How to Get the Most out of a Text: The Decomposition of a Passage
When I was a Professor at Servants University, I taught a course on Hermeneutics, the science and art of interpreting any text. I just listened to it now and feel really blessed by it! As many of you know, I'm passionate about research and learning. Sharing my...
How to Be a Phenomenal Person, by Oprah
Oprah inspired me in this talk. From beginning to end, it's amazing. I particularly loved, to hear her talk about the Power of Speaking Into Being, something that I personally believe and have practiced for years now. I also loved the following quote from Oprah's...
It’s Hard to Have Faith if You Don’t Do This One Key Thing
After preaching today's Sunday sermon, our pastor invited people to come to the front and pray for God to give them a burden for lost people in our city. This is something I've been seeking for some years now. Ordinarily, I would have gone to the front. But somehow, I...
The Anatomy of Trust, by Brene Brown
The 7 Elements of Trust In her book, Rising Strong, Research professor, Brene Brown, teaches an acronym, BRAVING, that she created for remembering the elements of the anatomy of trust--i.e. the elements that make up trust. Boundaries Reliability Accountability Vault....
7 Traits of Great Leaders
Regardless of what we do in life, we are leaders. Below, I share 7 traits of great leaders that we can all use to grow our personal leadership habits and our ability to influence and lead others. Great leaders are: 1. Courageous and strong but not careless and...
People are motivated by a great vision, not needs!
Recently, I had the privilege of spending three days on a cruise ship with a small group of passionate poverty alleviation leaders. My job was to mentor and help them create a strategy for leading their nonprofit organization for the next year. One of the activities I...
The Easiest Way to Gain Financial Freedom, Guaranteed!
Everybody I know would love to gain financial independence. We all want to reach a certain point in our lives when we can happily say we don't have to worry about money for the rest of our lives. Don't you also want that? I certainly do! However, a lot of people are...
You Don’t Love Someone Until…
You don't love someone until you know their weaknesses and still love them the same. We can all love a person when he or she does the kinds of things we love and agree with. But what happens when they don't do what we want? When working with the poor or orphaned and...
A Leader Discerns the Times
A leader discerns or interprets the times. A leader is able to chart the course to success because he can interpret or discern the times. Leaders discern the times. That’s how they get their vision and that’s how they lead the team to victory. By discerning /...
A Leader Finds a Way for the Team to Win
John Maxwell says, “Leaders Find a Way for the Team to Win.” Randy Pennington says, “The leader’s most important – you could say only – job is to influence others to deliver positive results. Results rule! Everything else is a discussion of the best ways to do so.” A...