Patience can persuade a prince, and soft speech can crush strong opposition.Proverbs 25:15 One of my objectives this year is to set goals based on qualitative metrics and not quantitative ones. It’s proving to be much harder than I thought! Consider patience. Good...
6. THE FIRST KIND OF PLOUGHING We’ve been studying the parable of the sower. We’ve learned that before you sow you first must plough the soil, and we’ve discussed what it means to clear the rocks and pull the weeds. We’ve seen how many strategies are helpful in...
Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 B4Ters have asked, how can you find time to pray when there’s so much to do at work? So what does it mean when Paul writes,...
As the picnickers frolicked on the bank of the river rapids, a shout rang out, “A child fell in the river!” A crowd quickly gathered and anxious eyes searched the rushing water for a glimpse of the child. Thinking quickly, the captain of the high school swim team...
In the book “If It Ain’t Broke…Break It!” Robert Kriegel shares a story I’ve never forgotten. I knew all about focusing on strengths and not emphasizing weaknesses, I had read the research, I had even written about it. Yet it slipped my mind when dealing with...
The situation was this. Jesus arrived into town and immediately a large crowd formed. Seeing this, Jairus the leader of the synagogue came and asked Jesus to come quickly, his daughter was dying. So Jesus and the crowd headed for Jarius’ home, but along the way Jesus...
There are few closed doors to doing business. The opportunities are as wide as a man's ingenuity, as deep as his character, and as high as his faith in God.
