The Prayer God Will Answer Immediately
Floyd McClung: “I challenge you to pray this prayer… I guarantee that He will answer your prayer – and quickly.”
Crazy People Change the World
An Apple commercial from 1997 has Steve Jobs narrating these words: Here’s to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes… the ones who see things differently — they’re not fond of rules… You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only…
GIVING is the highest level of LIVING
“Just the very act of letting go of money, or some other treasure, does something within us. It destroys the demon ‘greed’.” – Richard Foster Nothing speaks more loudly in a person’s life than generosity. When it comes from the heart, true generosity permeates every area of our lives, overflowing in obvious manifestations of benevolence…
No more Mr. Nice Guy! Freedom from “people-pleasing”
“No more Mister Nice Guy…” I think Alice Cooper had the right idea! It is so easy to get caught up in making “pleasing people” our mission in life. Especially those of us who care about others so much. One of the defining marks of authentic Christianity is that followers of Jesus walk in love….
Renouncing “Comfort” as the Ultimate Value of Your Life
“The decision to grow always involves a choice between risk and comfort. This means that to be a follower of Jesus you must renounce comfort as the ultimate value of your life.” – John Ortberg This quote from John Ortberg has been messing with me all morning. How much of our lives are spent in…
Francis Chan on the New “Middle Road”
Too many professing Christians want to take a new “middle road” today. But Francis Chan reminds us of the words of Jesus that describe our journey as a narrow road leading to life, while cautioning us that there is a broad road that leads to destruction (Matt. 7:13-14). Truth is, our middle roads have as…
Change Your Words – Change Your life!
Our WORDS tend to be the thing that gets us into trouble more than any other thing in our lives. Our WORDS have tremendous consequence don’t they? Words can be our greatest source of inspiration… our greatest means of motivation… and our most effective tool in reconciliation. They are one of many different expressions of…
In The Trenches pt.2: “Playmakers and Critics”
Organizations, businesses, ministries, and churches today need more ‘Playmakers,’ not more critics! There is no shortage of the latter, but always a shortage of the former. Playmakers change the game just by showing up and they do the little things that lead to big results. They add value to their teammates. Although they can make…
In The Trenches pt.1: “Fight the Right Battles”
Last year, I taught on a series of messages called In The Trenches. I had been going back over the notes of that series recently and was reminded of some healthy principles I wanted to share with my friends, family, and fellow believers. If the Bible is true from Genesis to Revelation then we are…
The FREAKISH Nature and Damaging Effects of Highly Critical People
“Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain.. and most fools do.” – Dale Carnegie Do you have a critical spirit or do you have a “can-do” spirit? Or let me ask you the question in these terms: do you REPEL people from your life due to a CYNICAL nature, or do you ATTRACT people to…