Tom, a friend in the construction business, offered a bid on a big job that he felt was critical to win. He prayed and prayed to be selected for this project, only to learn that one of his competitors had been selected. At first, Tom was very disappointed and angry with God, until months later when Tom learned that the ...
In Acts 4 the believers may have asked themselves, “Should we be surprised that our own Jewish leaders in God’s Holy City are doing things against God.” They were surprised, but as they prayed from Psalms 2:1-6, they saw the situation through God’s eyes and realized God understood their predicament from the beginning of the world. Do you know it’s ...
The solar eclipse of August 21st created a business opportunity for many enterprising entrepreneurs. Unfortunately, opportunities for some, creates the need for greater discernment for customers. As people scrambled to find eyeglasses that would allow them to watch the eclipse safely, some opportunists began selling fraudulent glasses. Although my wife, Kathy, purchased some eclipse glasses from a trusted local store, ...
Jaime worked for a financial firm that held an annual golf tournament. The day before the event, one of the client teams called and said they felt apprehensive about playing because their fourth team member had recently passed away. Her supervisor asked her to find a comforting gift for the team. In a time-crunch, she prayed and asked the Holy ...
Doug is a local pastor who emailed me recently from Asia. Doug said that he was on a mission trip when he was invited to a businessmen’s bible study. Remarkably, the bible study lesson used that day was written by me! Doug marveled at God’s ways. He was amused that he had to go around the world to be reminded ...
This week we’re using the acronym HEAR to talk about four ways to hear from God. The E stands for Engage in God’s Word. God’s Word is our operating manual for our work and our life. The Holy Spirit may speak individual insights to you at times, but God’s Word will teach you time-tested principles that can be applied to ...
This week we’re using the acronym HEAR to talk about four ways to hear from God. The H stands for Holy Spirit. God desires a two-way communication with His children. It’s easy to spend my prayer time on my requests, but harder to be still and listen to the Holy Spirit. Many articles I have written have come from my ...
Imagine being selected to manage a wireless phone store. The first week you leave your boss a voice mail with some concerns. But, when your boss responds you never listen to his voice mail! The next week you leave another voice mail. This time your boss mails you the operating manual, but you never read it! The third week you ...
Al Robertson of Duck Dynasty shared at an Integrity Resource dinner about the filming of their very first episode. At the conclusion of episode one, the Robertson’s were looking for a special way to close the show. The producers thought closing with the entire family around the dinner table would be a nice touch. As they awkwardly tried to figure ...
Mike discovered that a trusted employee had stolen money from him. Heartbroken, Mike intended to fire her, but when confronted, the employee broke down crying with sorrow. She told Mike that her husband had become addicted to drugs and had bullied her to steal to support his habit. Mike took an unconventional business approach. Mike met with her husband. By ...
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