My heart to encourage your heart
A conversation with Dave Scott Q: Dave, what is one thought you can offer people as they leave behind 2025 and enter into 2026? A: It’s important that we give ourselves permission to pause and reflect. The little mirror on the side of the car is called the rearview mirror—take a moment and look at... Continue Reading →
Get up. Get moving. Shake off the dust. You’ve been stuck. You feel out of control. There’s a canyon between where you are and where you want to be, and every step feels like wading through molasses. Not enough. Not tall enough. Not smart enough. Not worthy enough. The spaghetti of anxious thoughts trips you—untied... Continue Reading →
Social Media: The Cancer of Our Day Social media is the cancer of our day. It rots the bones, steals the soul, kills creativity, and replaces imagination with a worship of falsehood. There’s nothing real about the “real” it sells. It is the epidemic of reality— a mirage dressed as authenticity. You think you’re seeing... Continue Reading →
Why Did Linus Drop the Blanket? In A Charlie Brown Christmas, Linus—who is rarely seen without his beloved security blanket—does something remarkable. As he recites the words from Luke 2:10, “And the angel said unto them, Fear not…”, he lets go of the blanket. Why? Because in that moment, Linus is emphasizing a profound truth—for... Continue Reading →
"Aim at nothing and you'll hit it every time."– Zig Ziglar Life won’t aim for you.Without a target, progress is impossible. Targets create focus.Focus fuels momentum.Momentum carries you through pain. And when you hit the target…You experience the euphoria of a grand finale! So set the target.Stay focused.Build momentum.Push through.Finish strong. Repeat.
God’s Economy vs. The World’s Economy“God helps those who help themselves.” This well-known phrase sounds noble—encouraging hustle, grit, and perseverance. But is it biblical?No. In fact, it misrepresents the very foundation of the gospel. We are not capable of saving ourselves or producing righteousness on our own. That’s precisely why we needed a Savior. Jesus—the... Continue Reading →
Experts sometimes don't agree. A presidential race can turn at any moment. The word "pivot" is way overused. Normal has left the building. Losing a loved one will change you. Security is a myth. The church can meet in a drive-in theater. People will believe anything you tell them if enough other people believe it... Continue Reading →
Life Lesson: You Go Where Your Eyes Go It was one of those brutally hot days. The kind of day where the pavement radiates heat like an engine on the verge of blowing. And there I was—jogging in it. Soaking up the sun like someone who had clearly lost his mind. I swear, I saw... Continue Reading →
13Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, 14I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus. Phillipians 3: 13-14 Want to wreck... Continue Reading →
From Ashes to Identity: My Story of Anger, Adoption, and Grace I never knew the face of the woman who gave me life. My birth mother vanished from my world before I ever had a memory of her. I was adopted—twice, in fact. That experience came with baggage I didn't know I was carrying: attachment... Continue Reading →
I LOVE "likes"! I was glaring at my screen eyes wide open scanning for the red notification that I have received a new "like". I saw the beautiful red number that indicated that yet another human or computer somewhere out in the universe saw my work as worthy enough to attribute the click of the... Continue Reading →
“If you think you are going to hit a home run with every pitch, you are mistaken.” I woke up discouraged this morning. I had time to write, and my mind was full of ideas, but when I sat down to actually create.......nothing. The tank was empty. No flow, no fruit. Some of my frustration... Continue Reading →
Pick up a physical Bible and read one scripture a day. The rustling of the pages between your fingers will warm your soul and nourish your heart. Write a handwritten note to somebody with words of sincere encouragement. The act of writing something and delivering it is one of the most powerful ways to impact... Continue Reading →
Resist the urge to blend in. Blending in is easy and builds the wrong kind of muscles, the easy muscles. Instead build the weird kind of muscles, the kind that gains the type of results you want anyways. Need some help? Try these as some examples of ways to be weird and build weird muscles:... Continue Reading →
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