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An Investment More Precious than Gold or Silver and it’s Free…
Written by Jimmie Burroughs with helps from every student.com. The infinite value of eternal life is free to all who will receive it. It’s easy to go through life and avoid the most valuable things, focusing instead on things which are temporal and fleeting away. The apostle Paul said: “Yes, everything else is worthless when compared with the infinite value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake, I have discarded everything else, counting it all as garbage so that I could gain Christ.” Philippians 3:8, New Living Translation (©2007) It is astounding at what lengths people will go to today to make more money, and to get more…
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What Matters in Life?
Website DIVISIONS (Over 600 articles to help you to grow in every facet of your life) Written by Jimmie Burroughs – Email this article to a friend If someone were to ask you at the end of your life did your life really matter, how would you answer the question? What matters in life must first be decided before a person can determine how they can live a life that matters . . . “Nothing matters unless it matters absolutely.” Dr. William Vallicella. What forms the basis of your belief determines if anything matters, or if everything matters; there is no grey area. Today the supposition that there are no…
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5 Rules of Good Communication
Website DIVISIONS (Over 600 articles to help you to grow in every facet of your life) Written by Jimmie Burroughs Email this article to a friend For every discipline there are rules to be followed in order to reach maximum effectiveness. This is especially true for communicating your ideas to others. I’ve been a public speaker for more than 40 years and I know from experience how important it is to abide by good rules in addressing a crowd or one on one. There are many rules that apply but for the sake of space I’ll just list 5 that I consider to be very important: Consider the reference points…