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
1454 episodes
What If Your Past Is Not The Point?
What if your past isn’t a chain but a doorway? We open the morning by challenging the quiet belief that God only works through polished people, then walk through story after story that proves the opposite. From Moses’ stutter and short fuse to ...
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Season 1
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Episode 2365
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5:30
When You Stop Forcing Control, Life Gets Lighter
We explore how trusting God changes stress into strength and turns daily uncertainty into peace. Through five concise principles, we reframe hard choices, repeated lessons, and the path toward a fuller life with practical faith.“Thank you f...
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Season 1
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Episode 2364
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4:55
Finding Peace In Your Own Lane
When you’re new, hungry to prove yourself, and surrounded by people who seem miles ahead, it’s easy to mistake other people’s timelines for your own. We dig into that pressure and offer a grounded way forward: anchor your work in identity, pay ...
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Season 1
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Episode 2363
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4:53
What Does It Take To Make You Listen
A prophet argues with a donkey and the animal makes the better point. That’s the door into a story about motives, warnings, and how we handle the moments that block our momentum. We unpack Balaam’s path from hired curser to reluctant blesser, w...
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Season 1
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Episode 2362
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6:18
Love First: The Story Behind Oh How I Love Jesus
A simple hymn can change the tone of a Monday, especially when its story holds more twists than we expect. We open with a warm welcome to a five-minute reset and then dive into the surprising path of Oh How I Love Jesus: verses penned by Freder...
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Season 1
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Episode 2361
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5:23
A Father Weeps, A Child Believes, Hope Rises
Some moments don’t change the facts—they change how we face them. We return to May 2020, when a small business owner named Bill sat in a dark living room, weighed down by closed doors, maxed credit, and a future he couldn’t predict. Then his so...
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Season 1
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Episode 2358
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4:51
Clean Windows, Clear Hearts
Ever notice how fast we judge when our view is smudged? We open with a short story about “dirty” laundry and a newlywed kitchen, then reveal the twist that reframes the whole morning: the laundry wasn’t the problem—the window was. From there, w...
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Season 1
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Episode 2357
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6:06
Blind Hope
A blind beggar. A noisy crowd. One clear cry for mercy that refuses to be silenced. We walk through the story of Bartimaeus in Mark 10 and explore how a focused plea, grounded in who Jesus is, can cut through doubt, pressure, and the familiar p...
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Season 1
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Episode 2356
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5:53
Quiet Starts, Strong Days
The loudest moments in life rarely carry the clearest answers. We start the day by exploring how guidance often arrives as a whisper—and why leaning in can change our choices, our mood, and our direction. Through a vivid story of a stressed you...
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Season 1
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Episode 2355
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5:49
Hope At Midnight
Sometimes hope walks in with work boots on. We open the morning with a story that moved us deeply: TobyMac’s journey through back-to-back losses, the ache that followed, and the surprising spark he found in Psalm 98—“God rolled up His sleeves.”...
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Even If, Even Then
When prayers feel like they vanish into the ceiling and headlines read like Habakkuk’s laments, where do we find a steady center? We open the ancient conversation between a weary prophet and a faithful God to uncover a surprising path forward: ...
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Vanity, Power, And A Fall
What do we do when charm and charisma outshine character? We dive into the gripping story of Absalom—David’s favored son—whose beauty, ambition, and circle of flattering friends set the stage for betrayal, civil war, and a collapse that reads l...
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Season 1
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Episode 2037
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6:28
Five Minutes To Start With Humility
At a major American university football game an overconfident player makes a great wide-open catch of a long throw and proceeds to jog lazily to the end zone. Just before crossing the goal line he drops ball to the turf thinking he had already ...
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5:40
Choosing Right When No One Sees
What if the most important thing you give your family isn’t comfort or success, but a name they can carry with pride? We dive into a gripping real-life story from Chicago’s past—Easy Eddie, the high-powered lawyer who protected Al Capone—only t...
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Season 1
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Episode 2036
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4:56
Morning Hope With MercyMe’s “Nothing But The Blood”
Start the day with a melody that carries more than nostalgia. We take you inside MercyMe’s cabin session of “Nothing But The Blood” and explore why a familiar hymn still speaks with startling clarity about forgiveness, redemption, and the costl...
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Season 1
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Episode 2035
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4:46
God Turns Castoffs Into New Creations
A woodshop can teach more about hope than a self-help book. We open with a simple story about a friend who scours lumber yards for warped offcuts and busted pallets, then turns them into game cabinets, shelves, and gifts that surprise everyone ...
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Season 1
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Episode 2032
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5:48
What You Already Have Is Enough To Begin
Ever feel like you’ve got “nothing left” except a little bit of energy, a small skill, or one last idea? We take a fresh look at the story of the widow and her oil from 2 Kings 4 and pull out simple, actionable lessons for mornings when life fe...
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Season 1
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Episode 2031
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4:31
What If The Greatest Miracles Are The Disasters You Never Knew You Missed
Some survival stories jolt the senses; others change the way you see an ordinary day. We dive into the remarkable life of Violet Jessup—the stewardess who endured the Olympic collision, escaped the Titanic after helping panicked passengers, and...
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Season 1
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Episode 2030
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5:54
Worship Through It
Five minutes can flip the day. We open with a fresh cup of hope and a song that refuses to wait for perfect conditions: “Worship Through It” by Tasha Leighton and Chris Brown. From the first lyric—calling God the God of the impossible—we move i...
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Season 1
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Episode 2029
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4:50
New Year, Strong Start
A new year only feels new if we choose a new way to move through it. We open with a fresh frame for growth: stop chasing flawlessness and aim for steady progress that actually sticks. Rather than measuring yourself by perfect outcomes, we talk ...
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Season 1
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Episode 2028
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7:17
New Year, New Heart
New beginnings feel different when hope has a backbone. As we count down the final hours of the year, we talk about how to leave behind what weighs us down and look for the “new thing” God is already growing, even in wilderness places. Drawing ...
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Season 1
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Episode 2027
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5:43
Forgive And Live Light
Five minutes can change the texture of a day, especially when those minutes turn us from grudges to grace. We open with gratitude for God’s goodness—family, work, everyday blessings—and then focus on the most life-giving truth we know: through ...
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Season 1
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Episode 2026
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5:16
Worshipping Like The Magi
A quiet five minutes can change how you face an entire year. We take a fresh look at the Magi in Matthew 2 and find a countercultural posture that still disrupts our habits today: come to worship, open your treasures, and expect nothing in retu...
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Season 1
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Episode 2025
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4:57
Boxing Day Hope
The day after Christmas can feel like a crash—quiet rooms, half-taken-down decorations, and leftovers that won’t quit. We lean into that moment and explore why the emotional dip is so common, then chart a saner way forward that doesn’t depend o...
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Season 1
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Episode 2024
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5:07
Quieting The Noise On Christmas Eve
The final hours before Christmas can feel like a race you never signed up for. The lists are long, the oven is busy, and the year’s noise is still ringing in your ears. We take a breath together and step into a quieter story, revisiting Luke 2 ...
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Season 1
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Episode 2023
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6:19