Nikki Dyess (Alabama, USA)
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Sign Up TodayLet your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven. - Matthew 5:16 (NRSV)
In my role as a career coach for high school students, I was presenting a lesson on the importance of a positive attitude in the workplace. A student I didn’t know very well surprised me by noting my consistent positivity and asking where it came from. Without hesitation, I answered,...
My positive attitude can share the light of Christ with others.
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I join many of those who will pray for you as you seek to discern what you are called to be at this moment. May God grant you the courage to fulfill that calling. May we all open our eyes and see the misery, open our ears and hear the cries of God’s people, and, like God through the Lord Jesus Christ, be incarnate amongst them.”
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