What’s driving your pursuits?Passion?Purpose?Which is it? Passion is simply defined as “a powerful emotion.” That is usually enough to get things started or to spark something spontaneous, but it may not be enough to keep things going. You may need more than just the power of emotion driving you into action. You very well need [...]
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Passion or Purpose
Posted in perception, wisdom on November 4, 2011 | 1 Comment »
>E is for Expressive
Posted in business, entrepreneurship, perception on February 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
> Every single entrepreneur should be expressive. Each one has to share about his or her wares with others. Otherwise, who will know that they are even in business? Entrepreneurs do not have the luxury of living in a vacuum. The entrepreneur may not be a “people person,” but he or she surely needs to [...]
Promote the Positive
Posted in blessings, perception, power on January 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Look at how Norman Vincent Peale breaks down some common challenges for people. Positive thinking is powerful. It has both blessings and benefits. The power of positivity can carry you through some unbelievable storms. Don’t think that bad things don’t happen to good people. We all encounter various challenges day by day. the difference is [...]
Simple Start-Up Success
Posted in blogs, books, business, leadership, management, perception, productivity on November 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
“Innovation is the specific instrument of entrepreneurship. The act that endows resources with a new capacity to create wealth. “- Peter Drucker Too many entrepreneurs believe that they have to build the next big thing. I always like the concept of piggybacking on the success of others. You know, that ancient business approach of building [...]
Children of Darkness or Light
Posted in change, church, fruit, ideas, perception on October 31, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
And it is true that the children of this world are more shrewd in dealing with the world around them than are the children of the light.- Luke 16:8 (NLT) I think about the recent terror scare regarding explosives discovered in packages destined for Jewish houses of worship. It’s sent the world into a [...]
Excuses or Excellence
Posted in accomplishment, action, business, choices, doubt, expectations, faith, fear, folly, goals, growth, new nature, perception, priority, productivity, stewardship, success, tips, work, tagged calling, change, daily, faith, glory, heart, help, ministry, power, relationship, service, support, work on October 23, 2010 | 3 Comments »
“He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.” ~Benjamin Franklin Exceed expectations. Are you getting any closer to excellence? Merely meeting expectations is a minimum. When you exceed those same expectations, you start to enter into excellence. We are to offer God our best every step of the way. [...]
Truth Over Tradition
Posted in acceptance, assurance, belief, expectations, Jesus, perception, priority, teaching, truth, tagged Bible, Christ, discipleship, gospel, Jesus on October 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
But I tell you the truth. . . – John 16:7 (NIV) Jesus combatted tradition with truth. He shared the truth openly. He did so with His disciples. He also did so with the multitudes. In fact, He even did so with those who opposed Him like the Pharisees and Sadducees. Jesus took on tradition [...]
Take on the Task
Posted in leadership, ministry, pastors, perception, stewardship, teams on October 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Go, assemble the elders of Israel and say to them, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers–the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob–appeared to me and said: I have watched over you and have seen what has been done to you in Egypt.- Exodus 3:16 (NIV) Moses was to gather the people to garner [...]
Dealing with Doubt
Posted in action, doubt, example, perception, teams, works, tagged gospel, Jesus, ministry, relationship, service, Word, work on October 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
2When John heard in prison what Christ was doing, he sent his disciples 3to ask him, “Are you the one who was to come, or should we expect someone else?” 4Jesus replied, “Go back and report to John what you hear and see – Matthew 11:2-4 (NIV) Jesus dealt with doubt. This episode in the [...]
On Protestants and Denominations
Posted in church, ministry, perception, structure, Word on October 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
…And in Antioch the disciples were first called Christians- Acts 11:26 ESV As Protestants, we came out of the Church. The Church, at the time when Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses upon the door’s of the house of God, was the Roman Catholic Church. Maybe its the linguist in me, but it seems that [...]
