Got a Minute with John Ed Mathison

Pack a good lunchbox for your kids, but more importantly pack their day with positive, encouraging, helpful, Biblical suggestions to help them live to fulfill God's purpose for them.

When God puts His approval on anything in life, it's more valuable than a signed etching by any great artist. Explore His Word today.

If all of us raised better children, such drastic means of disciplining a child would not be necessary. The best place to start is in our own homes, neighborhoods, and schools.

If you are a follower of Christ, I hope that you speak with authenticity and enthusiasm and believability as you live your life every day.

Don't treat people who you think are first class, and act a different way around economy class. God only sees one class of people.

How much integrity we have could be the most important measuring stick of our success.  How much integrity does your life show?

 Be alert and attentive to things around you today and you might have the chance to save a life from some person or some animal.

Then she shouted, “He ain't back in here? He's done gone already!” Hey friends, that is the story of Easter.

“Then, why send me to a religion whose leader is dead? Instead, send me to Christ who is alive.” He is alive, He is giving directions, and we can follow Him today!

He destroyed the sailing myth. Jesus destroyed the myth that death was the end. There is life after death. He is alive.

Good Friday is what Jesus did for you to become a new creature in Christ.

At every age, make some signs indicating the goal of what God wants to help you accomplish—then go for the gold. 

Loving God and loving our fellow man are values that only get more important every day that we live. Those values won't change.

He is the only King who was victorious over the grave, and He is still victorious today and He lives.

Let those palm branches be a sign to you for His victory and claim Jesus is the Messiah by walking in the way of His suffering and His cross. He wins. Jesus wins.

He won't livestream your sins—He will just forgive them and forget them if you genuinely confess. God has never lost a lawsuit.

Live to the fullest while you are awake and get medical and spiritual help that you might need to give you a good night's sleep. Be careful what you do in your sleep.

What can you do today to help somebody you have known in the past find affirmation, encouragement, and potentially a lot of new friends and maybe even a new job?

How do you go about making tough decisions to be sure you make the right decisions?

Jesus brings stability with His ability to cause all things to work together for His purpose when we trust in Him. How stable is your life?

If a bee can do that, God will supply whatever I need to accomplish the task He has for me –Like the honeybee, I need to keep trying, working, and never quit.

Encourage them, complement them, and offer to give them a hand in accomplishing their tasks.  That strategy is far more productive than any drug.

Doing something good for somebody is within the realm of possibility for each of us.

How cool can you remain when you are in a dangerous situation? Be sure you handle it carefully with creativity and excellence.

You don't need a password to get into the Bible.  Read the Bible and get the right passwords to life!

Whatever your age today, what are you doing to prolong your life and improve your health, and don't hesitate to ask for your doctor's help.

More importantly, what are you doing to prove that you are doing something in the best interest of a world that desperately needs some good news?

Today, you might be struggling with something.  Be open to an answer that God might show you how to turn something bad into something good.

If you lose something important, don't ever give up on finding it. Keep looking. You might be in for a miraculous surprise!

They began to love and appreciate a new hairdo. People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care.

God loves creating huge results from small opportunities.  How can He use you to do that today?

In life, it's easy to wind up in the wrong place. God can re-route you today to get where God wants you to be.

The best thing to do is to change the law rather than complain about how bad the law might be. If it's wrong, do something about it. 

 Let me ask you a question, do we need to let God operate today on some of our bones?  God is the perfect orthopedic surgeon.

Valvano never gave up – his biggest victory is the difference he is still making in cancer research.

It's good to honor a cat.  Who are you willing to honor in some way for some accomplishment that helped make your life better?

Does your life get a Seal of Approval from God?  Is there anything you need to change in order that your life will advertise the purpose of God so He can give you the Seal of Approval?

What can you do that will make life better for everybody?  Remember, if you care enough to build them, small ideas can lead to big changes.

 If first graders can do that in New York- any aged person should be able to do it anywhere in the US.  What are you willing to do today?

You can actually take a photograph in your mind of a lot of people you will meet “up there.”  Are there others you need to carry with you?

 We have very little control of other people's opinion of us, but we ought to be in complete control of our opinion of them – and how we express it with kindness and love. 

What would happen if we were as interested in loving and encouraging each other as fighting each other – even if it's just with pillows?

Just because some things might have a day, be sure you know that this day is that day.

Proper behavior will produce helpful results.  In life, use your clarinets to make music and not to fool AI detection systems.

 How could you use your creative gifts to make life better for somebody?  You might give somebody the incentive and the resources to try to write a narrative for a life that counts.

 It's never too late to take on a new challenge.  What new challenge are you willing to take on today?

That young man has a Godly winning attitude. What's your attitude?

 Is age an excuse or a reality when you give a negative response to an opportunity? 

When the anthem started, every player put his hand over his heart and stood at attention.  I love that discipline.

Like Charley Brown, Schulz never let rejection or failure stop him.  Never let failures stop you.  Don't quit.  

Integrity today is seldom seen.  While it may be unpopular and seldomly practiced, integrity is knowing that doing the right thing is the right thing to do.