(Today God is First) / Marketplace Meditations Archives

• Marketplace Meditations 9/28  (September 28, 2009)
  You Have an Anointing A mentor once said to me, "Your inheritance is in relationships."
• Marketplace Meditations 9/27  (September 27, 2009)
  Adversity: Catalyst to a Call As the waves crashed over the ship, John Wesley huddled in terror, knowing he didn't have peace with God.
• Marketplace Meditations 9/26  (September 26, 2009)
  Forgiveness Ensures Freedom Corrie needed no introduction. She remembered him well; he was notorious for his cruelty.
• Marketplace Meditations 9/25  (September 25, 2009)
  God is the God of Success When our abilities are separated from our relationship with God, success is short-lived.
• Marketplace Meditations 9/24  (September 24, 2009)
  The Church Are you willing to be a catalyst in your community to see His Church take back your city?
• Marketplace Meditations 9/23  (September 23, 2009)
  Staying the Course At that very first meeting, no one showed up in the first 35 minutes. But Jeremiah waited.
• Marketplace Meditations 9/22  (September 22, 2009)
  Empowering Others The teacher who offers empowerment too early sets up followers for failure.
• Marketplace Meditations 9/21  (September 21, 2009)
  Modeling Christ to Your Employer They fail to realize that the authority to impact any workplace comes from having authority with God, not man.
• Marketplace Meditations 9/20  (September 20, 2009)
  Innovation Henry Ford once said, "Whether you think that you can, or that you can't, you are usually right."
• Marketplace Meditations 9/19  (September 19, 2009)
  Using Others True servant-hood is revealed when we have the best interest of others in mind.
• Marketplace Meditations 9/18  (September 18, 2009)
  Receiving Bad News The more I read, the sicker my stomach felt. I could not believe the words I was reading. I literally felt sick with fear.
• Marketplace Meditations 9/17  (September 17, 2009)
  Completing the Work Completing the work He has given each of us to do will become a by-product of this relationship, not an end in itself.
• Marketplace Meditations 9/16  (September 16, 2009)
  Victoria's Friends Victoria was raped, underwent multiple abortions, and began working as a dancer at local nude dancing club.
• Marketplace Meditations 9/15  (September 15, 2009)
  The Mercy Gift Buddy would push the door open, stand in the foyer and patiently wait for Gerry to come to him and give him a treat.
• Marketplace Meditations 9/14  (September 14, 2009)
  Opposing God's Leadership Following a leader can require a faith that goes beyond faith in the leader.
• Marketplace Meditations 9/13  (September 13, 2009)
  Affirming New Leadership Leaders who are insecure about their leadership will put down new leadership in order to maintain their own status.
• Marketplace Meditations 9/12  (September 12, 2009)
  The Wizard of Oz "God had not given me the scarecrow, the tin man or the lion, but He had given me OZ."
• Marketplace Meditations 9/11  (September 11, 2009)
  Turning Tragedy into Triumph On 9/11/01, New York City firefighter Stephen Siller had just completed his shift when he heard on his truck's scanner that a plane had hit one of the World Trade Center towers.
• Marketplace Meditations 9/10  (September 10, 2009)
  Road Construction One of our main local roads discovered a sink hole in the middle of the road. The road was closed for more than a year.
• Marketplace Meditations 9/9  (September 9, 2009)
  High Positions God reveals things in the dark places of circumstances that will be used to reveal something He wants you and others to know.
• Marketplace Meditations 9/8  (September 8, 2009)
  Seeing the Ordinary as Extraordinary Many times we fall prey to a spiritual hierarchy mentality.
• Marketplace Meditations 9/7  (September 7, 2009)
  When Service Exceeds Devotion Older sisters always think they know best.
• Marketplace Meditations 9/6  (September 6, 2009)
  Creating Your Niche Starbucks, the specialty coffee retailer, is one of the great 21st century American success stories.
• Marketplace Meditations 9/5  (September 5, 2009)
  Called To The Ministry The idea of a "higher call" appeals to our sense of a greater and nobler destiny.
• Marketplace Meditations 9/4  (September 4, 2009)
  The Perfectionist Imagine arguing with your Creator and telling him you know better than Him.
• Marketplace Meditations 9/3  (September 3, 2009)
  Are You Useful? The hardened fool "returns to his own vomit."
• Marketplace Meditations 9/2  (September 2, 2009)
  Beware of Mixture "...they gave me the gold, and I threw it into the fire, and out came this calf!"
• Marketplace Meditations 9/1  (September 1, 2009)
  Accepting My Design Have you ever wished that God made you differently?
• Marketplace Meditations 8/31  (August 31, 2009)
  Concealing a Matter God sent the prophet Nathan to tell King David a story...
• Marketplace Meditations 8/30  (August 30, 2009)
  Confronting Your Industry Culture God never allows for situational ethics. There are absolutes in the Kingdom of God.
• Marketplace Meditations 8/29  (August 29, 2009)
  Giving and Receiving Paul had a confidence that God would always provide what he needed.
• Marketplace Meditations 8/28  (August 28, 2009)
  Know Your Customer It became one of the most famous marketing blunders ever.
• Marketplace Meditations 8/27  (August 27, 2009)
  Sharing Your Faith with Others Do you see the direct correlation between sharing your faith and your own spiritual growth?
• Marketplace Meditations 8/26  (August 26, 2009)
  Having a Great Number Two Man An organization cannot grow without a trusted and skilled second in command or "number two" man or woman.
• Marketplace Meditations 8/25  (August 25, 2009)
  When His Work Exceeds His Presence God's presence had left the people..
• Marketplace Meditations 8/24  (August 24, 2009)
  Judah's Integrity Test He cried out, "She is more righteous than I am!"
• Marketplace Meditations 8/23  (August 23, 2009)
  Faith Proved Genuine "Either these are not the gospels, or we're not Christians."
• Marketplace Meditations 8/22  (August 22, 2009)
  Gideon's Success Test God does not allow Himself to be represented by an idol.
• Marketplace Meditations 8/21  (August 21, 2009)
  The Handkerchief The man asked, "May I ask you to do something rather unusual?"
• Marketplace Meditations 8/20  (August 20, 2009)
  From Pain to Destiny God often allows pain to ignite destiny in our lives.