60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon

Send us Fan Mail Interconnected and Interdependent  “Every entity is to be understood in terms of the way it is interwoven with the rest of the universe.” - Alfred North Whitehead  Excerpted from “366 Days of Love: A Devotional “, Day 72 #60secondsofhope #366daysoflove #dailydevotion #dailydevotional #love#growth #positivity #inspiration  #faith #inspirationalquotes #dailyinspiration #lovequotes #...

Send us Fan Mail When Our Best Isn’t Enough  “I begged your disciples to cast it out, but they could not." - Luke 9:40 At this point in the Gospel of Luke, Jesus’s closest disciples had been with him some time. They had even begun to do some of work Jesus did healing and teaching.  But they did not yet have Jesus’s capacity. Sometimes despite their best efforts, they were unable to help. This...

Send us Fan Mail “May mercy, peace, and love be yours in abundance.” - Jude 1:2 Excerpted from “366 Days of Love: A Devotional “, Day 71 #60secondsofhope #366daysoflove #dailydevotion #dailydevotional #love#growth #positivity #inspiration  #faith #inspirationalquotes #dailyinspiration #lovequotes #positivemindset #personaldevelopment #compasion  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail What Example Do People See In Us?  “Brothers and sisters, join in imitating me, and observe those who live according to the example you have in us.” - Philippians 3:17 This isn’t the only time that Paul essentially told his readers to “follow him as he follows Christ. (1 Corinthians 11:1)  This got me to thinking. If a person were around me  publicly and privately and were looking...

Send us Fan Mail God Loves Us- Period.  “God’s unfailingly love for us is an objective fact affirmed over and over in the Scriptures…” - Jerry Bridges  Excerpted from “366 Days of Love: A Devotional “, Day 68 #60secondsofhope #366daysoflove #dailydevotion #dailydevotional #love#growth #positivity #inspiration  #faith #inspirationalquotes #dailyinspiration #lovequotes #positivemindset #personaldeve...

Send us Fan Mail Learn a New Way  “Teach me your way, O LORD, and lead me on a level path because of my enemies.” - Psalm 27:11 We all have to learn. We all have to grow. None of us comes into this life with all the answers. Some of the answers we do have are incorrect or incomplete.  Communication: we need to learn to listen to understand rather than to respond. We need to learn how to listen wit...

Send us Fan Mail “Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive.” - Dalai Lama  Excerpted from “366 Days of Love: A Devotional “, Day 57 #60secondsofhope #366daysoflove #dailydevotion #dailydevotional #love#growth #positivity #inspiration  #faith #inspirationalquotes #dailyinspiration #lovequotes #positivemindset #personaldevelopment #compasion  Support th...

Send us Fan Mail “Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.” - Psalm 27:14 Waiting for God is not a passive activity. It takes all of our heart, mind and determination. It means not giving up or giving into our circumstances.  On a personal level we may have a need for companionship and intimacy. But we aren’t going to settle for being with someone who doesn’t really love,...

Send us Fan Mail Spring Cleaning for the Heart  “When you forgive, you heal your own anger and hurt…” - Marci Shimoff Excerpted from “366 Days of Love: A Devotional “, Day 65 #60secondsofhope #366daysoflove #dailydevotion #dailydevotional #love#growth #positivity #inspiration  #faith #inspirationalquotes #dailyinspiration #lovequotes #positivemindset #personaldevelopment Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Our Constant Prayer  “One thing I ask from the Lord, this only do I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the Lord and to seek him in his temple.” - Psalm 27:4 Our faith journey is not focused on making it to the next life, but in making the most of this one. To dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of our lives is...

Send us Fan Mail Walk Where You Can Walk in Love  “Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love” - Henry David Thoreau Excerpted from “366 Days of Love: A Devotional “, Day 59 #60secondsofhope #366daysoflove #dailydevotion #dailydevotional #love #justice #growth #positivity #inspiration  #faith #inspirationalquotes #dailyinspiration #lovequotes #positivemindset #pe...

Send us Fan Mail God’s love sets us free from the need to seek approval…” - Myles Monroe  Excerpted from “366 Days of Love: A Devotional “, Day 60 #60secondsofhope #366daysoflove #dailydevotion #dailydevotional #love #justice #growth #positivity #inspiration  #faith #inspirationalquotes #dailyinspiration #lovequotes #positivemindset #personaldevelopment #motivation Support the show

Send us Fan Mail “I remain confident of this:I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.” - Psalm 27:13  What kind of statement is this verse? On the on hand, it is a profound statement of faith. No matter the darkness, I will look to the light. Though night falls around me I will wait for the dawn. Psalm 27 is a bold declaration that we will endure, that we will not surrender,...

