“This is the secret of joy. We shall no longer strive for our own way; but commit ourselves, easily and simply, to God’s way, acquiesce in His will, and in so doing find our peace” (Evelyn Underhill) Blessings, abundance and significance come as you are obedient to God. Suffering, disease, isolation, poverty and insignificance come…
An anonymous person wrote, “It takes courage To refrain from gossip when others about you delight in it. To stand up for an absent person who is being abused. To live honestly within your means and not dishonestly on the means of others. To be a real man, a true woman, by holding fast to…
Maintaining the status quo and not believing God to defeat “giants” in the land lead to dying in the wilderness without experiencing His mission in the world. God chooses a particular mission for every believer in the world. He desires every person walk in that mission. Fathers and leaders have responsibility to equip their physical and…
In 2 Kings 21-22, you learned how to rebel against an ungodly culture by equipping people in God’s word so they walk in the way of the Lord, call others to prayer and have a tender and humble heart so He will hear your prayers. Leaders who passionately love God call others to walk after the…
The preceding chapters in Numbers 17-19 show the first step toward community transformation begins with yourself. Pray for more passionate love for Christ personally and among other believers in your community. Follow God’s leading so you embrace His calling for your life. Give generously to your local church and kingdom projects. Spend regular time in confessing sin. Encourage others to…
“Radical obedience to Christ is not easy… It’s not comfort, not health, not wealth, and not prosperity in this world. Radical obedience to Christ risks losing all these things. But in the end, such risk finds its reward in Christ. And he is more than enough for us.” (David Platt). Paul illustrates radical obedience to…
It’s so easy to place our trust in something tangible like wealth, beauty, strength and talent instead of God and His promises. The challenge of living by faith is we can’t see God’s kingdom at work in the natural. We pin our hopes on human resources or pursue our pleasure by relying on them. It…
America has a crisis of confidence in its government, its large businesses, its schools and its churches. For the last few decades Americans have been leaving existing organizations and not joining new ones. Robert Putnam discussed the decline in social capital the US has experienced in his book Bowling Alone. Part of our loss of leadership…
Coaching is an expanding profession in the business arena. A recent study by International Coach Federation (ICF) showed that (42.6 percent) of respondents who had experienced coaching chose “optimize individual and/or team performance” as their motivation for being coached. This reason ranked highest followed by “expand professional career opportunities” (38.8 percent) and “improve business management…
Great confusion reigns on how to experience fullness of life in our relationship with God. We have a tendency to be unbalanced or over-emphasize one area like unconditional relationship, following Jesus, understanding instructions, abiding in God’s word and obeying Him instead of letting these ingredients build upon each other as observed in John 8. Unconditional…
Robert Webber, in his book, The Younger Evangelicals wrote, “The calling of the church in every culture is to be mission. That is, the work of the church is not to be an agent or servant of the culture. The churches’ business is not to maintain freedom or to promote wealth or to help a…
To increase stress, let others press you into their molds, try to please everyone, wing it and don’t sweat the details, try to do a lot of things at one time, do everything yourself because other people are a pain and get in the way, prayer time is a waste of time and work is…