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  • How Big?

    How Big Is Your God?                     The questions we must ask ourselves in evaluating our possibilities contain some of their own answers: How big is my God?How compelling is my dream?How burning is my desire?How deep is my commitment?

  • Thoughts on Leadership

    "Eagles don’t flock – you have to find them one at a time." –  H. Ross Perot Leadership is a skill and not everyone has developed it. In fact, it  is somewhat rare. There are qualities of leadership that are not present in every person. Among them, is the ability to divorce oneself from the…

  • GREATNESS

    I was browsing through some encouraging quotes this morning and found this file of quotes on greatness. Jesus said that the one who would be greatest among the disciples would be the one who became servant of all (Matthew 23:11). These thoughts certainly do not contradict that one overarching truth. In fact, they expound upon…

  • Risk

    The word "risk" is used three times in the NIV translation of the New Testament. Each time, it is used in a positive light and each time it was a matter of life and death. The same holds generally true for use of the word in the Old Testament. Here are the NT references :…

  • Bullet Biting Behaviors

    You know the way it goes. Some jobs take 3-6 months and two hours,  and sometimes only five minutes over the initial gearing up period. However, they require some significant teeth marks in some hard metal bullets. The tasks are just extremely difficult to contemplate and somewhat disappointing to brag about while deeply gratifying to…

  • A Word to Tent-Makers and Rank and File Servants of Christ

    Henry Blackaby on Faith in the Workplace Applies to Minister of All Sorts

  • From Fire to Abundance

    In Psalm 66:12, The paslmist declares that God let men ride over their heads, that they, his people, went trhough fire and water, and then, "you brought us to a place of abundance." The simple question today is not about where you are, but about where are you going What is your place of abundance?…

  • Taming the The Rhinoceros

    "If a rhinoceros were to enter this restaurant now, there is no denying he would have great power here. But I should be the first to rise and assure him that he had no authority whatever."— G.K. Chesterton to Alexander Woollcott The creature would certainly have a passing influence, but it would never be confused…

  • FAST Thinking

    Do you need to think/write quickly. Use the FAST method: F – Face it. The job isn’t going away. It isn’t getting easier. You will never get a perfect inspiration. Face the task and start. A – Act on it. Start thinking and writing. Just put your fingers on gthe keyboard and see what they…

  • Going RADical

    M. Scott Peck reminded us that the term "radical was from the root word for root (root for root), "radix." Since things tend to scroll off, I am reposting this artical for my own good from Transformational Communities.                        ROOTS Church               …