Consider this

 Remembering what you have is always valuable.  

 A different look at the story of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10)  

 No matter how discouraged, confused, or defeated you feel, this one answer will help. It has many times before.  

 You can take all sorts of leadership classes and try a thousand techniques, but you will never really influence someone unless you do this first.  

 The title of this lesson is a little clunky, but the truth is contains is indispensable! We will be in turmoil until we learn this one lesson.  

                   Bertha Benz was losing patience with her husband Karl.   He had built his first horseless carriage in December of 1885, but, although all their money was tied up in the car, Karl refused to offer it for sale.   Instead, he tinkered with various components trying to improve his design.   By August of 1888, Bertha decided that she had waited long enough.                 Without telling Karl, she and her two sons went out to the garage, started the car, and proceeded to drive it from their home in Mannheim, Germany to her parent’s house in Pforzheim, 106 kilometres away.   This marked the first time that any car had gone more than a few miles from home and Bertha made sure that everyone heard about what she had done.   The successful journey was reported in major newspapers all over Europe and orders for cars came pouring

 You don't need to feel happy all the time to come to worship. In Psalm 6, David shows us how to approach God even when things are less than perfect.  

 If we understood (and practiced) this one truth, we would avoid untold pain and trouble.  

 Even the best relationships have rocky moments. Here is one thought that will help keep those rocky moments to a minimum  

 Why Paul's favourite story ought to be ours as well.  

 When we choose a better approach, we receive a better response.  

 Redirect your thinking and your feelings will follow.  

 Never underestimate your need for a break. Everyone needs time to breath and to refocus.  

 Being passive and going along with everything seems nice, but it is a recipe for disaster. You must choose!