Be More Interested Than ‘Awesome’

Be More Interested Than ‘Awesome’

Be More Interested Than ‘Awesome’    5 Minutes Discipleship Lesson: Be More Interested Than ‘Awesome’. I was eating lunch with a pastor recently when the conversation just began to turn weird.  It was slowly dawning on me that he had initiated lunch...
Those You Influence Need More Than Your Advice

Those You Influence Need More Than Your Advice

Those You Influence Need More Than Your Advice    5 Minutes People are looking to you for leadership, even though you may not know it.  Or you MAY know it . . . But you don’t know HOW to help those who follow you. Like many of you, I haven’t always had many older,...
When You Feel Overlooked and Forgotten By God

When You Feel Overlooked and Forgotten By God

When You Feel Overlooked and Forgotten By God    5 Minutes Elijah was beginning to move in power, prominence, and authority.  Having declared that there would be no rain in the land of Israel as God’s judgment for her severe evil (1 Kings 16:30 – 17:1), his street...
Are You Taking Your Leadership Call Seriously Enough?

Are You Taking Your Leadership Call Seriously Enough?

Are You Taking Your Leadership Call Seriously Enough?    6 Minutes What a calling!  The angel appeared to Samson’s parents with this prophecy: “You will become pregnant and give birth to a son, and his hair must never be cut. For he will be dedicated to God as a...
You Don’t Need to be a Visionary to Fulfill God’s Vision

You Don’t Need to be a Visionary to Fulfill God’s Vision

You Don’t Need to be a Visionary to Fulfill God’s Vision    4.5 Minutes In the last post, we talked about the need for God-sent vision and the danger of squandering our gifts and opportunities through listlessness. But how do we pursue this vision? Since vision...
Why You Need a God-Sent Picture of the Future

Why You Need a God-Sent Picture of the Future

Why You Need a God-Sent Picture of the Future    3.5 Minutes The new year is often a time when we’re admonished to once again come up with a vision, make big goals, make this year different, etc. But the mystery of happening-upon a phenomenal vision can be a...