2 Lies Leaders Fall For
There are two lies that we unfortunately tend to believe at pivotal seasons in life. Both of them can limit us tremendously. Both keep our lives smaller than they are supposed to be. One of them is the lie we believe when we are young that “I really don’t need to listen to older people; I can take care of myself.” The other lie, the second, is the one we too often believe when we are older that “no younger person will really want to hear anything I have to say.” These two deceptions cause us to miss incredible opportunities both to gain and to give support, encouragement and even direction. These lies keep us from living “generation to generation.”
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ESSENTIALS FOR TEAMING COUPLES: TELLING YOUR SPOUSE THE TRUTH!
Most people far prefer peacekeeping to truth telling. This is also true in many marriages. Truth be known, how many people do you have in your life right now that are telling you the truth. I mean really telling you the truth. One of the two things marriage needs most is truth – the other one is grace. Continue reading “ESSENTIALS FOR TEAMING COUPLES: TELLING YOUR SPOUSE THE TRUTH!”
God’s “Next Move” in Your Life! – Lessons from the NT & MLK
For years as a Christ-follower, I have been taught by example to pray that God would “move”, that God would “work”, and even in some cases that God would “show up” on the scene of my needs and opportunities. Now, after several years of praying and following, I am beginning to think that while God can certainly “move”, “work” and “show up” in any way or at any time or in any form he sovereignly desires, that the critical need of the hour is not for me to try and compel God to do anything, but more so for me to have my eyes opened to see what he already is doing so that I can get in step with exactly that in my own life, faith, actions and attitudes. In fact, when Paul prayed for the Ephesian church he didn’t ask God to “move” around them or to “show up” for that matter; rather, he petitioned God to do something within them, to help them to see better.
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Extreme Makeover of the Soul – C.S. Lewis
“…as a living house. God comes to rebuild that house … He is getting the drains right and stopping the leaks in the roof and so on… But presently he starts knocking the house about in a way that hurts abominably and does not seem to make sense… The explanation is that He is building quite a different house from he one you thought of — throwing out a new wing here, putting on an extra floor there, running up towers, making courtyards. You thought you were going to be made into a decent little cottage: but He is building a palace. He intends to come and live in it Himself.” (from Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis, p. 98)
