Starting Right is a 5 minute Day Starter to help keep you motivated, encouraged, and focused throughout your day. DannyMac is a pastor, teacher, motivational speaker, husband, and father. His years of leading and training people have given him vast experience in helping individuals to accomplish change in their lives and meet their goals. He can help you set the course for your day by offering practical advice from God's Word in a positive and fun way. There is no better way to begin your day than by Starting Right with DannyMac.
America's Funniest Videos have been a mainstay on television for almost 40 years. It's appeal is watching people or animals or situations where something unexpected happens that makes us laugh. There is a German word for that, Schadenfreude, which translated means, "rejoicing in someone's misery." We talk some more about that today. We would love to hear your comments. Send us a Text Message Support the show...
Jesus taught his disciples by bringing them alongside himself and letting them see and learn from him. This is the power of influence and mentoring. On Tuesday's we usually look at Christian music, today we take a minor detour into another genre but still with a song that has a powerful truth in it. Country music superstars, Brooks and Dunn have a very moving song with a wonderful message with 'Believe.' Enjoy. Youtube link to 'Believe' https://youtu.be/X5z-jjWyAJQ We would love to hear your com...
In 1965, Burt Bacharach wrote the song 'What the World Needs Now (is Love Sweet Love).' I think most people will agree that our world needs some love today. But it is a much different love that Burt was writing about. Listen today and find out about the love that can change the world. We would love to hear your comments. Send us a Text Message Support the show...
Welcome to the Friday Roundup. Today we present a summary of this week's episodes. If you find that you have missed an episode be sure to go back and listen to it in its entirety. Have a great weekend. We would love to hear your comments. Send us a Text Message Support the show
Hollywood Gossip. Political Gossip. The juiciest gossip always draws an audience. But it does far more than that. Today we talk about the rest of what gossip does and give an alternative. We would love to hear your comments. Send us a Text Message Support the show
When was the last time you read through the entire book of Acts. I hadn't done that for a long time and I read about the thriving church that was begun and saw that they sang songs and hymns. I began to wonder what kind of hymns they sang. And then I remembered that Paul had quoted one of those hymns in a letter to Timothy. It is amazing what I found out. We would love to hear your comments. Send us a Text Message Support the show...
In 2018 Chris Tomlin release his worship album, Holy Roar, and shortly thereafter, he released the first single from the album, Is He Worthy. This song quickly became one of the year's top worship songs. The song was written by Andrew Peterson and today we look at his motivation behind writing this powerful song. Here is the youtube link to 'Is He Worthy.' https://youtu.be/FkRiYsTN7KY We would love to hear your comments. Send us a Text Message Support the show...
Competition always creates two things, some who win and some who lose. But athletes know that losing is part of the process to get to winning. They will never learn to win without suffering loss. We sometimes get sidetracked in our lives because we feel that if we fail at something, it is not to be, or it is not God's will for our lives. Today we look at that reasoning through the eyes of athletes. We would love to hear your comments. Send us a Text Message Support the show...
Today we continue our series on Olympic Heroes as we look at three ladies who competed in this year's Olympics, Tatjana Schoenmaker from South Africa, Athing Mu of the USA, and Simone Biles also of the USA. Each of these ladies will leave the Olympics with medals and with a greater platform to share their beliefs. We would love to hear your comments. Send us a Text Message Support the show...
21 year old, Sydney McLaughlin ran in the Women's 400 meter Hurdles event this past Tuesday. She won the Gold, setting a new world record. The story behind her Olympic victory tells us much more about the changes in her life over the past year and what was an even bigger personal victory. Enjoy her story today. We would love to hear your comments. Send us a Text Message Support the show...
We continue our look at some of the Christian athletes competing in the Tokyo Olympic Games. Today our focus is on Kyle Snyder, a 25-year-old wrestler representing the United States. He won the gold medal for his weight class in the 2016 Olympics, and he is the favorite once again, but he faces the only challenger who has defeated him in a major event. His approach to his sport and life will encourage you. We would love to hear your comments. Send us a Text Message Support the show...
TobyMac's latest release, Help is on the Way, has climbed the Christian music charts reaching as high as number 2, and with good reason. This song is Toby's song of hope that was birthed out of family tragedies. In just over a year he lost his oldest son, his sister, and the stress of Covid 19 and all its restrictions. From out of those heartaches comes this powerful song of hope presented in TobyMac style and power. Enjoy the story behind the song today. Here is the youtube link to Help is on t...
Charles Fernandez will represent Guatemala at the 2021 Olympic Games in the Pentathlon, a grueling 5 part event that takes place all in one day. But Charles is much more than a pentathlete, he is the son of missionaries, living in Guatemala since he was 7. He has been able to use his athletic abilities to minister and help some of the neediest people in his country. Listen today to hear more of his great story. We would love to hear your comments. Send us a Text Message Support the show...
