“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. [...]
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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 »
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 [...]
Business Over Busyness
Posted in activities, business, church, expectations, faith, labor, management, pastors, priority, productivity, Proverbs, service, stewardship, work, tagged calling, church, faithful, glory, gospel, ministry, service, work on October 16, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Even a child is known by his actions, by whether his conduct is pure and right. Proverbs 20:11 (NIV) There is a vast difference between right and wrong actions. If it applies to children, you can sure bet it applies to us as adults. That is especially true when it comes down to the “work [...]
The Price of the Prize
Posted in Christianity, discipleship, Jesus, priority, sacrifice, service, walk, tagged calling, Christ, cross, discipleship, faith, Jesus, sacrifice, service on July 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
And anyone who does not carry his cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.-Luke 14:27 (NIV) Salvation is free. It’s an open opportunity. All you have to do is believe in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. It costs you nothing. He already paid the penalty. There’s a cost for the prize, [...]
Management Mess
Posted in business, change, growth, innovations, leadership, management, meetings, methods, ministry, planning, power, priority, productivity, resources, solutions, stewardship, teams, tagged business, leadership, management, service on July 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The basis of life is people and how they relate to each other. – John C. Maxwell, Be a People Person Early on, when I started managing, I found myself in a mess. John Maxwell and Peter Drucker became my best friends to rely upon in those early days. Be a People Person certainly got [...]
Evangelism like College
Posted in Christian, compassion, connected, evangelism, evangelize, faith, fruit, gospel, growth, inspiration, Jesus, methods, networking, outreach, priority, productivity, reflection, salvation, study, works, tagged Christ, college, community, evangelism, fishers of men, gospel, outreach, salvation on July 10, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Evangelism is a lot like College It is a lot like college in many ways. You can only imagine how so, but here are a few of the ways that evangelism resembles college life. You are tested by people at times who may know just as much as and sometimes even more than you [...]
Measured Giving
Posted in answers, blessing, charity, giving, money, offering, priority, sacrifice, stewardship, tagged blessing, faith, giving, money, offering on June 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you.- Luke 6:38, NKJV Giving should come out of the heart. We are to give, as the [...]
A Glorious Work
Posted in assurance, believers, Christianity, counsel, daily, discipleship, growth, priority, reading, resources, work, tagged calling, Christian classics, daily, discipleship, faith, help, practice, priority, pursuits, work on May 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Do not forget Him but think of Him often. Adore Him continually. Live and die with Him. This is the glorious work of a Christian; in a word, this is our profession.- Brother Lawrence Brother Lawrence’s The Practice of the Presence of God gives ancient wisdom on walking with God. Get into Christianity or Christendom [...]
Here I Stand
Posted in giving, hope, Jesus, money, offering, poverty, priority, reflection, sacrifice, solutions on December 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I stand upon what I know and understand, especially what I believe. I learned to love more since Marley was born as I learned to let go of my grandmother. I lived within means and then below my means in order to keep things afloat. My wife shared her grief and frustration, and I offered [...]
A New Approach for a New Year
Posted in answers, business, change, charity, church, community, daily, family, foreign missions, future, leadership, planning, priority, service, solutions, work on December 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One of my favorite jazz cover songs of a classic song is “Everything Must Change.” It doesn’t matter if it is Nina Simone or George Benson singing it. The lyrics say what needs to be said to every listener. Everything truly must change. As 2010 approaches us, I just wanted to share with those who [...]
