The Value of Detours in Life
I have recorded some thoughts on life’s detours. It takes about seven minutes to listen to this. I know it will bless you and I invite you to share it with someone who has been having difficulties with their path in life.
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Easy Generosity
I would like to share the spiritual secret to becoming a generous giver. Just remember this time-tested truth. “It is easy to be generous with somebody else’s money.” On the surface, this may not seem to be very spiritual. However, everything we have belongs to God, who is our provider. He asks us to trust Him with all He puts in our hands. Because we understand that all our resources and wealth belong to Him, we can be relieved of any pressure to hoard what He has given us. We simply have stewardship over our wealth. If you do not think this is spiritual, let me point you to the Bible.
Proverbs 11:24-25, 28 (NKJV)
“There is one who scatters, yet increases more; And there is one who withholds more than is right, But it leads to poverty. {25} The generous soul will be made rich, And he who waters will also be watered himself. {28} He who trusts in his riches will fall, But the righteous will flourish like foliage.”
In Christ, we are free to be generous with what we have. Why? Because it is easy to be generous with somebody else’s money – in this case, with God’s money. Remember, you will never out give God! My dear friend, Pastor David Briggs recently said, “Money, wealth and giftings are directional.”He said that if you sow these things into your purpose, you would be rewarded with so much more than you sowed. You will fulfill your call from God. You will reach your destiny, and do so with good success. You will have traveled in the direction of God-pleasing service and gained eternal significance. My advice is simple. Sow generously what God has given you. Then, expect great things… all the way to your destiny.
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Greater Than My Expectations
I was recently thinking about the countless times God has moved into my plans, dreams and expectations. Without fail, He has responded to them by taking me to places in Him, and with Him, that (more…)
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Determination – An Extended Mentoring Minute
This is an extended Mentoring Minute (about 6 and 1/2 minutes). It speaks of the determination of a salmon swimming upstream.
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Looking Down
I was at the memorial service of a great Christian educator, whom I had known for many years. His brother said a few words in remembering this man if God. It was as if (more…)
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Get Moving
I would like to share a thought I heard near the end of 2012. I heard it as I was listening to my young friend, Pastor Dan Grittner preach. He is on his way to (more…)
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A Demon Fortress
I recently came across a post-it note that has been in my Bible next to Philippians, Chapter 1 for years. I do not remember when I wrote it, or why I stuck it to that page, but there it was, speaking to me, as if it was freshly written. (more…)
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The Circus of Dysfunction
I was talking politics with my friend, Pastor David Briggs and he used the term “the circus of dysfunction” to paint an illuminating picture of (more…)
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Speak Life into your Trouble.
When trouble finds you, start telling your trouble and anyone else who can hear, just how big your God is. Be sure you are also speaking to yourself. (more…)
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As Many Times As It Takes
1 Timothy 6:12 (NKJV) says, “Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, to which you were also called and have confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.” Here is my question. (more…)
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