Three Vital Characteristics of a Great Business Person
There is a fourth component to our success and it is relying on God, especially in tough times. Faithful people know how to maintain these skills during moments of stress. During tough times these people worked with God to gain insight and to steady themselves.
Seven Ways Jesus’ Values Create Sustainable and Faithful Success
To create a sustainable career or business we should solve needs first and not profits first. Sure, the fastest route to becoming successful is to acquire money or profits. But it isn’t sustainable.
Our Life Coach, the Holy Spirit
Many times when we pray we feel our prayers change subtly from what we first desired. Events in our lives will occur that could only be those unusual things of God.
Truthful Prayer Strengthens Our Partnership with God
Our prayers are our way of talking with God through Jesus. They are our way of creating and growing a stronger personal relationship with God. Over time it becomes a deep mutual partnership in our lives.
Faith that Overcomes All Odds
There are those times in our lives when we must lift up our neighbors, when they cannot lift themselves. Maybe through providing a meal, or a ride, perhaps a prayer that is filled with a deep sense of compassion for our neighbor.
Lessons from the Persistent Widow
Widows in the first century had few rights or resources. Losing your husband and not having family to support you, was a sentence of poverty and helplessness. There was no Social Security or other societal safety net.
Whose Tribe Should We Belong To?
When we hear something different than what we think, should we be like an angry mob of bees and automatically hit our pre-recorded responses in reply? Should we stop to think about the other person’s perspective and how they arrived at their opinion, even if It is different and threatening?
What Ought We To Do?
Regardless of our natural circumstances, Jesus tells us to act in a manner that we envision how God would act. He asks us to act without fear of loss, but through our hearts.
Simple Acts of Kindness Tell a Bigger Story
Good far outweighs evil. Humankind is far more generous than credited. Humankind knows what Jesus said, , ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ In my heart I have always known this, but never before had I received such concrete proof.
Beacons of Light
Every day, they dutifully go about their rounds. Every day, they do far more than they are paid. Every day, I see the beacon of their light shining, as a reminder of how I should live.