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A thought by Christine Caine from her book, Unstoppable: Running the Race You Were Born To Win (p. 111). Zondervan. Kindle Edition. (Click on the book title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.) There are so many things that I appreciate about my life.   One of the greatest gifts that God gave me was a dad and mom who loved God and shared the fact that God loved me and that he had a plan for my life.   Margaret and I have done the same with our kids and our grandkids. Christine says, “Are you a parent? Consider this: ‘These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.’ Deuteronomy 6:6 – 7 “Nick, the girls, and I take time each day to share with one another all of the great things that God is doing in our own lives and ministry. As our girls learn to see God at work, they will see God’s faithfulness in the past and w

A thought by Christine Caine from her book, Unstoppable: Running the Race You Were Born To Win (p. 95). Zondervan. Kindle Edition. (Click on the book title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.) We really do!!! Christine says, “In fact, we need to regularly take inventory because it’s surprising how quickly the things we once threw off can come back and cling to us once again. So take a moment right now. Pause and ask yourself, ‘What do I need to throw off in order to run well?’ The list could be endless. Perhaps you are carrying resentment or selfishness or pride that is hindering your witness at your job. What about unresolved anger that is hurting your relationships? Or a lack of confidence and a spirit of defeat that hinder your ability to make wise choices as you run your race? Or a lack of financial planning and discipline that hamper your ability to be generous with your resources, even though you would love to be? Or unresolved issues from the past that are harming y

A thought by Christine Caine from her book, Unstoppable: Running the Race You Were Born To Win (p. 94). Zondervan. Kindle Edition. (Click on the book title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.) We think that because of our past God can’t or won’t use us.   That isn’t true. Christine says, “The reality is that nothing I say or do will change those things. The past is set and can’t be changed. What happened, happened. But I can make choices today that will determine my future. And so can you. By putting God at the center of our lives, by dealing with the issues that hold us back, and by recognizing that the plans of God for our future are bigger than the pain and regret of our past, we are able to get up from wherever we are at this moment and move forward.” She goes on, “Cleaning out and renovating our internal world requires an ongoing, focused commitment on our part. If I’ve made it sound as if throwing off these things was a one-time shot that, once accomplished, was