Matthew 5:37, “But let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes’, and your ‘No’, ‘No.’ Â For whatever is more than these is from the evil one.” (NKJV) I can remember many years ago sitting in my group therapy session during the early parts of my treatment center stay and the counselor asked us how we felt. Â The decade…
Competing for the Spirit
Galatians 5:22, “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.” I facilitated a business course last week and what a blessing it is to be able to interact with people who are both creative and driven to success. Â Whenever I teach this course at some point…
First Who, then What, then Why??
In his book “Good to Great” Jim Collins stresses the importance of getting the right people on the bus and sitting in the right seats of the bus whenever you are building an organization or a team of any type. Â He coined the phrase “first who, then what.” Â In other words before you decide where…
The God Card
Ephesians 2:8-9, “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith–and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God–not by works, so that no one can boast.” Wow I just returned from a quick “power shop.”  I needed a couple of belts a sweater, some gloves (for my freezing cold Triathlon…
Trading Addictions
I had a friend email me a question about a common behavior in the addiction/recovery community and that is the act of trading addictions. Â In other words the alcoholic stops drinking but gets hooked on pills or porn or food or sex or shopping etc… Â This is very dangerous because the new addiction often leads…
Press On
Philippians 3:13, “Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead.” (NKJV) I’ve pretty much resolved myself to the fact that anything that causes me to be anxious or to worry is of the devil….
Process of Elimination
Ezekiel 36:26-27, “I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. I will place my Spirit within you…” I ran across this scripture the other day and reflected on how much my heart has softened over the…
me to WE
Years ago Rick Warren, in his bestseller, “Purpose Driven Life” told us in the first sentence of the book; “It’s not about me.” As an American it is a real challenge to not only read Rick’s words but to believe them and live them. Â We live in a very “it’s all about me” society these…
The Ultimate Lifter Upper
For the past few days I have had many blog topics come to me but I couldn’t blog them due to technical difficulties with my blog engine.  I don’t believe in copying and pasting my blogs for a later date.  I like for them to be fresh with very little editing (I’m sure you  all…
Alignment
1 John 5:14-15; “This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we have what we asked of him.” Back in my basketball playing days I spent hours studying the art…
Jay Meyer
I started this blog in 2008 because of my passion for helping others take their lives to the next level. My hope is that, through sharing my life experiences as a business leader, husband, father, and recovering drug addict, I will positively impact your life.