Starting Right
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.
Episodes
1422 episodes
Pray First, Aim High, Stay Focused
A single choice can feel impossible when fear, urgency, and noise pull in every direction. We share a vivid story of a farmer facing empty cupboards and a shrinking list of options, then trace the unlikely path to abundance through three simple...
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Season 1
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Episode 2016
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5:06
What’s In Your Well
Ever notice how the words that slip out under pressure seem to come from nowhere? They don’t. They rise from a well you’ve been filling all along. We walk through how everyday inputs shape our reflexes when life squeezes us: the shows we watch,...
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Season 1
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Episode 2015
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5:45
If Faith Leaves No Footprint, Does It Live
Five minutes can tilt a whole day—and, over time, a whole life. Today we pull on a thread that’s easy to admire and hard to live: moving from hearing to doing. With a pointed line from Frederick Robertson and the steady wisdom of James 1, we ex...
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Episode 2014
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6:00
Priced Like A Masterpiece
A cracked bowl with a hole in the bottom costs the same as the finest vase—why? We open with a vivid story from a small pottery shop in Mexico where a potter names one price for every piece he made, perfect or flawed. That startling moment turn...
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Season 1
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Episode 2013
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5:36
Midnight Clear, Lasting Peace
A beloved carol hides a bold surprise: it leaves out the nativity while aiming straight at the heart of Christmas—peace on earth. We unpack the story behind It Came Upon a Midnight Clear, written by Edmund Sears in 1849, and explore why its foc...
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Season 1
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Episode 2012
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4:26
When Grace Rewrites A Life Story
Some mornings arrive with a courtroom in your head—charges, verdicts, and a sentence of “disqualified.” We open the day by breaking that cycle with a simple, world-shifting truth from Romans 8:1: there is no condemnation for those who belong to...
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Season 1
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Episode 2011
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5:42
First-Day Faith
A six-year-old prays for ice cream and changes the mood of an entire restaurant. What starts as a light moment on the first day of school turns into a lesson about humility, kindness, and the kind of faith that cuts through our adult overthinki...
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Season 1
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Episode 2010
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4:49
Headlines So Bad They’re Good, Medicine For The Soul
Five minutes can flip your morning from heavy to light, and today we prove it with a pocketful of hilariously bad newspaper headlines and a fresh take on joy as daily medicine. We start with a simple idea from Proverbs—“a cheerful heart is good...
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Season 1
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Episode 2009
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5:16
Light The Town, Light Your Life
What happens when someone tries to dim the meaning of Christmas? A small town in Illinois answered not with outrage, but with radiance—stringing crosses, stars, and manger scenes across porches, trees, and mailboxes until the whole place glowed...
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Season 1
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Episode 2008
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5:37
Hope In A Five-Minute Morning
The lights are going up, the mornings feel a little softer, and the longing for something steady returns. We open our Music Monday series with Matthew West’s “The Hope of Christmas” and trace a gentle arc from childhood wonder to a hope rooted ...
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Season 1
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Episode 2007
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5:17
When Trouble Hits, Real Friends Don’t Bail
Rumors rise, a palace falls, and a son turns the nation against its king. In the middle of the chaos, a quiet outsider steps forward and makes a vow that still stirs the soul: “Wherever you go, I go.” We unpack the story of Itai from 2 Samuel—w...
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Season 1
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Episode 2011
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5:35
Your Temper Called; It Wants A Day Off
What if “I’m just frustrated” is really anger wearing a friendly mask? We dive into the rising tide of quick tempers and explore a wiser, calmer alternative anchored in patience, repair, and faith. A memorable parable about a boy, a bag of nail...
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Season 1
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Episode 2010
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5:20
Never Too Old To Dream
A quiet nudge can carry more power than a lightning bolt. That’s the heartbeat of today’s five-minute reset as we explore how vision shapes a meaningful life, why our deepest aims often go dormant, and how to bring them back to life with small,...
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Season 1
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Episode 2009
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5:53
Dessert Is Coming, So Don’t Ditch Your Fork
A simple request at a kitchen table changed how we think about endings. We share the story of a young woman who, facing a terminal diagnosis, asked to be buried with a fork in her right hand—and how that small, surprising symbol reframed grief,...
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Season 1
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Episode 2008
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5:22
Grace For A New Day
Start the morning with a soundtrack that tells the truth about your past and points you toward a better future. We sit with Micah Tyler’s “I See Grace,” tracing how a song written from pain can become a compass for anyone battling shame, regret...
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Season 1
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Episode 2007
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5:46
Noah’s Eight Lessons For Today
Start with a cup of coffee and a better compass. We take Noah’s story out of the kids’ corner and treat it like what it is: a field guide for modern life under pressure. In five sharp minutes, I walk through eight takeaways that help you act be...
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Season 1
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Episode 2005
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5:50
Grace That Saves, Discipline That Transforms
A brush with flashing lights and a wave of relief can feel like mercy—but what if that relief teaches the wrong lesson? We open with a candid speeding story and move straight into a deeper truth: God’s grace fully forgives, yet never invites us...
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Season 1
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Episode 2004
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6:13
Stop Comparing, Start Becoming
Ever felt that quiet panic that everyone else has it figured out while you’re still catching up? We dive into the pressure of comparison at work and at home, and why chasing other people’s timelines drains joy, slows learning, and masks your re...
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Season 1
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Episode 2003
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4:53
When Words Fail, Love Still Speaks
Some mornings demand more than coffee. Today we open a tender letter from a father to his daughter, Bristol—a child whose life carried deep beauty alongside relentless suffering—and we sit with the kind of love that keeps showing up when nothin...
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Season 1
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Episode 2002
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5:53
Speak The Name
Start your day with a clear mind and a stronger heart as we explore the story behind “I Speak Jesus” and the ministry collective Here Be Lions. We share how a simple prayer—“I just want to speak the name of Jesus”—became a song that many artist...
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4:59
So Peter Messed Up… Same Boat?
Some mornings start empty, like nets dragged through dark water. Then a familiar voice from the shore changes everything. We walk with Peter from the sting of denial to the warmth of a charcoal fire, where Jesus serves breakfast and asks the on...
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Season 1
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Episode 2002
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5:25
Expect The Rain
Some mornings demand more than coffee. They ask for courage tall enough to face long delays, honest enough to name doubt, and steady enough to keep praying anyway. We lean into a simple but disruptive idea: faith grows stronger when hope turns ...
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5:02
Light For Your Path
When the morning feels foggy and your next step isn’t obvious, a single line can reset your footing: “Your word is a lamp to guide my feet and a light for my path.” That image frames a fast, five-minute journey through ten surprising Bible fact...
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5:57
Remembrance And Hope
A single photograph can carry the weight of a nation’s heart. On Remembrance Day, we revisit the moment a five-year-old boy reached for his father marching to war in New Westminster, a split-second captured by photographer Claude Detloff that b...
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Season 1
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Episode 1902
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5:49
Belonging Starts The Day Right
Some mornings start with a thud: the email you’re dreading, the bill on the counter, the ache you can’t quite name. We open the day with a five-minute reset built around one idea with real teeth—belonging changes everything—and a track that hel...
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Season 1
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Episode 1901
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4:45