Jesus answered,“Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but it was so that the works of God might be displayed and illustrated in him. – John 9:3 The opportunity to fulfill your purpose and potential is hidden in other people’s problems. Pharoah’s 14 cow nightmare…Xerxes’ fight with Vashti…Saul’s 9-foot Goliath…Nebuchadnezzar’s strange dream…over 5,000 people hungry people …
Monthly Archives: May 2016
The art of war
These are the nations that God left there, using them to test the Israelites who had no experience in the Canaanite wars. He did it to train the descendants of Israel, the ones who had no battle experience, in the art of war. – Judges 3:1-2 The reason for the various enemies, challenges, trials and …
Relentless generosity
Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good. – Romans 12:21 Admittedly, this is a crazy way to live that doesn’t make logical sense. Surrounded by darkness, you choose to turn up the light. Surrounded by hate, you choose to love. Surrounded by scarcity, lack, need, unpaid bills…you choose to be relentlessly generous. …
Jack Nicklaus seeing
for all the land which you see, I will give to you, and to your offspring forever. – Genesis 13:15 If you can see it, you can have it. Sounds simple, doesn’t it? But the kind of seeing is the type that Jack Nicklaus describes about his golf shot where he said: “I never hit …
Daylight robbery
Be clear-minded and alert. Your opponent, the devil, is prowling around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour. – 1 Peter 5:8 “You’re ugly. You’re stupid. You’re no good. You’re too slow. You never pay attention. Your nose is weird. You’re too fat. You’re too thin. You walk funny. You talk funny. Your name …
A rich and satisfying life
The thief’s purpose is to steal and kill and destroy. My purpose is to give them a rich and satisfying life. – John 10:10 The purpose of Jesus is to give you a rich and satisfying life. The purpose of the Word of God is to give you a rich and satisfying life. Not a …
Overnight success vs Instant failure
And be not conformed to this world: but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. – Romans 12:2 “Success takes time”. That’s the punchline of every biography, interview and documentary examining the lives of remarkable men and women. They …
Permission granted
But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: – John 1:12 In the beginning was the Word. The Word was with God, and the Word was God. That’s the genesis of John’s gospel where he makes it clear …
Your calendar is a garden
He becomes poor who works with a lazy hand, but the hand of the diligent brings wealth. – Proverbs 10:4 People who don’t have goals end up working for those who do have goals. Goals need to be S.M.A.R.T: Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant and Time-bound. Time-bound refers to how you use your 168 hours each week, …
Don’t be a stranger
Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God; – Ephesians 2:19 Before, you were a stranger and a foreigner; an alien outsider with no shares in the company and no residential status in the country. Now, you’re part of the household of God. …