Tag Archives: encouragement

The Five-Minute Writing Prompt Journal

Posted on June 25, 2019 by wisdomfromafather

I’ve been teaching a writing class, Taking the Fear Out of Writing. As a weekly assignment, I asked the students to write for just five minutes on a specific prompt word. Yes, I used prompts from my Five Minute Friday … Continue reading →

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A Brief But Powerful Prayer

Posted on June 24, 2019 by wisdomfromafather

This week’s words for the week are a brief but powerful prayer from Robert Louis Stevenson. Give us grace and strength to persevere. Give us courage and gaiety and the quiet mind. Spare to us our friends and soften to … Continue reading →

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Rise, Shine, You People

Posted on June 23, 2019 by wisdomfromafather

“Come, celebrate, your banners high unfurling, Your songs and prayers against the darkness hurling. To all the world go out and tell the story, Of Jesus’ glory. “Tell how the Father sent His Son to save us. Tell of the … Continue reading →

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Power of Prayer

Posted on June 22, 2019 by wisdomfromafather

As we build this community prayer platform, with help from the #PrayerWarriors team, we ask the Lord to listen to our petitions with full confidence they not only are heard but acted upon by God according to His holy will. … Continue reading →

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Five Minute Friday — Question

Posted on June 21, 2019 by wisdomfromafather

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Five Minute Friday time.We’ll get to that in a few after our regularly scheduled advertisements about the mechanics of Five Minute Friday and a plug on it’s value from Colleen. You know the drill. I’ll post, link … Continue reading →

Posted in Five Minute Friday | Tagged conversation, DPchallenge, encouragement, Faith, family, five minute Friday, Friends, God, humor, imagination, Jesus, life, love, mundane, observations, philosophical, questions, relationships, serious, silly, theological, Writing | 15 Comments

How Much Do You Want It To Be?

Posted on June 17, 2019 by wisdomfromafather

Our words for the week are from Michael Josephson of Character Counts. The founder of a company needed to choose his successor. He studied resumes and talked to references, but he decided to ask only one question during the final … Continue reading →

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Now That I Have Failed

Posted on June 16, 2019 by wisdomfromafather

We have all failed at something in our lives, perhaps many times. There is such pressure for us to “succeed” that we often “fail” to realize there are some benefits to failing. Some people are so fearful of failing they … Continue reading →

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Dear Father God

Posted on June 15, 2019 by wisdomfromafather

Posted in Prayer-Care-Share | Tagged attitude, care, conversation, DPchallenge, encouragement, Faith, family, Friends, God, Jesus, life, love, observations, Prayer, relationships, share | 3 Comments

Five Minute Friday — Goal

Posted on June 14, 2019 by wisdomfromafather

You know the drill. I’ll post, link at Kate’s place (fiveminutefriday.com/) and scan through the incredible work of my fellow writers. And, as I always say, you should try it as well — both writing and contributing or at least … Continue reading →

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Congratulations

Posted on June 13, 2019 by wisdomfromafather

Kids I watched grow up as editor and publisher of the Reveille/Between the Lakes at Waterloo, Mynderse Academy (Seneca Falls), Romulus and South Seneca (Ovid) will be turning their tassels this weekend. Seniors I have come to know and love … Continue reading →

Posted in life & love | Tagged attitude, Class of 2019, communication, congratulations, discipline, DPchallenge, dream, encouragement, Faith, family, follow ambitions, Friends, goals, graduation, growing up, Inspiration, interpersonal skills, life, maturity, relationships, transition, true to yourself, trust | Leave a comment