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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

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5:23

Two Horses Walk into a Field—Only One Has a Bell

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2025/10/01

Start your day with a clear mind and a grounded heart. We explore what it means to be led, not driven—drawing on the Good Shepherd picture from Scripture and a vivid story of two horses, one blind and one wearing a bell. Together, they show how steady guidance outperforms constant striving, and how small, consistent cues can bring us back to safety, nourishment, and peace when life feels loud. We break down the power of recognition—“My sheep hear my voice”—and offer practical ways to build th...

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5:38

God's Rest Stop for Worn-Out Warriors

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2025/09/29

Ever felt completely drained - spiritually, emotionally, and physically? That moment when you're simply tired of the stress of being you? You're in good company. Today we dive into the fascinating story of the prophet Elijah, who, fresh off a spectacular victory against the prophets of Baal, found himself running for his life and collapsing in exhaustion under a desert tree. What strikes me most about this biblical account isn't just Elijah's vulnerability, but God's response to it. There's n...

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5:37

Faith Beyond Words

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2025/09/26

Have you ever wondered what extraordinary faith really looks like? Today's episode explores the difference between intellectual assent and true powerful faith. To illustrate this difference, I share the fascinating story of Charles Blondin, the legendary tightrope walker who crossed Niagara Falls multiple times in 1859. After pushing a wheelbarrow across the tightrope, Blondin asked the cheering crowd if they believed he could carry a person across. They enthusiastically affirmed their belief...

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5:07

The Hot Dog Seller's Lesson

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2025/09/25

Have you ever noticed how quickly your outlook can change based on who you're listening to? Today's powerful parable about a roadside hot dog vendor reveals this truth in vivid detail. The story follows an elderly man with poor hearing and eyesight who builds a thriving hot dog business through simple, enthusiastic promotion. Without access to news or social media, he focuses solely on making excellent hot dogs and his business flourishes. Everything changes when his college-educated son retu...

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5:20

Pirates, Pieces of Eight, and the Peace That...

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2025/09/24

What drives our fascination with hidden treasure? From childhood pirate stories to television shows about underwater discoveries, there's something compelling about the search for valuable things lost to time. Today's reflection bridges my personal connection to maritime history—a piece of silver from the legendary Atocha shipwreck—with the far greater treasure described in Matthew 13:44. The Atocha's story is remarkable: a Spanish galleon laden with New World riches, sunk by a hurrican...

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5:08

Are Distractions Stealing Your Relationship With Christ?

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2025/09/23

Have you noticed how increasingly difficult it's become to carve out meaningful time with God? You're not alone. The modern landscape of constant notifications, endless responsibilities, and perpetual entertainment options creates the perfect breeding ground for spiritual disconnection. Today's episode uncovers a thought-provoking fictional account of Satan's convention—where he reveals his master strategy isn't keeping believers from church or Bible reading. Rather, it's keeping Christians s...

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5:16

More Than Able

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2025/09/22

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4:58

Faith Beyond Sight

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2025/09/19

Have you ever wondered what it really means to "live by faith, not by sight"? This morning, I dive into this challenging concept from 2 Corinthians 5:7 through two powerful stories that illuminate this spiritual principle in vivid, practical ways. First, I share the tragic story of John Kennedy Jr.'s fatal flight to Martha's Vineyard in 1999. Kennedy, who held only a Visual Flight Rating, experienced spatial disorientation when visibility deteriorated. Unable to trust instruments over his sen...

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5:56

Waking Before Dying

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2025/09/18

Have you ever considered that sometimes our most profound spiritual insights come from the most unexpected sources? In this episode of Starting Right, we explore a touching story of a young father and his four-year-old son at bedtime prayers. When the little boy accidentally reversed the traditional bedtime prayer to say "If I should wake before I die," what seemed like a mistake revealed a powerful truth: God's desire isn't merely for us to make it to heaven someday—it's for us to truly live...

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5:53

The Fireman's Promise

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2025/09/17

What happens when ordinary people choose extraordinary compassion? Today's episode tells the deeply moving story of Billy, a six-year-old boy with terminal leukemia whose simple wish to become a fireman triggered an unexpected chain of events. When a heartbroken mother in Phoenix approached her local fire department asking if her dying son could simply ride around the block in a fire engine, Fireman Bob's response changed everything: "We can do better than that." What followed wasn't just the...

