For more than two years a small group of us has been doing a weekly prayer walk in the East Nashville neighborhood behind Dickerson Road. One Street we walk frequently is Second Street between Grace and Cleveland. This has been one of Nashville's worst drug sales areas for several years. When we first began to prayer walk Second Street, we would see several drug deals openly going on.

As we walk we carry a full-size red, yellow, and blue flag that stands for the blood of Jesus and the fire of the Holy Spirit. People frequently ask us what the flag is for and we tell them. Then we ask if we can pray with them. It is truly amazing because almost everybody lets us pray for them on the spot.

2nd Street has been transformed over the past two years. You no longer see drugs openly being sold. Many run down houses have been transformed and families are moving in. We were praying in front a house that has recently been redone and a women with a small baby walked out. She was new to the neighborhood and we got to tell her how God is changing the street.

Recently we saw two men and a woman huddled together on the side walk. As we approached, they asked us about the flag. We told them about it representing the blood of Jesus and the fire of the Holy Spirit, and asked if we could pray with them. They held out their hands and Linda, Ashish, Ernie, Regi, and I joined hands with them and prayed that God would work powerfully in their lives. Afterwards they warmly thanked us.

A man in the next house was sitting on his porch. He walked to the sidewalk with a big smile and enthusiastically thanked us for praying on his street.

Do cents make sense? Or is what they say nonsense?

Many in today's economy are worried about noncents (Will they be without any money?) and that is a very important concern. But even if you only have one cent, you have a message of hope and faith in your pocket.

Why not take that penny out and read the message of hope that it proclaims? The message is 4 simple words: "In God we trust."

We can't trust the stock market. It is going down.

We can't trust politicians. They continually let us down.

We can't trust science. it developed the power to destroy the world through nuclear explosions, global warming, and dozens of other ways.

We can't trust violence and war. It only breeds more violence and more war.

So what's left?

As for me, I'm putting my money and my trust on the message on our American cents.!

Can anyone help me with a Constitutional question? Is it legal in America for public school teachers to read U.S. currency to their students?

May a local school board stop a teacher from reading a dollar bill before each class she teaches? If she picks up a U.S. Dollar every day and reads out loud to her each class, the words: "In God we trust," will she get in any trouble? Why or why not?

If this is legal, what would happen if every teacher of faith in America began to read U.S. Currency every day in every class? If the phrase "In God we trust," is suitable for our money, surely it is suitable to be read in our public schools.

Pillow talk can be a little tricky. So here is some advice on what to say in bed.

With your head on the pillow and your eyes closed, focus intently on the moment and repeat uplifting words to yourself. Choose positive, inspiring phrases that describe qualities and conditions that you would like to have in your life. Make the statements present tense and first person -- "I am . . ." There is no need to say the words out loud. You can just repeat them in your mind.

With much intensity and enthusiasm, make 20 repetitions of each phrase before you fall asleep and do 20 more after you wake up, before you get out of bed. An effective way to keep track of the number of your repetitions is to use your fingers.

This kind of pillow talk is very powerful. Psychologists call it affirmations. As you repeat the uplifting statements to yourself, night after night and morning after morning, you begin to influence your subconscious to accept them as truth. Once your subconscious begins to believe your pillow talk statements, you will begin to experience them as reality in your daily life.

To help you choose some pillow talk statements of your own, here are some of mine. I have repeated these affirmations tens of thousands of times and have discovered that repeating them greatly improves my life.

"I always approach people on the telephone and in person, with complete inner peace and total confidence; I am always confident!"

"I like myself!"

"Day by day, in every way, by the grace of God, I'm becoming better and better!"

"I am a super salesman!"

"I am a famous, wealthy, and dynamic, best selling author and speaker!"

"I am peaceful, content, thankful, healthy, and extremely happy!"

"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me!"

And my favorite affirmation, which is also a prayer: "Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the Living God, have mercy on me a sinner!"

You might be morality-phobic if . . . you would like to delete a few of the Ten Commandments.

You might be morality-phobic if . . . when your conscience barks you call it down.

You might be morality-phobic if . . . your actions are based on impulse rather than principle.

You might be morality-phobic if . . . whenever people disapprove of your behavior you call them "judgmental."

You might be morality-phobic if . . . you make fun of people who try to live a morally pure life.

You might be morality-phobic if . . . you insist that others applaud your wrongful actions.

You might be morality-phobic if . . . you are more concerned about what people think about you than about doing the right thing.

You might be morality-phobic if . . . even the idea of morality offends you.