John Maxwell says that if you are a leader and no one is following you, then you are merely taking a walk.
I can talk about success, skills, visions, plans, strategies, discipline and many other things, but the most important principle for me as a leader is how to relate to followers.
I must be sensitive to others, [...]
Archive for September, 2009
Putting Others First?
Posted in Uncategorized on September 29, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The Game is Fixed!
Posted in Uncategorized on September 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Have you ever met someone who wants to give up before the game is over?
One of the most frustrating things in any sport is when people want to quit because they are behind.
I think that the same is true in the church world as well.
I guess we need to be reminded whose side we [...]
Anger is NOT a Sin!
Posted in Uncategorized on September 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I am amazed by the number of people that I encounter who manifest “Anger”
Many Christians have made the right decision. They are going in the right direction but they have gotten stuck in a search of God’s promise. These are often God ~ fearing, Bible ~ believing people who have settled for something less than [...]
This is What I Have Decided to do:
Posted in Uncategorized on September 19, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I took a look back at what God has done
Then I began to look forward to what God will do
I suddenly heard what David said and it began to resonate within me…….
For the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord bestows favor and honor; no good thing does he withhold from those [...]
The Oncologist said…….
Posted in Uncategorized on September 17, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Yesterday I visited with my primary oncologist who said, “Everything looks good! Blood counts are up. There is no growth of the tumor. See you in four months.”
Well that’s great news again and I give the glory all to God who has certainly been in the middle of all of this. I have been surrounded [...]
There Are No Superstars!
Posted in Uncategorized on September 13, 2009 | 3 Comments »
The Bible is full of stories of people who trusted God and the POWER of GOD was great upon them. I think of Joshua whose dramatic defeat of Jericho stunned godless people into developing a healthy respect for God’s power.
Then, I remember David, who when just a boy awed the entire Philistine nation by his [...]
A Pardon Has Been Issued
Posted in Uncategorized on September 11, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Back in 1830 George Wilson was convicted of robbing the U.S. Mail and was sentenced to be hanged. President Andrew Jackson issued a pardon for Wilson, but he refused to accept it. The matter went to Chief Justice Marshall, who concluded that Wilson would have to be executed. “A pardon is a slip of paper,” [...]
The Results of My Most Recent Cat Scan
Posted in Uncategorized on September 7, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Late Thursday I was at the VA for a Cat Scan. As you might recall it has been four months since the last one.
The doctor read the scan this morning (as a special favor) because waiting ’til the 15th seemed like a long time.
When he called a few minutes ago he started out by saying,”It’s [...]
The Hound of Heaven
Posted in Uncategorized on September 4, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The British poet, Francis Thompson, wrote an epic poem known as “The Hound of Heaven.”
In it he pictures someone fleeing God, only to find that the Lord patiently and triumphantly pursues him until the wayward one rests in the Lord. The central point of this poem is its astonishing assertion that sometimes human beings flee [...]
Giving and Loving are Verbs
Posted in Uncategorized on September 1, 2009 | 2 Comments »
A problem about giving is that it’s a verb–(something you do).
It carries with it the implication that it’s something that sometimes happens and sometimes does not. But that is certainly not how it’s supposed to work. For loving and giving are not only verbs, they are also adjectives. They describe our lifestyles and the [...]
