Free at last, my sins are forgiven! Thank God, I’m free at last … but what does this MEAN? Forgiveness of sin means I am ...
“… intent on one purpose. Do nothing out of selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility consider others as more important than yourselves.” –Philippians 2:2b-3 ...
The difference between “worthy” and “entitled” is a willingness to do the work. A worthy person believes they are qualified to receive good things, and ...
My 5-year old daughter loves to find birds in our neighborhood and try to call them to come to her. “Tweet tweet” she says. “Tweet ...
Every new day is a new page, blank on one side and covered on the other with all that has come before. You cannot change ...
Have you ever had that moment where you stand on a scale to weigh yourself, see the numbers fluctuating, and try to *will* them to ...
I got lost at DFW International Airport when I was 6 years old. My father and I were there to pick up a family member, ...
“This is the victory that has conquered the world: our faith.” -1 John 5:4b God has shown you the pathway to ultimate victory, a salvation ...
On a bike ride with my family the other day, a black snake darted right across our path. Thankfully, we simply rolled on by and ...
There is so much sin, failure, and wrong in the lineage of Jesus recorded in Matthew 1 that you might think these people would be ...
This is my Easy Button, a desktop toy from Staples that added flare and fun to my working environment for many years. I’m throwing it ...
GREAT LEADERS know when to step up, and when to step down. They are ready to step in when needed, and willing to step aside ...
A couple of weeks ago, billionaire Jeff Bezos had a really, really important conversation with a 90-year old man that could have gone really, really ...
Did you hear Captain Kirk finally made it to space for real? Last week, 90-year-old William Shatner not only became the oldest person ever to ...
On September 11, 2001, I was working at the News-Press, our local paper. Like every other American, that morning I woke to a new world, ...
Plenty of people talk about the power of organic marketing and how simple it can be when done correctly. But if you do it wrong… ...
A few weeks ago I got sick and wondered what everyone does these days… “Is it Covid? It turns out it wasn’t, but… I was ...
It’s easy to assume the current way you’re working, living, and operating is just “the way things are.” Until you discover a better way. It’s ...
Remember when the whole world lost their mind over toilet paper? Stores couldn’t keep it in stock. People hoarded it and treated it like gold. ...
If I told you there was one word that could help you go farther and faster with less effort in every area of your life, would you want to know it? What if this one word was actually a principle that would require you to take action…would you be willing …
TOPICS: coaching, growth, leverage, shortcuts, strategy
This is my old iPhone 5. It still works…kind of. I am FAMILIAR with it… but there’s a problem: familiarity can KILL our future. Here’s how. 1) It LULLS us into complacency so we don’t take action where it counts. The thing about complacency is we usually don’t FEEL we’re …
TOPICS: change, complacency, growth, partners
Do you have 0% fear and 100% confidence in every area of your life? Great! You can skip this post. BUT if you ever have “what if’s” that keep you awake at night, or find yourself driven to do things you know aren’t helpful because you’re afraid of what will …
TOPICS: abundance, confidence, faith, fear, growth, habits, meditation, mentality, mindfulness, neuroplasticity, prayer, relationships, scarcity
My daughter is 3 and she LOVES all things “Frozen” so naturally, I’ve seen “Frozen 2” about 4,832 times. But something hit me the other day that is SUCH a powerful growth lesson that I had to share it. In the opening section of the movie, Queen Elsa hears a …
TOPICS: action, bravery, courage, fulfillment, growth, life, meaning, personaldevelopment, personalgrowth, potential, purpose, success, truesuccess
There’s a lot of talk these days about “adding value” in business, but have you ever felt that just sounds like more on your plate to get done? Maybe it doesn’t have to be that way. The other day I was chatting with a new friend who builds landing pages, …
TOPICS: 7 Core Hungers, business, customer service, growth, marketing, sales
TOPICS: 2 Peter 1, calling, empowerment, growth, power, redemption, responsibility, sanctification, spiritual warfare
It is for discipline that you have to endure. God is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline? If you are left without discipline, in which all have participated, then you are illegitimate children and not sons. For the moment all discipline …
TOPICS: correction, discipline, growth, Hebrews 12, love, peace, perspective, punishment, training
But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil. (Hebrews 5:14) Good parents don’t give car keys to their toddler and put them behind the wheel on the freeway. Yet, certainly they hope their child …
TOPICS: growth, Hebrews 5, insight, power, scripture, wisdom
And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and with people. (Luke 2:52) Would you increase in your stature and standing in the world? Would you maximize and take advantage of every opportunity to grow stronger in body, mind and spirit? Seek God’s wisdom, and the …
TOPICS: advancement, blessing, growth, Luke 2, people, practicality, priorities, progress
God’s Hope for Your Heart from 1 Corinthians 3 GOD WILL TAKE CARE OF THE END RESULT I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. (1 Corinthians 3:6) We live in a fast-paced, results-oriented world that prizes achievement above most everything else. So, we go go go, push push …
TOPICS: 1 Corinthians 3, destiny, diligence, excellence, faith, faithfulness, growth, kingdom, service, trust, Work
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