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
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I Love to Tell The Story
A hymn can feel like background noise until you learn what it cost someone to write it. Today we step back into 1800s London to trace the surprising origin of “I Love to Tell the Story,” a cornerstone of Christian hymnbooks that grew out of ref...
Good Soil
Your Bible can feel powerful one moment and distant the next, and that swing can leave you wondering what’s wrong with your faith. We open Luke 8 and sit with Jesus’ parable of the sower, a vivid picture of the Word of God as good seed and our ...
Relationships
Prayer can feel confusing when the internet turns it into a formula: say the right words, push the right buttons, get the result you want. I’m not buying that, and today I explain why. We take a clear look at what Christian prayer actually is a...
Lessons From A Failure.
Failure can feel personal fast. One rough conversation, one bad decision at work, one plan that backfires, and suddenly we start talking to ourselves like we’re the problem instead of someone who had a problem. Today I share a quick reset built...
When Church Music Changes
A new worship song starts on Sunday and suddenly the room feels split: some people light up, others shut down. We get it. Church music is personal, tied to memory, tradition, and the way we learned to worship. Today we step back from debating s...
How Great is Our God
The phrase “God is great” can become so familiar that it turns into background noise. Today we slow down long enough to hear it again with fresh weight and real wonder, using Chris Tomlin’s “How Great Is Our God” World Edition as a soundtrack f...
LionHearted
A man sees a lion on a snowy day and does the unthinkable: he chases it. That single decision turns into one of the most memorable courage stories in the Bible, and it’s the spark for today’s five-minute start on Starting Right with Danny Mack....
Nothing Happens by Chance
A delayed flight, an emergency landing, and a storm so bad a seasoned doctor can’t even see the road ahead. Most of us would call that a terrible day. We call it a clue. If you’ve been praying for something that feels impossible, this short dai...
Amateurs Built The Ark And It Worked
Noah’s Ark is one of the most famous stories in the Bible, but it can lose its edge when we only remember it as a kids’ lesson. We read Genesis 6 and slow down long enough to notice what actually makes Noah different: he walks in close fellowsh...
Do You Want To Be Well
A man sits on the ground in Jerusalem while the city surges around him, and one detail stops everything cold: an open, untreated wound presented to strangers for spare change. We share Kay Arthur’s modern story because it grabs the heart fast a...
Don’t Stop Praying
When life backs you into a corner, prayer can start to feel like the hardest thing to keep doing. The tears run dry, the breakthrough doesn’t come, and you catch yourself thinking, Why should I even keep believing? Today’s Music Monday on Start...
When Your Studebaker Breaks Down In Life
Your dream can feel strongest on day one and most foolish on the day everything breaks down. I start with a surprising place: the original 1979 Muppet Movie, where Kermit heads to Hollywood with a big goal, gathers friends, and then ends up str...
Problems Are Not The Enemy
Problems don’t just test you, they reveal you. When stress spikes and people around you start to panic, your response can either amplify fear or bring calm, clarity, and hope. Today on Starting Right, we talk about problem solving and leadershi...
You Can't Mean Me
A guest speaker once walked into a Baptist church and asked a question that made the room go quiet: “Are there any priests here today?” The punchline lands with purpose, because it forces a rethink of who God says we are. We talk about why ever...
Jeans And Jesus
The fastest way to feel anxious is to believe you’re always one purchase behind. Today’s Music Monday is a five-minute Christian devotional that pushes back on the “more, more, more” story and replaces it with something sturdier: contentment ro...
Throw Off The Old You Already Wore Out
Change can feel like a threat, especially when it exposes the parts of us we would rather keep hidden. We open Ephesians 4:21–24 and get honest about what real Christian growth looks like: throwing off the old sinful nature, letting the Spirit ...
God’s Sense Of Humor
Does God have a sense of humor? We say yes, and we don’t have to stretch to prove it. The Bible has moments that are blunt, witty, and surprisingly funny, and those moments can do more than make us smile. They can remind us that God meets us in...
Courage Under Pressure
One demand. One song. One moment where the crowd bows and you decide whether you will blend in or stand firm. We walk through Daniel 3 and the story of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, three young Israelites living in Babylon under intense pres...
Stand Your Ground
A tired buffalo walks into an arena, lies down in the dirt, and instantly disappoints the crowd. Then the fighting bull charges and everything changes. The collision is so violent it sounds like an explosion, but when the dust clears, Pierre th...
Music Monday: The Goodness Of God
Some songs don’t just sound good, they steady you. Today’s Music Monday centers on “The Goodness Of God,” a worship anthem that keeps finding people right where they are, especially when life takes an unexpected turn into pain, uncertainty, or ...
Before You Judge
One small detail can change the entire story and if we miss it, we can end up judging someone unfairly. We start with a quick classroom scene where a teacher thinks her student cannot do basic addition. Two apples plus two apples should be four...
I Tried To Lead And Stepped On Her Foot
This episode was originally broadcast in the midst of Covid on May 20, 2020, The Pandemic is gone but these truths still speak to us. Enjoy!One awkward ballroom dance lesson exposed a problem I didn’t want to admit: I d...
God’s Foundation In Five Minutes
Shame has a loud voice, and fear loves to narrate your future. We push back by remembering what God has already done and what He has promised to keep doing, so we can live in the moment with a steady heart and real hope.We walk through ...
What If Your Burden Is Part Of A Bigger Plan
A contact lens goes missing halfway up a granite cliff, and what happens next is so unlikely it sticks with you for years. We tell the story of Brenda, a young woman who agrees to go rock climbing even though she’s scared to death, then faces a...