(Today God is First) / Marketplace Meditations Archives

• Marketplace Meditations 7/10  (July 10, 2009)
  Strongholds Over Industries When Jesus wanted to bring His Kingdom into the corrupt tax system in Jerusalem, He began investing in lives.
• Marketplace Meditations 7/9  (July 9, 2009)
  Allowing God to Promote There is a great danger in self-promotion.
• Marketplace Meditations 7/8  (July 8, 2009)
  Covenant Relationships God is always the strongest partner in a covenant relationship.
• Marketplace Meditations 7/7  (July 7, 2009)
  The Lord Is Not In It We often think God is in our grand projects only to discover that He is not.
• Marketplace Meditations 7/6  (July 6, 2009)
  Is Perception Reality? Perception is not always reality. Elijah was in a crisis. Jezebel wanted to kill him. The nation was falling to Baal worship. From his vantage point - it was all over.
• Marketplace Meditations 7/5  (July 5, 2009)
  One Body When you function in a way that is not directly connected to the larger Body, you are only fulfilling a small portion of why the Manufacturer made you.
• Marketplace Meditations 7/4  (July 4, 2009)
  Servant Leadership Whenever someone mentions your name does the word "servant" come to their mind?
• Marketplace Meditations 7/3  (July 3, 2009)
  How's Your Joy Quotient? One of the overriding evidences that someone has a genuine relationship with our living Savior is their consistent attitude of joy and outlook on life.
• Marketplace Meditations 7/2  (July 2, 2009)
  Time Management David accomplished a great deal in his lifetime. However, he also understood life had an end to it and he wanted to make the most of it. He learned to use his time wisely.
• Marketplace Meditations 7/1  (July 1, 2009)
  The Role of Spouses in Making Decisions God's principles for making decisions require input from both spouses, regardless of their level of expertise.
• Marketplace Meditations 6/30  (June 30, 2009)
  Hearing God I have discovered a pattern in the way God speaks to me when I'm faced with major decisions...
• Marketplace Meditations 6/29  (June 29, 2009)
  Desert Training The desert holds a special place in God's Word. The Scriptures portray the desert as a place of inspiration and exaltation - a place where people met God in a powerful new way.
• Marketplace Meditations 6/28  (June 28, 2009)
  God's Leader Neither before nor after Josiah was there a king like him (2 Kings 23:25). What type of person does God raise up when a nation becomes synonymous with idol worship and sin?
• Marketplace Meditations 6/27  (June 27, 2009)
  Shedding Former Things The rite of circumcision is painful, bloody and personal, and the Israelite men were incapacitated until the wound had healed.
• Marketplace Meditations 6/26  (June 26, 2009)
  Baptism at the Red Sea The Israelites couldn't imagine that God's path to freedom actually led straight into and through the deep waters!
• Marketplace Meditations 6/25  (June 25, 2009)
  Coming Out of Egypt Becoming a new person in Christ is part of a life-long journey that begins at conversion.
• Marketplace Meditations 6/24  (June 24, 2009)
  Three Things Paul's letter to the Ephesians exhorts believers to experience three important things in their spiritual lives that he experienced personally.
• Marketplace Meditations 6/23  (June 23, 2009)
  Fasting and Prayer Dwight L. Moody was a poorly educated, unordained, shoe salesman who felt God's call to preach the gospel.
• Marketplace Meditations 6/22  (June 22, 2009)
  The Rhema Word As you read your Bible, be aware that God may speak to you in specific ways you never thought possible.
• Marketplace Meditations 6/21  (June 21, 2009)
  Paul's Disagreement with the Prophet Doing the will of God does not always have a positive outcome.
• Marketplace Meditations 6/20  (June 20, 2009)
  Hebraic Thought Education is a high priority in any society that wants to advance.
• Marketplace Meditations 6/19  (June 19, 2009)
  Removing Hindrances You are totally loved and accepted by your Heavenly Father. You can stop trying to win his favor.
• Marketplace Meditations 6/18  (June 18, 2009)
  Making Decisions by Hearing God Do you have a decision to make? Submit that decision to the Lord, ask God for clarity.
• Marketplace Meditations 6/17  (June 17, 2009)
  Moving Ahead of God Have you ever felt that you were supposed to receive something from God but it just hasn't materialized?
• Marketplace Meditations 6/16  (June 16, 2009)
  Are You Horizontal or Vertical? One of the best examples of the contrast between a vertical and horizontal dimension in scripture is that of King Saul and David.
• Marketplace Meditations 6/15  (June 15, 2009)
  Resurrected Faith Do you have resurrection faith that will trust God to raise your situation from the dead?
• Marketplace Meditations 6/14  (June 14, 2009)
  Dissolving a Partnership Sometimes, faith requires total trust in a future outcome you cannot see.
• Marketplace Meditations 6/13  (June 13, 2009)
  Gideon's Staff God often calls men and women when they are in the middle of their workplace activities.
• Marketplace Meditations 6/12  (June 12, 2009)
  Being Led by God How do you know what thoughts are your thoughts versus God's thoughts?
• Marketplace Meditations 6/11  (June 11, 2009)
  Testing for Obedience We see many situations in which God tests His people in order to determine if they will follow Him or follow the systems of this world.
• Marketplace Meditations 6/10  (June 10, 2009)
  The Success Test Every believer in Jesus Christ must have a defining moment in their lives.
• Marketplace Meditations 6/9  (June 9, 2009)
  Jacob's Defining Moment Every believer in Jesus Christ must have a defining moment in their lives.
• Marketplace Meditations 6/8  (June 8, 2009)
  Responses to Adversity When we experience adversity, we generally respond in one of three ways...
• Marketplace Meditations 6/7  (June 7, 2009)
  The Power of One God is calling the Body of Christ together in cities to operate in unity together in order to defeat the wickedness in our cities.
• Marketplace Meditations 6/6  (June 6, 2009)
  Avoiding the Gibeonite Ruse When Joshua and the Israelites entered the Promised Land, they fought many battles. In fact, they fought 39.
• Marketplace Meditations 6/5  (June 5, 2009)
  Getting Picked Many businesspeople I know take God's Word lightly. They believe they can violate His Word without consequence.
• Marketplace Meditations 6/4  (June 4, 2009)
  Confronting Evil There are times in the workplace where God may want to use you to be the instrument of God to bring righteousness to a situation.
• Marketplace Meditations 6/3  (June 3, 2009)
  Remedy for Depression I suspect many people could save thousands of dollars on therapy and antidepressants if they would just take time to serve others.
• Marketplace Meditations 6/2  (June 2, 2009)
  The Eternal Sales Call Perhaps there will be an opportunity today to see your work as an opportunity to share the love of Christ with someone.
• Marketplace Meditations 6/1  (June 1, 2009)
  Oaks of Righteousness Do you find yourself in a dark place? Share your true feelings with God.