Kings 4:8-10. And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread. And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive thatContinue reading “Elijah And Elisha And Making Room For The Man Of God”

As we step into a brand-new month, let’s talk about something we all need—and something we all can give: encouragement. Encouragement is like oxygen to the soul. It doesn’t cost a thing, yet it can breathe life into someone who feels like giving up. A few kind words, a gentle pat on the back, orContinue reading “The Power Of Words Of Encouragement”

11/1–Start Your Day Off Right Series  Quote: Story: 11/1–We might liken it to letting  go of a bell rope. If you have ever seen an old school house with a bell on top, or an old church with a bell in the steeple, you will remember that to get the bell ringing you have toContinue reading “Start Your Day Off Right Series 11/1”

It is like the TV character Steve Urkel who would tear up anything and everything. Afterwards he would say ” Did I do that?” Seemingly he acted like he didn’t know that he had done anything wrong. He was in the dark about everything that his actions had done. He seemed innocent in any destructionContinue reading “Can You Spare A Minute Or So 11/1?”

There’s a saying that goes, “Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.” The words we speak reveal much about what’s in our hearts. When we talk about others — especially in a negative way — we’re not lifting them up or helping ourselves grow. Instead, we’re draining energy that couldContinue reading “Guard Your Tongue, Guard Your Peace”