Some people are dreamers and some are planners. The planner is someone who likes to have a plan a, b, and c. They like to try to consider all possibilities in order to be prepared for anything. They view life as a “prepare for the worst, hope for the best…
Have you noticed how Mama Bears are protective of their cubs? They might swat their cubs from time to time, but they are blameless because they would lay down their life for them. My wife Nicole has had to get onto our daughter Ashtyn in times past. I don’t question…
The comfortable place is one where we have put hedges around our life. We say things like I’m 50, I’ve worked hard, I’ve done enough. God laughs at that just as we might laugh at the 19 year old saying, “Woe is me I’ll never get married, I’m 19!” God…
What separates people who make a big impact from those who don’t? (Big is relative.) They focus on one thing (Proverbs 4:25). I hear people say, “Thank God It’s Friday. I’m just glad I made it through the week.” The most successful people don’t just get through the week. As…
We wear our W-2 yoke, our pleasing-others yoke or our kid-pleasing yoke. Why do we feel guilty that we can’t make everyone happy? It’s the flesh. If we keep doing it our way, we are going to kill ourselves. God wants us to be sustainable to do what he has…
An airplane has an attitude indicator. This instrument shows the pilot the orientation of the airplane in reference to the ground. If our goal is to go up in altitude, then our attitude in reference to the ground needs to be oriented up. Eyes Up! Our eyes should be oriented…
How would you feel if your child or a friend made a mistake and then decided that because he had made a mistake, he never wanted to talk to you again? I hear people say, “I don’t talk to God because I feel like he’s mad at me.” They have…
Diligence is giving speedy attention to the assigned task. It’s continuing to work on something that you know needs to be done until it’s finished. I tend to notice a direct correlation between SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE and their DILIGENT ATTITUDE. The Bible says in Proverbs 10:4 that, “He Who Has A…
One day while exercising on my treadmill, I felt God speaking to my heart and this is the personal message that he impressed upon me. David, every advancement that you’ve ever made in your ministry or your life has happened because of divine conversations with me. Then after you get…
I use my own experience to encourage people. Why? Because I wouldn’t be in the position I’m in today if it weren’t for God’s favor. In ministry, we have had many people against us, and technically we shouldn’t be here. Fortunately, God controls our destiny and when we believe –…
Many people think that we have to get cleaned up before we can come to Jesus. Jesus never said that. If we get it together before we come to Jesus it is like fixing our car before we take it to a mechanic. It’s like washing our car before we…
We are responsible for our actions and reactions. We make decisions that have consequences and then we blame God for creating the storm in our life. Some storms come from the devil, but more often than not they crop up because we are doing something that God told us not…
