For which of you, wishing to build a farm building, does not first sit down and calculate the cost [to see] whether he has sufficient means to finish it? – Luke 14:28, Amplified Bible (AMP) Jesus Christ used the illustration of Luke 14:28-30 in the context of counting the cost of becoming His disciple. The… Continue reading It’s time to hire the crocodile hunter!
Category: Leadership
Promises, promises. Make sure you keep yours!
When the Angel of the Lord spoke these words to all the Israelites, the people lifted up their voice and wept. – Judges 2:4, Amplified Bible (AMP) God never fails to keep His promises, but we often do. When we do, our bad choices can lead to lifetimes of consequences. In the latter part of… Continue reading Promises, promises. Make sure you keep yours!
It’s natural to fear being the “go-to guy.”
Be strong (confident) and of good courage… – Joshua 1:6, Amplified Bible (AMP) A friend of mine’s mother passed away not long ago. As we were talking about her home-going to Heaven, he mentioned to me that his mother was the last, close connection he had to her generation. “With her passing,” he said, “it… Continue reading It’s natural to fear being the “go-to guy.”
Everybody wants to be the head honcho.
And they said, Has the Lord indeed spoken only by Moses? Has He not spoken also by us? And the Lord heard it. – Numbers 12:2, Amplified Bible (AMP) When The Lord addresssed His people in Micah Chapter 6, He identifed the three siblings Moses, Aaron, and Miriam as His instruments of deliverance from Egypt.… Continue reading Everybody wants to be the head honcho.
Moses said, “I’m a failure. Just kill me.”
And if this is the way You deal with me, kill me, I pray You, at once, and be granting me a favor and let me not see my wretchedness [in the failure of all my efforts]. – Numbers 11:15, Amplified Bible (AMP) There are times when serving The Lord just wears you out. You’re… Continue reading Moses said, “I’m a failure. Just kill me.”
Facing the lions may be the best thing you can do for others.
Then the king went to his palace and passed the night fasting… – Daniel 6:18, Amplified Bible, (AMP) The door of the lions’ den was shut, and then the wait began. The nighttime hours brought great trial and tribulation of soul, but not for Daniel, the one spending the night with the beasties. The soul… Continue reading Facing the lions may be the best thing you can do for others.
A key ingredient in the recipe of leadership.
Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin–; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written. – Exodus 32:32, King James Version (KJV) My wife loves to bake. She doesn’t have much free time these days, but when she does, you can rest assured she’s found a… Continue reading A key ingredient in the recipe of leadership.
To stay or not to stay? That is the question.
And Moses said [to the Levites, By your obedience to God’s command] you have consecrated yourselves today [as priests] to the Lord, each man [at the cost of being] against his own son and his own brother, that the Lord may restore and bestow His blessing upon you this day. – Exodus 32:29, Amplified Bible (AMP) Amy Carmichael spent… Continue reading To stay or not to stay? That is the question.
Sometimes things have to get worse before they get better.
And the foremen said to them, The Lord look upon you and judge, because you have made us a rotten stench to be detested by Pharaoh and his servants and have put a sword in their hand to slay us. – Exodus 5:21, Amplified Bible (AMP) After delivering God’s “Let my people go!” message to… Continue reading Sometimes things have to get worse before they get better.
What will you be striving to obtain in the New Year?
And He said to them, Guard yourselves and keep free from all covetousness (the immoderate desire for wealth, the greedy longing to have more); for a man’s life does not consist in and is not derived from possessing overflowing abundance or that which is over and above his needs. – Luke 12:15, Amplified Bible (AMP) New Year’s Eve is the perfect… Continue reading What will you be striving to obtain in the New Year?