It’s Labor Day weekend. The Labor Day holiday is on the first Monday in September. According to the US Department of Labor, this day is “dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers.” Some of these achievements are obvious and immediate. Other work creates outcomes we cannot measure on this side of eternity.Continue reading “It’s Friday…Your Potential Today Is Huge”
Author Archives: Vic Alvarado
It’s Friday…We Can Never Go Wrong
Athletes train for one purpose: to win. Businesses exist with one goal: to earn a profit. Hedonists live for one passion: to have a good time. Misers hoard for one reason: to accumulate. Some of these ambitions are admirable, others misguided. But there is one key to seeing them come to pass: if we areContinue reading “It’s Friday…We Can Never Go Wrong”
It’s Friday…We Have Found The Treasure
The world is wondering if anything is truly valuable. Have you noticed? People engage in the lifelong pursuit of treasure, prestige, comfort, and all sorts of other desirable goals, only to get to the end and ask themselves if there isn’t anything more. People who have priceless possessions and more money than they’ll ever beContinue reading “It’s Friday…We Have Found The Treasure”
It’s Friday…Sin Always Loses
As followers of Christ, if we’re honest, we’ll confess that offering ourselves to Him is often where our battle with sin is lost. We offer ourselves to the entertainment of our culture, the philosophies of our generation, the passion of our flesh, the interest of our intellect, and the amusements of our hearts, and thenContinue reading “It’s Friday…Sin Always Loses”
It’s Friday…Hope Against Hope
Twenty-five years ago today my “little one” was born. She was born during a very uncertain season of our lives. It was a day-by-day, and at times moment-by-moment walk of faith. When she arrived, we decided to mark the season by giving her the middle name “Hope.” Her birth, the gift of her life remindedContinue reading “It’s Friday…Hope Against Hope”
It’s Friday…Don’t Fall Into The Trap
Imagine a freshly baked apple pie coming out of the oven. Imagine the aroma filling the room and stimulating all your senses. Imagine inhaling deeply and letting that wonderful smell create in you an acute anticipation of the enjoyment to come. Now, after all that, can you comprehend such a delicacy coming out of theContinue reading “It’s Friday…Don’t Fall Into The Trap”
It’s Friday…It’s A Constant Choice
Who are you? What is your identity? Deep down in your heart of hearts, what drives you? What is your reason for being? What kinds of passions keep you going and keep you from losing hope? These are hard questions for some; it may be difficult for others to put their finger on their trueContinue reading “It’s Friday…It’s A Constant Choice”
It’s Friday…We Are Really, Really Free
On this Independence Day holiday, I am truly grateful for the freedom we share as Americans. It is a national blessing that isn’t difficult to understand. For those of us who are followers of Christ and live in America we are doubly blessed. We have been set free from the bondage of sin as well.Continue reading “It’s Friday…We Are Really, Really Free”
It’s Friday…It’s A Good Thing
One of the mysterious paradoxes of our relationship with God is that as His followers we can experience unspeakable joy and severe hardship, both at the same time. In fact, it’s almost guaranteed that we will. “In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer griefContinue reading “It’s Friday…It’s A Good Thing”
It’s Friday…Just Receive It
It’s Father’s Day weekend. If you’re a father, congratulations! When God created you and then blessed you with the honor of being a Dad, He had in mind that you would be a Father just like Him. Sometimes we think of Him as the Father of hardship, or as the God of the difficult path.Continue reading “It’s Friday…Just Receive It”
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