The Key to Getting More Done
How to Know What to Do First It is easy to get consumed by all the things that need to be done. But we have more control over this than we think. It’s like BUILDing anything, it comes down to Being aware, Understanding, taking Intentional action and continued Learning. The past few weeks we have […]
Jesus is the Resurrection and the Life
We Would Smell Better if We Were Focused on the Right Thing Over the past few weeks, we’ve been discussing who Jesus is. He is the Light of the World, the Bread of Life, the Gate and Good Shepherd. This week Jesus tells us that He is the Resurrection and the Life. (John 11:25) Jesus […]
The Process for Breaking Big Things Down
You Can Only Lay One Brick at a Time Nothing gets done without taking action. But when there are so many big, scary things ahead of us, it can be hard to get started. Overwhelm can slam the brakes on progress. We get stuck in neutral, and nothing moves forward. Nothing will get done if […]
Jesus is the Gate and the Good Shepherd
And Don’t Sheep (We) Need These We’re continuing with the “I Am” statements of Jesus this week. Today is a combination of two of these. “I am the gate and the good shepherd,” John 10:1-15. In the Bible, sheep are used to represent people quite often and there’s a good reason for this. Having been […]
How Do I Get From Here to There?
Understanding Your Life’s GPS and Finding Direction A friend and I were recently discussing the sense of overwhelm and out-of-control feeling that we were both experiencing. There are so many worthwhile, valuable things pulling at our attention. How will I ever get them all done? My to-do list is so long there’s not enough time […]
Jesus is the Bread of Life
Bread is Important to Sustaining Life The Guinness World Record for the longest loaf of bread is 3,975 feet long and was baked for 59:30 hours. Starting on July 7th, 2005 at 8:00 PM and finishing on July 10th at 7:30 AM. It takes 9 minutes for a combine to harvest enough wheat to make […]
The Tool for Breaking Big Things Down
Taking the First Next Step Building and running a successful business is a big undertaking. It can be overwhelming, but it doesn’t have to be. Last week we talked about breaking big things down into small pieces. We discussed the process of accomplishing big dreams by starting with the first, next thing. Nothing gets done […]
Jesus is the Light of the World
And We Need All the Light We Can Get The number seven is throughout the Bible. John used seven a lot of different times in his Gospel. One of those sevens, is the seven “I Am” statements. These seven statements from Jesus are: This week we’re going to focus on Jesus being the light of […]
Breaking Big Things Down into Small Pieces
What’s the First Next Step? We’ve been talking a lot about routines over the past several weeks. Like most things, it sounds great, but where to start? There’s already too much to do and not enough time. There’s no room on the list to add anything else. No one ever said building a successful business […]
The Greatest Joy
Mary Finds the Tomb Empty This past Sunday was Easter. The celebration of the resurrection of Jesus. In John 20:1-10, Mary Magdalene goes to Jesus’ tomb and finds the stone rolled away and the tomb empty. She assumes someone has stolen the body and ran to tell the disciples. Peter and John go back to […]