Welcome to the Friday Roundup. This week we have seen the power of faith from a brand new Christian. We have listened to Danny Gokey reminding us to be patient, we just haven't seen it yet. And we have looked at a couple of Olympic athletes. Enjoy today's summary of our week. We would love to hear your comments. Send us a Text Message Support the show...
Derek Redmond was feeling confident in his medal quest during the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. He was one of the fastest in the world in his event, the 400 meters. But during his semi-final race disaster struck. It ended Derek's quest for a medal but it has left a legacy as one of the most memorable moments in modern.Olympic history. We would love to hear your comments. Send us a Text Message Support the show...
The 2021 Olympics are now well underway and while there are no crowds to cheer them on, the athletes are still performing with incredible feats of strength and speed. Today we want to introduce you to Nicola McDermott, an Australian who has a very real chance at an Olympic medal and she is also a very committed Christian. I think you will enjoy her story. We would love to hear your comments. Send us a Text Message Support the show...
Danny Gokey recorded, 'Haven't Seen It Yet' back in 2019. It is a song that came out of his personal life when back in 2008 his wife died from complications during heart surgery. He didn't understand why God allowed her to die, and why didn't God answer his prayers. The lessons Danny learned during that time gave birth to this song. Here is the youtube link to, "Haven't Seen It Yet" https://youtu.be/X1eMZiOJ0a0 We would love to hear your comments. Send us a Text Message Support the show...
Every Home For Christ, has a powerful history of reaching people with the message of God's love. Today's story was told by Dick Eastman, their International President. He tells of two EHC missionaries and their encounter with Shanti. They brought the message, but Shanti's faith changed the village. We would love to hear your comments. Send us a Text Message Support the show...
Welcome to the Friday Roundup. Today we share a quick summary of each of our episodes from the week. I hope you enjoy it and make sure to go back and listen to the full-length episode if there is one you missed. Have a great weekend. We would love to hear your comments. Send us a Text Message Support the show
At the age of 15, John Goddard sat down and wrote 127 goals for his life. By the time he died in 2013, he had accomplished 108 of them. Many of us have few or no goals for our lives and the result is that life happens to us, and we struggle to feel that we are accomplishing anything. Today we talk about how we can set Godly goals and begin moving towards them. We would love to hear your comments. Send us a Text Message Support the show...
Jesus spoke the second shortest verse in the Bible, 'Remember Lot's wife.' While the Bible names over 147 women, Lot's wife is the only one we are told to remember. Today we look at why. We would love to hear your comments. Send us a Text Message Support the show
What did you do during the lockdowns that kept you sane? Today we look at a song from Rhett Walker, just released in February this year, in which he tells us all about how he and his family kept sane and celebrating. Enjoy Gospel Song. Here is the YouTube link to Gospel Song. https://youtu.be/91Ab1IP2DL8 We would love to hear your comments. Send us a Text Message Support the show...
A shipwreck, a sole survivor, and a cry to God for help. Listen to our story today to find out what happens and what the survivor learned. We would love to hear your comments. Send us a Text Message Support the show
Welcome to our Best Stories Week. We have combed through our first 15 months of episodes to bring you some of our best stories. Have you ever done something so embarrassing that you just wanted to hide and never come out. Check out our story today and see how a football player who made the biggest mistake was dealt with by his coach. We would love to hear your comments. Send us a Text Message Support the show...
Welcome to our Best Stories Week. We have combed through our first 15 months of episodes to bring you some of our best stories. This story is from May 26, 2020. We sometimes lose sight of what it means to have faith, and that is often when encouragement comes from some unexpected sources. We would love to hear your comments. Send us a Text Message Support the show...
Welcome to our Best Stories Week. We have combed through our first 15 months of episodes to bring you some of our best stories. Today's story is from October 22, 2020. Remember when you and your friends would all pile into a car and head out on a road trip. Today's episode features the story of one of the most famous road trips in automotive history. Only this was a road trip with a twist. We would love to hear your comments. Send us a Text Message Support the show...
Welcome to our Best Stories Week. We have combed through our first 15 months of episodes to bring you some of our best stories. Today's episode is from January 21, 2021. Danny was in grade 3 and was asked about what he knew about God. You will love his answers that are filled with the child-like faith that Jesus praised We would love to hear your comments. Send us a Text Message Support the show...
Welcome to our Best Stories Week. We have combed through our first 15 months of episodes to bring you some of our best stories. Today is the episode from September 14, 2020. During a drought a church called a prayer meeting and one young girl had more faith than all the rest. We would love to hear your comments. Send us a Text Message Support the show...
Welcome to the Friday Roundup. Today we present a summary of each of our daily episodes from the week. Check it out and see if there is one you missed and would like to go back and listen to. Have a great weekend. We would love to hear your comments. Send us a Text Message Support the show
In 1992 Harvey Pennick wrote The Little Red Book, which became the best-selling sports book of all time. At first he thought this collection of advice about golf would be fun to hand down to his children, but then a publisher offered him a deal that he almost turned down, because he didn't understand what was being offered. We would love to hear your comments. Send us a Text Message Support the show...
