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The Path Principle
Contributed by Jeff Strite on Jan 14, 2008 (message contributor)
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1. The Path Principle - New Year's
Contributed on Jan 14, 2008
Many people are "directionall challenged". In other words, they have no goals in their lives and often end up in painful relationships and situations because they don’t plan to get anywhere in their lives.
OPEN: On New Year’s Day, 1929, Georgia Tech played UCLA in the Rose Bowl. In that game a young man named Roy Riegels recovered a fumble for UCLA. Picking up the loose ball, and he ran 65 yards toward goal line. Unfortunately… he had gotten confused… it was the wrong goal line. One of his ...read more
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2. The Separation Principle
Contributed on Jan 21, 2008
Not every path will take you where you need to go. But how do you know what the "right" path is when there are so many choices?
OPEN: In the classic children’s book “Alice in Wonderland,” Alice comes to a junction in the road that leads off in different directions and seeing the Cheshire Cat she asks him for advice: “Would you tell me please, which way I ought to go from here?” “That depends a good deal on where you ...read more
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3. Spiritual Add
Contributed on Jan 28, 2008
If we’re not careful we can allow the "good" thing in our lives to distract us from the most important thing God wants us to see.
OPEN: Back in 1884 John Henry Patterson formed the National Cash Register Co. and he led the company to prominence and profitability. He made it successful because he paid attention to details and kept an eye on each dept. in the company. At one point, it became apparent that the factory was ...read more