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6 Types of Wisdom to Pray For
James 1:5 (NLT) exhorts us, “If any of you need wisdom, ask our generous God, and he will give it to you. He will not rebuke you for asking.” Most of us probably approach the subject of wisdom from only one angle. We simply want to know what to do next. Let’s call this particular […]
Continue readingYour Excuses May Be Holding You Back
Excuses. We use them all the time. Sometimes we quite frankly just don’t want to do something. Maybe some are legit, but could we be hurting ourselves, could we be holding ourselves back from reaching our full potential? We have to ask, don’t we? In the church world several scenarios tend to come up regularly. […]
Continue readingRuthlessly Eliminate Hurry From Your Life
For the sake of clarity I want to distinguish between being busy and being in a hurry. Jesus seemed to always be busy, yet never in a hurry. What about Moses? If he had been running red lights he would have surely missed the burning bush. Just those two examples alone seem to indicate that […]
Continue readingHindrances to Productivity
Who hasn’t struggled with productivity? All of us want to be more productive. Perhaps one of the best places to start is to identify what’s holding you back. In my own life I have identified eight things that get in the way. Just being able to identify them has proved helpful. Perfectionism. This shows up […]
Continue readingEncouragement: Antidote to a Quitter Culture
One of the inevitabilities of life and the ministry is that people will abandon you. Not everyone will go the distance with you. The fact is, we live in a quitter culture. People walk away from their jobs, their spouses, their new year’s resolutions, and their churches. Near the end of the apostle Paul’s ministry […]
Continue readingCan Pressure Hurt Your Personal Performance?
The NBA season is winding down and things are getting tense. The Miami Heat tend to have more pressure than some of the other teams. They supposedly put together a dream team a couple of years ago in hopes of winning a championship. Fortunately they have been able to win back to back championships the last two […]
Continue readingToxic Cultures
It’s so easy to overlook culture. At times it appears to be like carbon monoxide. You can’t see it or smell it, but it’s there. The problem is when it is toxic. Of course, at times it is very noticeable. It may appear in the form of anger, drama, hatred, gossip, secrets, moodiness, the silent […]
Continue readingOne of Life’s Most Uncomfortable Questions
Every week I have the opportunity to play basketball with guys much younger than I. Because I have played sports since I was a kid, there has always been some competitiveness inside of me. As I get older I often tell Carol that I when I can no longer keep up on the court I […]
Continue readingAre You Indispensable?
Recently I had coffee with a friend who had worked with Lou Gerstner, one of my favorite CEO’s. Back in the 1990’s IBM was about to go under. They reported the biggest corporate loss of all time, and Gerstner was brought in to restructure and rebuild the company. While initially IBM was forced to lay […]
Continue readingWhen You Don’t Respect Your Boss
Four of my kids have had various jobs and worked for different bosses. Some good, and some not so good. So we have had discussions as to how you treat and respond to difficult superiors. Years ago I worked in retail for a while, and from my perspective the manager was very different. I never […]
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