Onword and Upwords by Dennis Brady

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  • Who Can You Count On?

    You can’t count on anyone to lift you up when you are down. That sounds negative and I promise you that I’m not holding a gun to my head right now. But it is true and once we realize that… Continue reading

  • Believe These Things and Kick the Devil In the Teeth When He Starts Lying to You

    No weapon that is formed against you will prosper; And every tongue that accuses you in judgment you will condemn…Isaiah 54:17  He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ… Continue reading

  • Tis’ The Season

    Sleigh bells ring, are you listening? It’s upon us. That time of the year. Lights, decorations, festive songs, scented trees, Charlie Brown’s Christmas, long lines in the mall, maxed out credit cards, in-laws, tacky ties and soap-on-a-rope (a gift I… Continue reading

  • Waiting, Waiting and Waiting

    Yesterday I drove into the bank parking lot and the drive through was backed up 6 cars deep. Contrary to preference, I parked and went inside. I waited, waited and waited. I drove to the post office. I could barely… Continue reading

  • The Most Important Book

    I mentioned to you that I have a strategy for chiseling my body to resemble a Greek god…well, I didn’t exactly put it that way and I doubt that will happen, but I do have high hopes of getting in… Continue reading

  • Choosing Sides

    I was watching the Dallas Cowboys and Miami Dolphins game last night and Will asked which team I wanted to win. I waivered on my answer. Sandra said, “Can’t you give him an answer? He’s trying to talk to you.”… Continue reading

  • Day 100

    Exactly 96 days ago I posted, Better Habits, New Habitat, in which I confessed my most consistent character trait, inconsistency and my plan to get over it. It was a 5-5-25-25 plan; 5 minutes of prayer, 5 minutes of Bible reading,… Continue reading

  • Your Mistakes Don’t Define Your Destiny

    Peter denying Jesus 3 times before the rooster crowed is one of the most discussed events in the Bible. And it’s also one of the most encouraging. In Luke 22:31-32, Jesus tells Peter that Satan wanted him, but Jesus Himself… Continue reading

  • Who Do You Believe?

    There is no condemnation for those in Christ Jesus…Romans 8:1 This verse is telling us that God is not holding our mistakes against us. 1 John 1:9 tells us that “God is faithful and reliable. If we confess our sins,… Continue reading

  • Confidence Is Not a Competition

    I was competing against Will in our home bowling alley, Wii style, and I was on a roll, going for a turkey when Will started heckling me to mess up. A question rose up inside of me.  Why do we… Continue reading

  • The Icy Waters of North Myrtle Beach

    Last week my family and I spent a glorious week at the beach. We arrived on Sunday and the late October weather was sunny and 80 degrees all week. God knew that we were coming. We left the following Sunday… Continue reading

  • Proving Him Faithful

    In yesterday’s post I stated, “If I am dying to self so that He is increasing in me and the Him who is increasing in me is greater than the him that’s in the world, then I shouldn’t be a… Continue reading

  • No Self To Doubt

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  • I Want My Best Purpose Driven Life Now

    The company I work for recently had its employees take a personality test. It revealed that I didn’t have one. The company then hired a consultant to spend a day with us to help discover our God-given passions. It was an… Continue reading

  • Getting To The Root Of Things…

    I heard someone talking the other day about how her employer was treating her. She is performing tasks outside the scope of her position and she hasn’t had a raise since she was hired almost 3 years ago. In fact… Continue reading

  • Painfully Making Headway

    Yesterday was a beautiful, breezy and cool Fall Saturday. A great day for outdoor chores. At least I thought so. Young Prince Will, not so much. Anything other than playing Mario is a “not so much”. But he relented and… Continue reading

  • Trust

    Hollywood produces a lot of pointless movies. Some are even entertaining. Every now and then one comes along that fails to entertain, but does enlighten and educate. Sandra and I watched one of these the other night. Trust is a… Continue reading

  • A Little More Effort

    When was the last time someone blew your expectations out of the water; he/she just completely over performed? It doesn’t happen often, does it? It happened to me today. No, I wasn’t the over performer; I was the lucky recipient.… Continue reading

  • Learn From My Mistakes, The Sequel

    An earthquake rumbled through Charlotte and most of the East Coast today and I know that it’s because I am a day late delivering the 2 remaining life-changing, mind-bending amazing tips that I promised in Learn From My Mistakes. I… Continue reading

  • Playing Chicken

    I know, promised you that I’d give you the other 2 tips tomorrow, but it’s not tomorrow yet. It’s still today. And I have something else, so you’ll still have to wait til tomorrow for the remaining 2 tips. This… Continue reading

  • Learn From My Mistakes

    Forty-four years on this planet and I’ve learned a few things that I feel are my moral responsibility to pass along to make your life a little easier. While it’s true that I just learned these 3 things recently myself,… Continue reading

  • Better Habits, New Habitat

    I recently posted a blog, Are You Dreaming or Are You Doing?, and it basically dealt with my most consistent character trait, which is my inconsistency. I ended the blog with a message that God was trying to get through… Continue reading

  • Happy Birthday, Keely!

    Happy Birthday to my beautiful 14 year old miracle daughter, Keely. She was the gift God gave to me to prove that He is real! Check out her new website which is just underway at www.keelybrady.com. Continue reading

    Happy Birthday, Keely!

  • Are You Dreaming or Are You Doing?

    I made a profound statement to my daughter, Shelby today and the words have been stirring around in my head ever since. So, that tells me 2 things. The first is positively true; the second is probably true. One, if… Continue reading

  • UNDERWATER HOCKEY, REALLY?

    I was pretty sure that we Americans have too much time on our hands. How else could you explain the prevalence of reality TV shows? Then when curling became a wildly popular Olympic event, my suspicions grew to almost 100%.… Continue reading

  • The Apple Fell Too Far Away

    My parents are gardeners. Me…not so much. The apple fell a little too far away from the tree.(Pause for laughter). But that doesn’t mean I forsake trying. I like tomato sandwiches. So every now and again I will buy a… Continue reading

  • Who’s Being Unreasonable?

    My kids think I am unreasonable at times, well, maybe a lot of times. High expectations, unreasonable demands and just plain grumpy. Since they are unemployed, too young to drive and because we don’t live in West Virginia, they aren’t… Continue reading

  • Counting the Costs

    My daughter, Keely, asked me the other day if we had any electrical tape. I responded, “Probably”.  She continued to stare at me. She asked me a question and I answered it. I was ready to move on. I was… Continue reading

  • Are You Hanging Out in the Kiddie Pool?

    Will took swimming lessons at the Y this summer. He wasn’t thrilled about it. I could have taught him how my grandfather taught my dad…just threw him in the river and hoped that he was a fast study. We’ve come… Continue reading

  • Follow 2011

    Pastor Steven took away any excuse a person might have not to be baptized this weekend as Elevation Church did spontaneous baptisms at all 4 campuses this weekend. By spontaneous, I mean that attendees didn’t know about it, but the… Continue reading