Send us Fan Mail Acknowledge Your Pain. Ask for Help.  “Hear, O LORD, when I cry aloud; be gracious to me and answer me!” - Psalm 27:7 No one is excluded from all trouble. No one is excluded from all difficulties. No one is excluded from pain. We don’t have to pretend to have it altogether. We don’t have to pretend that we are ok when we aren’t. We don’t have to pretend to be fearless when we are...

Send us Fan Mail Let God’s Dream Be Ours “God’s dream is that you and I and all of us will realize that we are family…” - Desmond Tutu Excerpted from “366 Days of Love: A Devotional “, Day 58 #60secondsofhope #366daysoflove #dailydevotion #dailydevotional #love #justice #growth #positivity #inspiration  #faith #inspirationalquotes #dailyinspiration #lovequotes #positivemindset #personaldevelopment...

Send us Fan Mail A New World Is Within Reach “The time has come,” he said. “The kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe the good news!” - Mark 1:15 In the face of military occupation, economic exploitation, and religious corruption the Gospel of Mark has Jesus begin his ministry by boldly declaring that it doesn’t have to be this way.  The kingdom of God that Jesus proclaims is  not some...

Send us Fan Mail What Are We Ready For? ‘Why did God wait until Jesus was 30? What kind of impact could he have had in his twenties?’ - a paraphrase of a terrific question posed in comments section earlier today.  The Gospel of Luke says that Jesus grew in wisdom and stature (Luke 2:52). I believe like all of us, Jesus himself had to grow into his role. His work didn’t start earlier because he was...

Send us Fan Mail This Season Will Pass “And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from him for a season.” - Luke 4:13 One of Jesus’s greatest moments was immediately followed by one of his most difficult. Immediately after being filled with the Spirit and answering his calling, he went into the wilderness for a time of fasting and prayer. Just then the tempter showed up and trie...

Send us Fan Mail Establish Justice. It May Save Us All “Hate evil and love good and establish justice in the gate; it may be that the Lord of hosts, will be gracious…” Amos 5:15 Excerpted from “366 Days of Love: A Devotional “, Day 66 #60secondsofhope #366daysoflove #dailydevotion #dailydevotional #love #justice #growth #positivity #inspiration  #faith #inspirationalquotes #dailyinspiration #loveq...

Send us Fan Mail When we understand that we are God’s beloved…  And a voice came from heaven: “You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased.” - Mark 9:11 Jesus was somewhere around 30 years old when he went out into the wilderness to study with John the Baptist. He had led rather ordinary life up until that point… no teachings, no disciples, no miracles.  The impetus for all those began...

Send us Fan Mail Love is Your Job Description  “Love is your job description - no matter what you do for a living.” - Marci Shimoff Excerpted from “366 Days of Love: A Devotional “, Day 65 #60secondsofhope #366daysoflove #dailydevotion #dailydevotional #love #growth #positivity #inspiration  #faith #inspirationalquotes #dailyinspiration #lovequotes #positivemindset #personaldevelopment #motivation...

Send us Fan Mail How Do We Meet Our Needs?  “The tempter came to him and said, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.” - Matthew 4:3 Just before Jesus began his public ministry, he was led into the wilderness where he was forced to face three types of temptations that are common to humanity. Surrendering to any of these would have derailed him being who God called him to be...

Send us Fan Mail There’s Still Time for Love to Save Us  “Rend your heart and not your garments. Return to the Lord your God, for he is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love, and he relents from sending calamity.” - Joel 2:13 The prophet Joel warned the people of his day of the pending calamity they would suffer if they continued down the road they were following.  The sa...

Send us Fan Mail “Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them.” - from Matthew 6:1  If we are practicing our religion and spirituality in order to look good or to win the respect of others, then we are doing it for the wrong reasons.  Alternatively, Jesus shows us a spirituality where our prayer simply becomes our way of life.  Our Father in heaven, hallowed...

Send us Fan Mail Let’s Give Up Injustice for Lent  “Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke? Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter— when you see the naked, to clothe them, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood? The...