What’s in the Middle?

What’s in the Middle?

“Then He placed His right hand on me and said: Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last.” Revelation 1:17  This verse in the book of Revelation brings me great peace in both the extreme highs and lows of life and business. Revelation 1:17 is a powerful reminder that our lives are not for us alone; we are here to…
What Are We Dwelling On?

What Are We Dwelling On?

What are you dwelling on? Finally brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable - if there is any moral excellence and if there is anything praiseworthy - dwell on these things. Do what you have learned and received and heard from me, and seen in me,…
Who Are You Trying to Please?

Who Are You Trying to Please?

  Who are you trying to please? Share in the suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No one serving as a soldier gets entangled in the concerns of civilian life; he seeks to please the commanding officer. Also, if anyone competes as an athlete, he is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules. The hard-working farmer…
Be an Encourager

Be an Encourager

Therefore encourage each other and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing. 1 Thessalonians 5:11 The Bible tells us to go out and encourage one another and to build each other up. To encourage and build up others is an especially important instruction for business owners and business leaders. Here's why ... your words have weight, your attitude…
Fantastic Advice for the weekend!

Fantastic Advice for the weekend!

I have three powerful ideas and three bible verses to help you close out this first month of the 2nd quarter -- April -- and head into May ... 1) Have FAITH in everything God has said and shown you, not in what you see. For we walk by faith, not by sight. 2 Corinthians 5:7 2) FOCUS on what matters, discard everything…
A Simple Prayer for You

A Simple Prayer for You

For the Lord gives wisdom; from His mouth comes knowledge and understanding. Discretion will watch over you, and understanding will guard you. Proverbs 2:1,11 Discretion: (i) The quality of behaving or speaking in such a way as to avoid causing offense or revealing private information. (ii) The freedom to decide what should be done in a particular situation.  Understanding: (i) Having…
The Door Could be Open for You

The Door Could be Open for You

I know your works. Look, I have placed before you an open door that no one can close because you have but little power; yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name. Revelation 3:8 Revelation 3:8 offers both God's promise to us and the basis for the promise. Take a look at your actions in business…
Will You Surrender?

Will You Surrender?

It is very easy to be so busy in your business that you are always rushed, late and operating in the mediocrity of getting by or holding on, instead of working in the spirit of excellence that God commands in Colossians 3:23-24. If this describes where you are in business right now, God has a solution. Surrender. What is surrender?…
What’s The Revelation?

What’s The Revelation?

It is important to invest time connecting with what Jesus has revealed to you about what it means for you to be successful in business and life. Where there is no revelation, people cast off restraint; but blessed is the one who heeds wisdom's instruction. Proverbs 28:19 Sometimes we can get so busy "doing" that we forget "why" we are in business and "who"…
Are You Maturing?

Are You Maturing?

  * * * * * * Therefore, let us leave the elementary teaching about Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works, faith in God, teaching about ritual washings, laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment. ~ Hebrews 6:1-2. Growth, evolution, and maturity are essential to being a…