Daniel Dessinger

Category: Random

  • The Last King of Scotland

    After watching The Last King of Scotland, I felt a profound sadness. A sadness that comes only after seeing the dark and gritty underbelly of the world which we rarely, if ever, truly see.

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  • Dr. Mark Chironna

    Thought assessment and management is a critical assignment for all of us. For better or worse, our thoughts do govern our lives. In fact, they are the seedbeds of all we do. Our thoughts and actions are inseparable. Our doing never happens apart from our thinking. We then think about our outcomes, and yet all too often fail to realize that our outcomes originated in our thinking. Sound thinking is empowered by love.

  • Starting Simple: What Does it Mean to “Have Faith”?

    Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. This is what the ancients were commended for.

    Hebrews 11:1-2

    Faith is perhaps the most talked about word from the Bible, yet most people don’t understand it. We’ve all heard that first sentence, but I’m guessing many of us don’t have the second sentence memorized.

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  • Organic Isn’t Just Trendy. It’s The Way God Made Us

    Listening to a few people talk about eating healthy brought this point to mind. Some people treat the “organic” lifestyle as a fad – as though it were just another scheme to lose weight or lower your cholesterol level.

    That happens because we adopt labels without considering their origin. To these people, “organic” might as well be “low fat” or “no carbs”. It’s just a ploy to get people to spend more money on their health.

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  • Coming to Grips With Reality

    It’s time to come to grips with reality. All the prophetic words you’ve received. All the interior thoughts and warnings you’ve noticed but set aside.

    For too long, you’ve mismanaged the word of the Lord, preferring to hide out in the camp of entertainment. The future doesn’t not come because you were too busy watching television. Destiny doesn’t wait forever.

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  • I Meditate on Your Wonders

    Let me understand the teaching of your precepts*;
    then I will meditate on your wonders.

    Psalm 119:27

    One of the ways I want to grow, Father, is by meditating on Your wonders. Your great deeds tell me about who You are. I can see how You’ve responded to the cry of Your children in times past. And since You are unchanging, what I learn about you from the past is who You are today.

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  • Pleasing God and Receiving Human Approval

    Therefore do not let what you know is good be spoken of as evil. For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit, because anyone who serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and receives human approval.

    Romans 14:16-18

  • You are good and your mercies endure forever!

  • Spoken Words Alter Your Course

    After days, weeks, or even months of negative thinking, I can declare praise and thanks to Jesus and set into motion the transition of my thoughts and expectations toward the Kingdom of Heaven. It’s like pouring pure water into a vase of muddy water and displacing the mud as water overflows the top.

  • The fear of failure will eventually result in doing nothing.

    — John Paul Jackson