Conquering Stupidity with Teachability….More on Productive Effort
February 7th, 2010
Proverbs 1:22,32-33; (NIVV) “How long will you simple ones love your simple ways?…For the waywardness of the simple will kill them and the complacency of fools will destroy them; but whoever listens to me will live in safety and be at ease, without fear of harm.” Another key aspect of putting forth productive effort is [...]
Handling setbacks and climbing mountains…More on Productive Effort
January 31st, 2010
“Unless the Lord had helped me, I would have settled in the silence of the grave. I cried out, “I am slipping!” But your unfailing love, O Lord, supported me. When doubts filled my mind your comfort gave me renewed hope and cheer.” Psalm 94: 17-19 (NLT) Productive effort not only takes the ability to [...]
Productive Effort
January 17th, 2010
Proverbs 14:23: “All hard work brings a profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty.” (This is part 3 of a series of blogs focused on the “continue” phase of accomplishing goals using my P.E.A.C.E. acronym. For a more detailed explanation of P.E.A.C.E. see my blog for September 1, 2008) The famous football coach and [...]
The Power to Continue
January 2nd, 2010
Psalm 91:14-16; “Because he loves me,” says the Lord, “I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name. He will call upon me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him. With long life will I satisfy him and show [...]
A Battle worth losing…
December 17th, 2009
Romans 8:28; “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.”(NIV) This morning I heard the news about the tragic death of Chris Henry, a wide receiver for my beloved Cincinnati Bengals. The news stunned me because he had [...]
Go-To’s
December 10th, 2009
Hebrews 6:19; “We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure.”(NIV) I remember years ago during my basketball playing days when I had finally developed a “go-to” move offensively. A “go-to” move is a move that allowed me to separate myself from my defender and get a shot off, not matter [...]
“Fixing” our gaze…
December 4th, 2009
Proverbs 4:25-”Let your eyes look straight ahead, fix your gaze directly before you.” Years ago, when I returned home from my 5 week stay in a chemical dependency center, I hooked up with my first sponsor. I remember this like it was yesterday because what he did that day, though it seemed small to him, [...]
“The farther one travels…
November 18th, 2009
the less one knows.” These are the words of George Harrison in the Beatle’s song “The Inner Light.” They came to me as I was reading Proverbs–”A truly wise person uses few words; a person with understanding is even-tempered.” (17:27 NLT), “Fools have no interest in understanding; they only want to air their own opinions.” [...]
Getting Unstuck
November 7th, 2009
Philippians 3:13-14 “But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.” (NIV) In our life we generally have 3 periods of time we live in; the past, the present [...]
GOYA
September 20th, 2009
It may not be your fault for being down, but it is your fault for not getting back up.” (Steve Davis)I saw this quote the other day and it struck a chord with me. So many people allow their circumstances to get them down and then they end up staying down…for the count. How many [...]