Category Archives: words for the week

The Nation’s Lighthouse

Posted on September 14, 2020 by wisdomfromafather

Our Words for the Week are from Charles F. Stanley. Our country is like a large ship fighting through stormy waters in foggy weather. Spiritually and morally, we’ve lost our sense of direction. Sexual sins, greed, pride, indulgence, slothfulness, ungratefulness, … Continue reading →

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Is Prayer Enough?

Posted on September 7, 2020 by wisdomfromafather

Our thought for today’s Words for the Week are from Janice Lyons. Is Prayer Enough? If all I do is pray for you, Can God’s work be done? If I am not His hands and feet, Can the world be … Continue reading →

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Sympathy vs. Compassion

Posted on September 1, 2020 by wisdomfromafather

This is going to be a strange posting week. I usurped Monday’s Words for the Week to wish my late wife a happy anniversary. Today is usually reserved for Readin’, ‘Ritin’ & ‘Rithmetic, but since we won’t be having a … Continue reading →

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Blessing or Curse?

Posted on August 24, 2020 by wisdomfromafather

The Words for the Week reflection thisĀ  time around comes from Michael Josephson’s Character Counts. At a Nazi death camp during WWII a Jewish prisoner noticed another praying. “What are you praying for?” he asked. “I’m praising God.” The first … Continue reading →

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Take Goliath Down

Posted on August 17, 2020 by wisdomfromafather

Our Words for the Week are courtesy of Max Lucado. Goliaths still roam our world. Debt. Disaster. Dialysis. Danger. Deceit. Disease. Depression. Super-size challenges still swagger and strut, still pilfer sleep and embezzle peace and liposuction joy. But they can’t … Continue reading →

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Don’t Confuse Me with the Facts

Posted on August 10, 2020 by wisdomfromafather

Our Words for the Week come from Dick Innes, founder and international director of ACTS International, I‘m sure you are aware of the old saying that says, “Don’t confuse me with the facts. My mind is made up.” Also, “A … Continue reading →

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On Broken Wings

Posted on August 3, 2020 by wisdomfromafather

We’re sharing Joan Clayton’s experience as Words for the Week. I wanted to share an experience I had concerning broken wings. This experience came when I needed it the most. In June 2003 my husband was in a terrible car … Continue reading →

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Losing Everything

Posted on July 27, 2020 by wisdomfromafather

A fellow servant, Gary Kallio, offers the Words for the Week today from his writing at Fiber for the Soul. What would you do if a crisis sours your life? We hear of folk who lose everything in a house … Continue reading →

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Don’t Look Back

Posted on July 20, 2020 by wisdomfromafather

The late legendary coach John Wooden gives us this poem and message as our Words for the Week. Don’t Look Back The years have left their imprint On my hands and on my face. Erect no longer is my walk … Continue reading →

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Taking a Stand

Posted on July 13, 2020 by wisdomfromafather

Our Words for the Week show the news is not always all bad. Even though taken from a 2001 report, the trend continuesĀ  …. When Robert B. Rowling bought the Omni Hotel chain, he ordered the pornographic magazines pulled from … Continue reading →

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