But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children’s bread, and to cast it unto the dogs. – Mark 7:27, KJV When God gives us work to do, one of the greatest impediments to getting the job done is distraction. To illustrate this, consider… Continue reading Try not to sit too close to the railroad tracks.
Category: Time Management
Getting Things Done
He becometh poor that dealeth [with] a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich. – Proverbs 10:4, KJV Writing for Entrepreneur magazine, Meiko Patton identified 21 Ways to Achieve Wealth and Success that she gleaned from Tom Corley, author of The Daily Success Habits of Wealthy Individuals. Habit number 7 was this:… Continue reading Getting Things Done
BEST OF TQFG: Don’t come down from your great work.
We hope you enjoy this re-post from June 29, 2013. Be blessed! The Today’s Quote From God Team I am doing a great work and cannot come down. – Nehemiah 6:3, AMP Russ Warner, CEO of ContentWatch, was quoted in a July 2012 Forbes.com article titled Employees Really Do Waste Time at Work. Warner cited a 2012 Salary.com… Continue reading BEST OF TQFG: Don’t come down from your great work.
Who are you serving first?
Will any man of you who has a servant plowing or tending sheep say to him when he has come in from the field, Come at once and take your place at the table? Will he not instead tell him, Get my supper ready and gird yourself and serve me while I eat and drink;… Continue reading Who are you serving first?
Dealing with regret.
A glad heart makes a cheerful countenance, but by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken. – Proverbs 15:13, Amplified Bible (AMP) Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary defines regret as “to feel sad or sorry about something that you did or did not do.” Most people regret something that they have done, or they regret passing on an… Continue reading Dealing with regret.
No Regrets: Part 2
Bronnie Ware worked in palliative care for many years, tending to people during the last three to twelve weeks of their lives. In response to her interaction with the dying, she wrote the book The Top Five Regrets of the Dying. The top five regrets, as Ware reported, are as follows: 1. I wish I’d… Continue reading No Regrets: Part 2
No regrets: Part 1
For godly grief and the pain God is permitted to direct, produce a repentance that leads and contributes to salvation and deliverance from evil, and it never brings regret; but worldly grief (the hopeless sorrow that is characteristic of the pagan world) is deadly [breeding and ending in death]. – 2 Corinthians 7:10, Amplified Bible… Continue reading No regrets: Part 1
Ever gone farming on a talent show?
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. – Matthew 5:16, KJV According to a 2007 study on church attendance in the United Kingdom, only 10% of the UK adult population go to church at least weekly. Yet, in April of 2013,… Continue reading Ever gone farming on a talent show?
I’m so overwhelmed! – Part 3
The appetite of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, but the appetite of the diligent is abundantly supplied. – Proverbs 13:4, Amplified Bible (AMP) Jerry DeVries, 78, was one of the experts that Karl Pillemer interviewed for his book 30 Lessons For Living: Tried and True Advice from the Wisest Americans. As Mr. DeVries reports:… Continue reading I’m so overwhelmed! – Part 3
I’m so overwhelmed! – Part 2
For the vision is yet for an appointed time and it hastens to the end [fulfillment]; it will not deceive or disappoint. Though it tarry, wait [earnestly] for it, because it will surely come; it will not be behindhand on its appointed day. – Habakkuk 2:3, Amplified Bible (AMP) One of God’s techniques for overcoming… Continue reading I’m so overwhelmed! – Part 2