How to “Reset” and Take Advantage of the New Year
Everyone loves a “reset.” I LOVE when the car trip-o-meter goes back to “00000” with one push of a button! How do you get ready for this new year? The secret of all growth is to be “reset.”
How do you get reset for the year?
5 Ways to Explode Your Creativity
"Stuck like Chuck". It’s a phrase I use to describe the doldrums, the “dead in the water” times of my life. Everything becomes same ol' same ol', acid-cardboard, plain vanilla, predictable and passionless. God is a God of endless variety. His colors, patterns, and shapes are eye-popping.
How do you get your creativity moving again?
How to Live a Legacy Life
Everyone talks about leaving a legacy. I want to LIVE a legacy. Legacy is “when the next generation models their lives and judges their achievements by you.”
Legacy is about three words: PURPOSE, COVENANT, and INVESTMENT.
Why I Give a Flip About Missions
40 years ago this week, I got married. Two weeks later, I was in Africa with my bride. I spent the better part of two years with her in the “bush” of Ghana and Nigeria often with no electricity and no running water. Why have I invested 35 million dollars of the Lord’s money overseas in the last 33 years (and almost that much in local missions in the U.S.)?
As I reflect on this last forty years, here are a few thoughts that come to my mind:
Not Sold Separately
Everyone is trying to get a leg up on this New Year. Thousands of churches nationwide are participating in 21 days of prayer and fasting. I’ve never been more excited about the American church seeking God. Surely He is going to answer these millions of prayers! Jesus taught us the “three-fold cord” of a breakthrough in Matthew 6 with the Sermon on the Mount.
Here is how they have worked in my life when I combine them together:
Get Your Finances Right in 2016
Everybody makes New Year’s resolutions: lose weight, gain muscle, write books, read books, get a degree, get a raise, and so on infinitum. All of that is great, but I want to give you a completely different starting point for 2016: get your finances in order. Do you realize how much of your life will change when you start emerging out from under that pile of bills, credit card balances, and STRESS?