Are you thinking about having a successful year? If not, you should be. Everything begins as a thought. Think about the following idea that was expressed by Hillel, a famous Jewish religious leader.

• Guard your thoughts, for they become your words.
• Guard your words, for they become your actions.
• Guard your actions, for they become your habits.
• Guard your habits, for they become your character.
• Guard your character, for it becomes your destiny.

Your destiny is beginning...

How much time during the day do you spend doing things that make you happy? Most of us spend a great deal of time doing those things that we do not enjoy. As a result, we sometimes become bitter and depressed, always looking forward to sometime in the future where we will be happy.

Granted, we can not all spend our days taking long walks on the beach or enjoying unlimited shopping trips at our favorite malls. But we can schedule a little "happy" time into our days. ...

Ok, I registered on Christianspeakers.net about 6 months ago. It is an online speaker's network for ministers and I thought it would be a good idea since I am finishing up my first book. I have served as head of our Women's Department and have preached and taught a number of times at church. I had not received any response from the bio that I posted and actually forgot about the site. Well, last week I received 2 invitations from 2 different Pastors to preach at their ministries.....both in...

Hi all. My name is Vanessa and I live in Northwest Indiana with my husband and 3 children. I have a 16 year old daughter. My sons are 11 and 4. I worked in corporate America for about 13 years as a chemical/environmental engineer. I left there to go into full time ministry (I am an ordained minister). I worked at my church for about 7 year where I helped open and run a full service childcare and private school. I became a full time "stay at home" mom in June 2007. That is when...