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4:36

The Choice to Be Made Well

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2025/09/16

Kay Arthur's powerful story from the streets of Jerusalem introduces us to a beggar who deliberately maintained his infected leg wound to receive charity from tourists. Despite having access to medical care, he chose to remain unwell because he had built his entire livelihood around his injury. This modern parallel to the biblical account in John 5 – where Jesus encounters a man who had been ill for 38 years – raises a profound question for all of us. Jesus asked the man beside the pool of Be...

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4:35

Unmovable: Finding Strength in God's Protection

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2025/09/15

Have you ever wondered what happens when a powerful Mexican fighting bull meets a stubborn South Dakota buffalo? The answer holds a surprising spiritual lesson that might just transform how you face today's challenges. Danny Mac brings us a fascinating historical account from 1907, when cattle rancher Scotty Phillip bet that his buffalo could defeat the supposedly unbeatable fighting bulls of Juarez, Mexico. The story of eight-year-old buffalo Pierre's showdown in the arena unfolds with unexp...

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4:24

Fumbles, Faith, and Fresh Starts

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2025/09/12

Have you ever made a mistake so embarrassing you wanted to hide forever? The story of Roy Regals might just give you the courage to face your second half. During the 1929 Rose Bowl, Roy Regals became infamous for scooping up a fumble and running the wrong way down the field. Stopped just shy of scoring for the opposing team, he was devastated. At halftime, overcome with shame, he told his coach he couldn't possibly return to the field. "I've ruined you, I've ruined myself, I've ruined the Uni...

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5:32

Morning Kindness

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2025/09/11

What happens when a simple thank-you note travels far beyond its intended recipient? Today's episode explores the remarkable ripple effect of gratitude through the story of Emerson Weber, a young letter writer who changed hundreds of lives with a single note of appreciation to her mail carrier. I share how Emerson's thank-you letter to her postal worker Doug sparked an unexpected chain reaction. After being published in the USPS internal newsletter, her message resonated so deeply that ...

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5:13

The Piccolo Principle

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2025/09/10

Do you ever feel like your life lacks significance? Like you're just a small note in a grand symphony that no one would notice if it went missing? Today's episode challenges that notion with a powerful story about a piccolo player in Michael Costa's London Philharmonic Orchestra who thought his contribution didn't matter—until the moment he stopped playing and the renowned conductor immediately halted everything, asking "Where's the piccolo?" This compelling story perfectly illustrates the bi...

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5:59

Unearthing Truth: The Seal of Elishama

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2025/09/09

Have you ever wondered if the Bible's historical accounts are actually true? Today's episode examines compelling archaeological evidence that validates Scripture's accuracy through an unexpected source. The discovery of a tiny clay seal in 1986 near Jerusalem's ancient temple site revealed something remarkable. This seal, belonging to a man named Elishama who served as a secretary in the king's palace around 600 BC, perfectly matches the biblical record found in Jeremiah 36. Though Elishama a...

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5:39

Desperate Faith

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2025/09/08

Have you ever found yourself on your knees, completely out of options, crying out to heaven? Today's episode explores the raw power of desperate prayer through Jamie McDonald's moving song "Desperate." The lyrics of "Desperate" emerged from another valley in Jamie's life—returning to Nashville after caring for her sick father, carrying immense grief and heartache. "Oh God, I'm desperate, down on my knees. Send help from heaven, because that's what I need," she sings, capturing the universal e...

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5:50

Morning Wisdom

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2025/09/05

What happens when we faithfully plant seeds of God's truth in the hearts of our children? The answer might surprise and delight you. The wisdom of Proverbs 22:6 reminds us to "train up a child in the way he should go," promising that these early teachings create lasting foundations. Many of us can still recall Bible verses and church songs from our childhood years, testimonies to the enduring power of early spiritual formation. These seeds of truth often remain dormant during seasons of wande...

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5:21

The Lighthouse They Couldn't Reach

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2025/09/04

Have you ever experienced a moment where divine timing seemed too perfect to be coincidence? This episode tells the trie story of two Florida teens who experienced exactly that kind of extraordinary intervention. Tyler Smith and Heather Brown, high school students from Christ Church Academy, found themselves in a life-threatening situation when strong currents pulled them away from shore during an attempted swim to a nearby island. As they drifted further into the Atlantic, their situation gr...

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5:56

The Nine Steps to Overthrow Democracy

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2025/09/03

What if a blueprint for dismantling democracy had been hiding in plain sight since 1954? Judge Keith Elber's discovery of exactly that in his college political science textbook forms the centerpiece of today's compelling episode. When Judge Elber first read about the nine steps to overthrow democracy as a law student at Napa College, he dismissed it as an impossible nightmare scenario. Yet nearly seven decades later, he felt compelled to sound the alarm when he recognized these same patterns ...

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