Romans 12:1-2 (NIV)
A Living Sacrifice
12 Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. 2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.
Learn to live like this.
I began to realize that I was chasing the world’s concept of success. I was told what the
world thought success was and I pursued it, not realizing that I didn’t want it. Being in
charge of the world’s money supply wasn’t in the cards for me. Thank God! …
When people think about the topic of generosity what usually comes to mind is money. More specifically, their money and what they need to give away. Generosity certainly includes money and how much of your money you give away to help others. That is only a small part of generosity though.
Yes, generosity is much more than giving away money. Generosity is about time, talent, knowledge, wisdom, faith and just about anything else that you may possess. In fact, you are very unlikely to become financially successful unless you learn to be generous in all areas of your life. …
There are many different types of people and therefore many different personalities. There are people who are social and people who are not. One thing that everyone has in common is our need to communicate. The ability to communicate effectively is necessary for almost every endeavor in life. We, as a society, have lost that vital skill and it’s about time we learned how to get it back. …
We learn to walk by the time we are one; we learn to ride a bike by the time we’re six, 
about the same time we are starting school. We learn to drive by the time we are sixteen. We get married, have kids and then retire. We do this, most of us anyway, without learning about success. I’m talking about real success. Some of us may have learned society’s version of success and that is precisely why we are unhappy and unfulfilled. Of true success, we know very little or even nothing. Many of us never learn what success is and what it isn’t. We don’t understand what failure is or what it isn’t. …
The first day of Autumn was sometime last week. We are definitely not experiencing those
nice brisk mornings followed by a comfortable day. No it is hot and humid here in Connecticut. Although, the leaves are changing rapidly… they say that’s because we are in a drought. I love fall weather and I can’t wait until it finally arrives for the season. …
It’s been feeling a lot like Christmas. Yesterday I had to run some errands which brought me 
into two major retail stores. Both Walmart and Costco have already set up their holiday displays. So what about Halloween? What about Thanksgiving?
Then this morning it was kind of cold in the house so I had to get a fire going in the wood stove to warm everything up. As I was going through my normal routine I started getting that “Christmas feeling.” Anyone who loves Christmas as much as I do will understand! …
Surely Lord, You are with me always.
-Michael at R2W
I saw this sign today. It is so true:
If you learn self-control, you can master absolutely anything.
-Michael at R2W
Sometimes blessings come in the most unexpected ways. Thank you God!
-Michael at R2W
-Truth has been hidden under layers of information.
Michael at R2W