A Critic By Any Other Name Is Still A Critic

A Critic By Any Other Name Is Still A Critic

Maybe they are someone people look at as judges. Some feel though they are only calling it like they see it or telling it like it is.

If you have to knock someone else down two notches to elevate yourself one notch, you weren’t anywhere to start with.

They work at the rumor mill where they manufacture things that don’t build anyone or anything up.

Matthew 12:34-37 O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things. But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

Idle words are words that have no profit or benefit to be spoken. They may have some truth but do nothing to help anyone or their situation.

You can call a Critic someone who wants to hold it like it is, tell it like it is or whatever, but they are still a Critic.

I have trouble with the three C’s– criticize, condemn and complain.

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Start You Day Off Right Series 2/17

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Here is some food for your Daily Bread!

2/17– Start Your Day Off Right Series

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Story:

“When Dennis Parker and D. W. Rutledge arrived as assistant coaches at Converse Judson High School in San Antonio, Texas, they knew there was something missing in the players they coached—some intangible quality that it took to make a champion. It was clear the team had the talent to be better than it was. Parker understood that problems on the football field were not physical but mental. That’s when these men launched a concept that was initially scoffed at by most of their peers.

Rutledge and Parker ascribed to the Stanford theory that 8 percent of an individual’s success is based on ability, while 92 percent is based on attitude. So they decided to test this “hypothesis and proposed to move kids out of the weight room and into the classroom to teach character development. It wasn’t long before their critics stopped laughing, sat up, and took notice.

The results were astounding. After only one year in the program, Converse Judson went from having a very mediocre season to a winning record of 14 and 1 in 1982. This team of converted athletes then proceeded to seize the Texas AAAAA State Championship the following year.

Stories like this were duplicated time and again over the next fourteen years, as the careers of Parker and Rutledge moved them to coach at high schools and colleges throughout Texas. Their newfound “philosophy turned athletic programs around and led numerous teams to state championships. Suddenly, teams that hadn’t seen victory since 1940 were setting records.

Football scores weren’t the only things to improve. Test scores went up as kids developed confidence and self-esteem. What started as a program whose sole goal was to win football games evolved into a life-changing curriculum. Rutledge and Parker had discovered a gold mine and wanted to share this valuable treasure with as many coaches and kids as possible. Zig Ziglar made that possible by turning Coaching to Change Lives into a published curriculum available to any coach who wanted a practical tool to teach players principles of character, attitude, “integrity, goal setting, self-image, and responsibility. Now these life-changing principles are being taught in classrooms across Texas.

One need only look at the wave of school shootings and youth violence in our country to understand the importance of building character and leadership in our society. Zig has made a positive difference in many lives, but his involvement with the Living to Change Lives Foundation will have an even greater impact. Through his work with young people, he is creating a lasting legacy that will benefit generations to come.

It doesn’t matter where you’re born, how much money you have, or what your educational level is. What matters is that you recognize you “can make a difference and that God has a purpose for you.”

Scripture:

Luke 17:6

And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you.

Humor:

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A group of seminary students gathered in the chapel one day as the dean challenged them to NOT pray for a large church because of the stress, problems and worries that go with it. The next year one of the students who graduated returned to give his testimony. He said, “I did ask God for a big church; however, I also asked God for a pretty wife. My prayer was ALMOST answered. Instead of getting a big church and a pretty wife, I got a pretty church and a big wife!”

 

Trade in The Old Man For The New Man!

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Put on the new man!

Colossians 3:8-11

But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth. Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds; And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him: Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.

Start Your Day Off Right Series 2/16

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Here is some food for your Daily Bread!

2/16–Start Your Day Off Right Series

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2/16–Church Signs:

The POOREST PERSON is not the one WITHOUT MONEY;

It is the ONE WITHOUT GOD!

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Scripture:

Hebrews 12:1

Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

Humor:

2/16–Who was the first tennis player in the Bible? Joseph because he served in pharaoh’s court.

Spend Time With Those Who Matter Most

While at the park one day, a woman sat down next to a man on a bench near a playground.  “That’s my son over there,” she said, pointing to a little boy in a red sweater who was gliding down the slide.  “

He’s a fine looking boy”, the man said. “That’s my daughter on the bike in the white dress.”

Then, looking at his watch, he called to his daughter. “What do you say we go, Melissa?”  Melissa pleaded, “Just five more minutes, Dad. Please? Just five more minutes.”  The man nodded and Melissa continued to ride her bike to her heart’s content.

Minutes passed and the father stood and called again to his daughter. “Time to go now?”

Again Melissa pleaded, “Five more minutes, Dad. Just five more minutes.”  The man smiled and said, “OK.”  “My, you certainly are a patient father,” the woman responded.

The man smiled and then said, “Her older brother Tommy was killed by a drunk driver last year while he was riding his bike near here. I never spent much time with Tommy and now I’d give anything for just five more minutes with him.

I’ve vowed not to make the same mistake with Melissa.  She thinks she has five more minutes to ride her bike. The truth is, I get five more minutes to watch her play.”

Moral of the Story: Life as a student can be downright hectic but as long as your priorities are straight, you’ll be able to make the most out of your hard work. In the story, the man learned the hard way to prioritize his family on top of all others. No matter how busy things get, don’t forget to spend time with people that matters to you!

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Don’t Quit, Victory May Be Just Ahead!

During the gold rush, a man who had been mining in Colorado for several months quit his job, as he hadn’t struck gold yet and the work was becoming tiresome.  He sold his equipment to another man who resumed mining where it had been left off. The new miner was advised by his engineer that there was gold only three feet away from where the first miner stopped digging.

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The engineer was right, which means the first miner was a mere three feet away from striking gold before he quit.

The Moral:

When things start to get hard, try to persevere through the adversity. Many people give up on following their dreams because the work becomes too difficult, tedious, or tiresome–but often, you’re closer to the finish line than you may think, and if you push just a little harder, you will succeed.

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