Today's Key to Confident Living

I challenged our 12 and 10 year old sons to shovel some sidewalks and make a little money on the snow day from school.  I even offered them the use of our snowblower.  What I saw later totally shocked me.  We may work hard, make some bad decisions, and not always ue our money wisely, but God sees how hard we have tried and still comes to our rescue.  https://www.keyministries.n...

If the glare of the lights and brightness of success are keeping you in the dark, ask God to help you see reality and then make the necessary changes.  https://www.keyministries.net/podcast/episode/218979a0/glare-of-the-light

It is amazing hw much time we actually have an how much we can accomplish if we use our time wisely.  Listen to some helpful suggestions which will need to be rehearsed regularly.

In the dark, the boy was afraid to go to the barn to do the chores, but the father had a simple solution which is also good for us.  https://www.keyministries.net/podcast/episode/1d7b026d/walk-to-the-edge-of-the-light

A woman and her famous brother were crossing the river just below Niagara Falls when the sister became very frightened.  Listen to the dialogue between the two and learn a valuable lesson for life.  https://www.keyministries.net/podcast/episode/380d9f6b/sit-still-and-trust-him

Some of you hearing this script are going through very trying times.  You have heard some troubling news and your mind has taken off racing, identifying completely with the feelings of the lady in our story.  https://www.keyministries.net/podcast/episode/1beb023f/worried

During WW II Cori Ten Boom’s family created a secret area in their house to hide Jews hoping to escape from the Nazi persecutors. King David wrote, “You are my hiding place; you will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance” Psa 32:7. In due course, your leadership will take you places which may make you afraid. You may have a variety of earthly places you turn to for safe...

We often say we are grateful for our blessings, but what do others hear coming from our lips?  Listen how a little girl questioned what her father prayed.  https://www.keyministries.net/podcast/episode/1beb65ce/gratitude

Whatever we want to say to family and friends needs to be done now, not wait until it is too late. Give out bouquets of flowers before the funeral.  https://www.keyministries.net/podcast/episode/1c3d2890/take-time-now

Listen to what two well known leaders had to say about the most important Book in their life.  Daily incorporating Godly values into our live helps to hold us steady in time of society's moral uncertainties.

What makes a woman truly beautiful?  Discover what St. Peter, a leader of the early Christian Church, had to say about a woman's beauty.  https://www.keyministries.net/podcast/episode/2e2e2bae/beauty-of-a-woman

What are the big rocks in your life?  What are the things you most value?  What do want for your personal life or for the life of your family?  If you do not schedule those things as most important, there is a good chance they won't be accomplished.  Put the big things in first or they will never get in at all.  https://www.keyministries.net/podcast/episode/28c7e169/priori...

You have heard that God sometimes works His wonders in mysterious ays.  That was true with the lady in our story - God gave her an unusual answer to her frantic prayer.  We need to be satisfied to let God choose the way He answers our prayers.  https://www.keyministries.net/podcast/episode/4cedbd0c/just-like-god

The doctor prepared a shot for the woman with symptoms of fever and illness, but before the serum was even in the syringe, the woman cried out in hysterical pain. Discover why in today's PODCAST.  Reserving judgment about others until the facts are known will save us from making wrongful responses.  https://www.keyministries.net/podcast/episode/d655c57d/why-the-pain

Do you find it easier to compliment people or criticize them?  Too often we don't know what we sound like unless somehow it is played back to us.  Listen how a little girl played back something her mother wished she had not said.  https://www.keyministries.net/podcast/episode/1ff3c091/it-doesnt-make-me-sick

What would you list as the Top Ten Liars Lies?   Listen to what one person thought was a good list.  Honesty is becoming a smudged commodity, but a society that is not built truthfulness can never be a successful or prosperous society.  https://www.keyministries.net/podcast/episode/1f817f98/top-ten-list

I had my own version of Clint Eastwood's famous line, "Make my day!"  But, it was not complimentary.  Now, what about you?  Have you let the negative thinkers and Mr. Know it Alls keep you from attempting something you have wanted to do?  https://www.keyministries.net/podcast/episode/2f2561b2/make-my-day

Two ladies look funny teaching about the good shepherd.  Talking about the Good shepherd, have you read the Shepherd Psalm recently?  https://www.keyministries.net/podcast/episode/3a09111e/the-shepherd-psalm

Listen to the humorous story of the grandmother who accidentally had the children brush with something other than tooth paste.  Reading labels before usage is important.  Before we jump into the next big venture, we need to make sure we know what the big adventure contains.  https://www.keyministries.net/podcast/episode/2cbc8103/read-the-label

"Do all you can to live in peace with everyone" Romans 12:18 NLT, should be the objective of every leader as well as every individual.  Peaceful co-existence and holiness are two important things a Christian is to pursue, but not peace at all costs.  What course should a leader take?  https://www.keyministries.net/podcast/episode/1aa6f26a/podcast-53-make-every-effort-to-live-in-peac...

Some people would like their life to be a perpetual paradise of all sun and no rain.  However, life is seldom like that and if it were, it might turn out to be a barren desert.  Listen to the description of life between the mountains and the sea.  https://www.keyministries.net/podcast/episode/25d5b055/desert-or-paradise

Charlie Steinmetz sent a large invoice to Henry Ford, which Ford objected to.  Listen to the interesting response Steinmetz gave to Ford.  How can we make ourselves more effective in serving others?

Do you remember Y2K and the fears many had about the potential for impending catastrophe?  Such national fears are not new.  Listen to a story following the death of Abraham Lincoln.  We need to be periodically reminded that God still reigns.  https://www.keyministries.net/podcast/episode/3b73e280/the-new-millenium

Christopher Columbus persisted in order to get the ships and equipment necessary to sail west.  Listen to the story about the obstacles he had to overcome to get what he needed.  Persistence is a great quality.  https://www.keyministries.net/podcast/episode/44d586f6/persistence

Listen to the story of the sharp shooter who never missed the bull's eye.  How did he do it?  Setting a standard or a goal gives direction and purpose to what we do.  https://www.keyministries.net/podcast/episode/24f2aeff/hit-the-bulls-eye