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. ...
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
Have you ever woken up one morning and asked yourself, “Does what I do every day really MATTER?” Maybe the money is coming in just fine, but it doesn’t feel meaningful, it’s not fulfilling anymore, and you wonder if your vocation is really making a difference. If that’s you, here’s a simple …
TOPICS: passion, perspective, planning, purpose
In my work through the years in both business and ministry, I’ve gotten to KNOW many successful business owners. I don’t mean we just say hello at parties or send each other cheesy greeting cards at Christmas. I don’t mean we just have similar interests or do fun things together …
TOPICS: entrepreneurship, finances, marriage, purpose, relationships, true success
I REMEMBER WHEN MY FIRST $50,000 CHECK FAILED ME. I was in my early 20s when I got it and I had never seen that much money before. Now, here it was, a $50,000 check made out to me, and it felt AMAZING until… … …just a few days went …
TOPICS: fulfillment, life change, money, perspective, purpose
I wept for the world today, but not because of today’s health emergency, though it’s certainly dire indeed. I wept, not because of tomorrow’s economic outlook, though it’s definitely a great concern. No, I wept for something else, something more profound. Looking out from the second-story window of a nearly …
TOPICS: future, hope, meaning, purpose
Yesterday someone asked who will get through this crisis unscathed…BUT I don’t think businesses OR customers will come out of this ordeal without MAJOR change. In fact, I believe three kinds of businesses will emerge out of this crisis. 1. The FAILED business: These will not be able to make …
TOPICS: business, flexibility, purpose, strategy, transformation
I have a wall-to-wall bookshelf in my study, or more accurately, pieces of one. For six months I’ve waited, stalled, and “meant to get to” finishing that shelf, and last week I finally started the finishing process…and stopped again. Maybe I keep stopping because life is just so busy sometimes, …
TOPICS: action, finishing, focus, goals, habits, productivity, purpose, vision
There are no “silver bullets” or one-size-fits-all solutions. We may take giant steps from time to time, but they are still only steps in a journey that will –and must– continue until the day we die. “Success” in life is not so much about arriving as it is about embracing …
TOPICS: perspective, progress, purpose, success
And I saw another angel flying directly overhead, with an eternal gospel to proclaim to those who dwell on earth, to every nation and tribe and language and people. And he said with a loud voice, “Fear God and give Him glory, because the hour of His judgment has come, …
TOPICS: freedom, Gospel, perspective, purpose, Revelation 14, service, worship
“So I sent messengers to them, saying, ‘I am doing a great work and cannot come down. Why should the work cease while I leave it and go down to you?’” (Nehemiah 6:3) Fulfilling a vision means being able to say no to the distractions of less important things. It …
TOPICS: calling, destiny, focus, Nehemiah 6, priorities, purpose
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