In his book God at Work, David Miller highlighted four E’s of faith at work with his Integration Box. The final category is Enrichment. Integrating our faith with our work requires that we become spiritually grounded and enriched, but we can take our spiritual enrichment to extremes. John is a serial entrepreneur who attended a faith in business conference. When I ...
In his book God at Work, David Miller highlighted four E’s of faith at work with his Integration Box. The third category is Experience. This category emphasizes the importance of one’s vocational calling and purpose. Years ago, I consulted with Chuck on purchasing a trash hauling business. When the transaction was complete, our pastor wisely called Chuck forward to pray ...
In his book God at Work, David Miller highlighted four E’s of faith at work with his Integration Box. The second one is Evangelism. We have all been called by Jesus to the Great Commission, but sometimes we can rush evangelism before earning the right to share. My friend, Bob, loves to evangelize, but one day one of Bob’s vendors ...
David Miller, in his book God at Work, categorized four E’s of faith at work with his Integration Box. For us to live a fully integrated life, each of these four need to be embraced with proper emphasis. The first E is Ethics. Years ago, in Kansas City, there was a pharmacist named Robert Courtney who made a $1 million ...
“It doesn’t matter what I do, I’m never good enough?” Have you ever felt this way? Do you live with the belief that no matter what you achieve, your best falls short? No matter how you feel about it, you are enough. You are enough because God’s word and God’s love tell you so. 1 John 3:1A says, “See what ...
In a recent article from Psychology Today, Sara Canaday says, “Separate your self-worth from perfectionism: 'you' are not the outcome of the project." Perfection is not wrong to aspire to. It becomes harmful to a person's self-worth when tied to the outcome of perfection. Human nature is to judge a man based on his perfection and performance. 1 Samuel 16:7 ...
A recent study published by Harvard suggests that the average executive in the US works 62.5 hours per week. Quick math shows that to be 12.5 hours per day in a work week. Why then is there a sense of shame that surrounds the inability to stay on top of it all? Psalm 127: 2 says, “It is in vain ...
In the “Power of Vulnerability” Brene Brown said, “I don’t ‘do sick.’” She said this to her husband as she was hospitalized during pregnancy for a severe medical issue. In her mind as a high performer, sickness equaled weakness. The shame tape plays on repeat and says peak performance isn’t possible if we are sick and sick means we are ...
When I was 25 years old, I started a faddish used car rental agency. After a year of struggle, a friend wisely recommended I close the business. After working through my pride and fears, I finally mustered the courage to close the business. But, I discovered that I carried a great deal of shame. I was ashamed of the mistakes ...
When I was 25 years old, I started a faddish used car rental agency. After a year of struggling through a terrible economy and a small business loan at 21% interest, a friend wisely recommended I close the business. After working through my pride, and finally concluding that my friend was right, the next emotion I had to tackle was ...
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