At Dallas Theological Seminary there is a godly well-loved professor who has taught more than 50 years. Just recently I’ve been reading a copy of his book, Teaching To Change Lives. It was published in 1989. Here is a video (that needs to be on YouTube!) I found @ the Dallas Seminary website.
http://media.dts.edu/embeddedplayer/?MediaItemID=5a19dd39-1336-4ace-b80a-6d446b497831
During our college years, my future husband asked our Sunday School teacher if they knew Howard Hendricks. “He replied, Howard Hendricks!, we majored in Howard Hendricks.” As far as I can tell, he is still teaching at the seminary and its been over 50 years. I say this in reverence to the Lord Almighty, to Him be all honor for the service of this servant of His.

Here’s a poem by John Howard Payne that contains the common phrase, “There’s no place like home”.
‘Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam,
Be it ever so humble, there’s no place like home!
A charm from the skies seems to hallow us there,
Which, sought through the world, is ne’er met with elsewhere.
Home! home! sweet, sweet home!
There’s no place like home!
Taken from Daily Living For Seniors, Oneplace.com

Reflect upon your present blessings
of which every man has many;
not upon your past misfortunes,
of which all have some.
~Charles Dickens.
What pockets of happiness will you encounter as you go through your day? Look for them and stop to relish the moment and then be thankful to the Heavenly Father 🙂

Here are detailed intro lessons taught by Todd Ehle
Lesson 1

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Taken from Joy And Strength devotion @ Back To The Bible
SELF-PREOCCUPATION,
self-broodings,
self-interest,
self-love,
–these are the reasons why you go jarring against your fellows.
Turn your eyes off yourself; look up, and out!
There are men, your brothers, and women, your sisters;
they have needs that you can aid.
Listen for their confidences;
keep your heart wide open to their calls,
and your hands alert for their service.
Learn to give, and not to take;
to drown your own hungry wants in the happiness of lending yourself to fulfil the interests of those nearest or dearest.
Look up and out, from this narrow, cabined self of yours, and you will jar no longer;
you will fret no more, you will provoke no more;
but you will, to your own glad surprise, find the secret of “the meekness and the gentleness of Jesus”;
and the fruits of the Spirit will all bud and blossom from out of your life.
HENRY SCOTT HOLLAND

Psalm 143:8
“Cause me to hear Thy lovingkindness in the morning;
for in Thee do I trust:
cause me to know the way wherein I should walk;
for I lift up my soul unto Thee.”
~Written by David, the Israelite, inspired by the Spirit of God

“Not he who has much is rich, but he who gives much.”
— Erich Fromm

Dr. Rick Rigsby, Texas A&M Chaplain, wrote a book entitled Lessons From a Third Grade Dropout. It is about his dad and the loving advice he taught him. Here are two days (30 minutes each) of interviews from the radio broadcast on Family Life Today.
The Lord Gives and the Lord Takes Away
Kind Deeds Are Never Lost

Need help with taxes or investing? Check out the Dave Ramsey website. This man also has a radio program and is a trusted source. 🙂 Check out his famous Financial Peace University

As of June 3, I have three teenage boys. Until the beginning of August, my son’s ages are 13, 14 and 15! But this doesn’t strike fear into my heart. I have prayed since they were toddlers for these present years.
I’m okay with the challenges they bring. My children are developing their identities. They seek out the coolest personality traits. As their parents they learn from us but for the most part they want to be different. Also, they do not want us as their parents constantly giving them advice on how to do everything. All that’s okay. My children don’t have the typical peer pressure that most do. My husband and I still have much influence on their decisions. I’m glad for that.