Putting his life at risk, the prophet Elijah meets with his arch enemy, King Ahab, and demands that the King gather the false prophets and meet him on Mount Carmel. Standing before Ahab and 850 false prophets, Elijah challenges them and their gods to a test. After considerable time mocking their gods, Elijah, finally calls on his God. In 1 ...
Like many courageous leaders, the prophet, Elijah was a pioneer. Until Elijah, many had seen God perform amazing miracles, but no one had seen the dead revived. Elijah had been staying with a gracious widow and her son, when the son unexpectedly died. Few would have ever considered that someone could bring him back to life. But not Elijah! He ...
The prophet Elijah’s faith was fortified when God provided for him during a long drought. Ravens brought food to Elijah daily, to a brook that seemed to have endless water. Then one day, the water ran out! In 1 Kings 17:9 Elijah was told, “Go at once to Zarephath in the region of Sidon and stay there. I have directed a ...
The Lord gave Elijah many assignments that would frighten the strongest of leaders. Imagine being directed to go to the most powerful, wicked king of the land to rebuke and curse him for his evil! It would have been easy to overlook that directive from God as a very bad idea. Instead in 1 Kings 17:1 we read, “Now Elijah the ...
College graduates who desire to please God in their vocation are at a disadvantage. First, most of them are learning from books and teachers who have no interest in teaching a biblical perspective on work. Secondly, many students enter the workplace working for bosses who seem to only model improving the bottom line. That’s why we launched Legacy Impact Network. ...
In 2001, I spent time fasting, praying and journaling. Through my journaling, God directed me to form Integrity Resource Center and take some courageous steps outside my comfort zone. One of those steps was to host events to introduce people to faith at work stories. Since I had never hosted an event, it was very uncomfortable and required courageous faith. ...
Someone I’ll call, Jim, and I were scheduled to study together our last night in college. Jim’s previous poor grades resulted in the dean requiring him to have a 3.0 grade point to be re-enrolled. Amazingly, Jim had a 4.0 going into his last final. That’s why it was shocking when I saw Jim, with his arms full of his ...
Over dinner, a former detective and I talked about my leaving banking to begin a ministry to the marketplace. “I can chase a man down a blind alley who has a gun and not be the least bit afraid,” He said, “but leaving a job to start a ministry would scare me half to death.” Fear takes shape in many ...
As a new commercial loan officer, one of the first loan applications I received was declined by our loan committee. I was terrified to have to tell this bank customer, “No.” When we met, I gently tried to tell him, “No”. The next day I realized I had a problem when the customer called and said, “Okay, so when can ...
Today, on Memorial Day, we honor our veterans who died while serving their country. According to the Veterans Affairs, over 1.1 million people have died while in the military. People have choices. They can choose to charge into battle with courage or they can choose to flee. Most of these brave men and women we honor today, chose to be ...
Equipping Others to Do Work Differently
