(Today God is First) / Marketplace Meditations Archives

• Marketplace Meditations 1/24  (January 24, 2008)
  From the Desert to the Promised Land God calls you to eat from the fruit of your own work.
• Marketplace Meditations 1/23  (January 23, 2008)
  Called to Someone versus Something Sometimes we can place the idea of calling too much on the thing we do versus the One we are called to serve.
• Marketplace Meditations 1/22  (January 22, 2008)
  Masquerading as a Dentist If Christ is Lord over all of life, then He must be Lord over work, too.
• Marketplace Meditations 1/21  (January 21, 2008)
  Market Resistance Has God made you an inventor? Ask him to help you bring your product to market.
• Marketplace Meditations 1/20  (January 20, 2008)
  His Work, His Way When you and I live in this world without Christ we live a life just as Esau lived his life.
• Marketplace Meditations 1/19  (January 19, 2008)
  Lost Donkeys In Bible times, donkeys represented trade and commerce, for they were the primary means of transporting goods.
• Marketplace Meditations 1/18  (January 18, 2008)
  Competition in the Kingdom There is absolutely no place for competitiveness in ministry or marketplace activity if you understand God's view of receiving.
• Marketplace Meditations 1/17  (January 17, 2008)
  The Marketplace Minister and the Pulpit Minister Partnership We are a team that needs one another to accomplish the task of bringing God's presence into the city.
• Marketplace Meditations 1/16  (January 16, 2008)
  It's Time for a Funeral Many of the daily problems in life can be solved by coming to an end of ourselves so Jesus can take over.
• Marketplace Meditations 1/15  (January 15, 2008)
  The New Employee What would happen if Jesus took your place for a year in your workplace?
• Marketplace Meditations 1/14  (January 14, 2008)
  Big Assignments How does God prepare someone for big assignments?
• Marketplace Meditations 1/13  (January 13, 2008)
  Living for a cause Greater than Yourself Has God allowed a crisis in your life?
• Marketplace Meditations 1/12  (January 12, 2008)
  Secret Places During deep soul experiences God often leads us to amazing new discoveries.
• Marketplace Meditations 1/11  (January 11, 2008)
  Knowing and Doing God's Will Consider these five steps when discerning God's voice in your life.
• Marketplace Meditations 1/10  (January 10, 2008)
  Your Secular Work Is Ministry Do you know someone who needs tough love in his or her life right now?
• Marketplace Meditations 1/9  (January 9, 2008)
  When Your Sails No Longer Have Wind He stilled the storm to a whisper (Ps. 107:29). Does it feel like God has propelled you into the open sea only to stop midway with no options?
• Marketplace Meditations 1/8  (January 8, 2008)
  Jesus Was A Workplace Minister Consider that in the New Testament of Jesus' 132 public appearances, 122 were in the marketplace.
• Marketplace Meditations 1/7  (January 7, 2008)
  The Question of Calling There is a distinction between a later, special calling and our original, ordinary calling.
• Marketplace Meditations 1/6  (January 6, 2008)
  Sacred Versus Secular Jesus called all his disciples from the marketplace of life.
• Marketplace Meditations 11/8  (November 8, 2007)
  I'm not ready! God calls people when they are not ready. God will never call you into service when you think you are ready.
• Marketplace Meditations 11/7  (November 7, 2007)
  Simply Obey Samuel the prophet told King Saul that obedience is better than sacrifice.
• Marketplace Meditations 11/6  (November 6, 2007)
  Do You Need a Breakthrough? It is clear the angel came to Daniel because of his fasting and prayer and his seeking God for answers.
• Marketplace Meditations 11/5  (November 5, 2007)
  Martha's Bad Rap We must always have an outlet of expressing the love of God through practical deeds.
• Marketplace Meditations 11/4  (November 4, 2007)
  Transforming Your Workplace Is it possible to transform your workplace into something Christ-like?
• Marketplace Meditations 11/3  (November 3, 2007)
  I can't believe you think that! Humbling ourselves is the only way to resolve a relational breach.
• "God Is Not About YOUR Success" - Marketplace Meditations 11/2  (November 2, 2007)
  The man who loves his life will lose it (John 12:25). God is all about your death so that HIS success can be realized.
• Marketplace Meditations 11/1  (November 1, 2007)
  The Queen of Heaven The temple of Artemis in Ephesus was listed as one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
• Marketplace Meditations 10/31  (October 31, 2007)
  Relating to those Different from Us Do you shy away from interacting with those who may have a different belief?
• Marketplace Meditations 10/30  (October 30, 2007)
  Worship and Work Work, if done with integrity and unto God, is a form of worship in the biblical Hebrew context.
• Marketplace Meditations 10/29  (October 29, 2007)
  Retirement or a New Assignment? He didn't begin this job until he was sixty-nine years old.
• Marketplace Meditations 10/28  (October 28, 2007)
  Workplace Minister 90 percent of Christians do not feel they've been adequately trained to apply biblical faith in their work life.
• Marketplace Meditations 10/27  (October 27, 2007)
  His Vision, His Way, In His Timing Have you ever gotten so close to fulfilling a dream only to have it disappear right before your eyes?
• Marketplace Meditations 10/26  (October 26, 2007)
  The Tipping Point A tipping point is when an idea, product or movement becomes accepted by the masses.
• Marketplace Meditations 10/25  (October 25, 2007)
  Regaining the Art of Community How many relationships do you have in your life that would allow you to fellowship simply because you cared for one another?
• Marketplace Meditations 10/24  (October 24, 2007)
  The Coming Wealth Transfer In the last days there will be a transfer of wealth into the hands of the righteous.
• Marketplace Meditations 10/23  (October 23, 2007)
  We All Need Our Purahs God knew that Purah was the person Gideon could confide in.
• Marketplace Meditations 10/22  (October 22, 2007)
  Reflecting the Light A diamond is designed to reflect the light to reveal its true value. The cut of a diamond determines its brilliance.
• Marketplace Meditations 10/21  (October 21, 2007)
  Coming Signs of Persecution There is a growing intolerance in the world for anyone who has a belief system in absolutes.
• Marketplace Meditations 10/20  (October 20, 2007)
  Jehovah Jireh Do you know God as your provider?
• Marketplace Meditations 10/19  (October 19, 2007)
  Seeing Backward It is often years later when we discover the wisdom of God and why He intentionally led us through the dark valley.