(Today God is First) / Marketplace Meditations Archives

• Marketplace Meditations 4/21  (April 21, 2009)
  What Is Your Promised Land? Every believer has a Promised Land in their lives. It is the place where you receive all God intended for you to receive.
• Marketplace Meditations 4/20  (April 20, 2009)
  Sitting at His Feet The story of Ruth provides an excellent illustration of the connection between spending time in the presence of God and receiving physical provision.
• Marketplace Meditations 4/19  (April 19, 2009)
  Lydia, A Workplace Minister Who are the "Lydias" God has placed in your circle of influence?
• Marketplace Meditations 4/18  (April 18, 2009)
  Beware of Unusual Circumstances Whenever something unusual happens in daily life, these are often signs that God is up to something.
• Marketplace Meditations 4/17  (April 17, 2009)
  City Transformation Begins in Two Places In order to transform a city or nation, it must take place in two areas; the marketplace and the local church.
• Marketplace Meditations 4/16  (April 16, 2009)
  Job Vs. Calling The Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve (Matt 20:28). It's easy to distinguish those who see their work as a job versus those who see it as a calling.
• Marketplace Meditations 4/15  (April 15, 2009)
  The Integrity Test Ask God today to protect you from pride that can lead to ethical failure.
• Marketplace Meditations 4/14  (April 14, 2009)
  Closed on Sunday Can a business have a Christian testimony without ever saying a word? Absolutely.
• Marketplace Meditations 4/13  (April 13, 2009)
  The Work-a-holic Would you ever take on an army of 100,000 with only 300 men?
• Marketplace Meditations 4/12  (April 12, 2009)
  New Paradigms If you want to experience something you've never done, you must do something you've never done.
• Marketplace Meditations 4/11  (April 11, 2009)
  Being Promoted Beyond Your Anointing Have you ever done a job so well that you were promoted outside your skill set?
• Marketplace Meditations 4/10  (April 10, 2009)
  The Fertile Pasture Are you willing to use your staff to be a shepherd to those in the fertile pasturelands?
• Marketplace Meditations 4/9  (April 9, 2009)
  Balance the Natural and the Spiritual Even many Christians promote the importance of identifying our strengths and encourage us to move in them to accomplish God's will.
• Marketplace Meditations 4/8  (April 8, 2009)
  Can Your Boss Say This About You? God has uniquely gifted you to bring His presence and power in the area of your calling.
• Marketplace Meditations 4/7  (April 7, 2009)
  The Integrity Test Lack of integrity is nothing new. The Bible is full of examples.
• Marketplace Meditations 4/6  (April 6, 2009)
  Asa, a Model King Until... Whenever we place our trust and obedience in the Lord, God becomes our source for security and prosperity.
• Marketplace Meditations 4/5  (April 5, 2009)
  4 Types of Christians The following four categories provide an excellent tool for self-assessment...
• Marketplace Meditations 4/4  (April 4, 2009)
  The Real Deal The apostle Paul was the real deal. God began using Paul in amazing ways as recorded in the book or Acts.
• Marketplace Meditations 4/3  (April 3, 2009)
  The Gospel of the Kingdom When the Gospel of the Kingdom comes into a life and a community, everything in its wake is transformed.
• Marketplace Meditations 4/2  (April 2, 2009)
  Speak to Your Mountain What type of mountain might God want you to speak to today?
• Marketplace Meditations 4/1  (April 1, 2009)
  The Spiritual Life is Caught, Not Taught We need more people today who are willing to run after their "Elijahs."
• Marketplace Meditations 3/31  (March 31, 2009)
  The Religious Spirit at Work As we begin to express the life of Christ in our work lives, we need to be aware of another set of Satan's deceptions, namely, the religious spirit.
• Marketplace Meditations 3/30  (March 30, 2009)
  Live As Though You Are Dead "How will I know when I am going to come out of my adversity pit?" said the woman sitting across from me...
• Marketplace Meditations 3/29  (March 29, 2009)
  Becoming the Head Joseph knew God had a destiny for his life..
• Marketplace Meditations 3/28  (March 28, 2009)
  Kingdom Economics I used to determine whether I would meet with a person based on my perceived return on that investment...
• Marketplace Meditations 3/27  (March 27, 2009)
  Hearing the Voice of God - Even on the Job A friend of mine told me a story about an experience he had in Israel that demonstrates how sheep know their shepherd's voice...
• Marketplace Meditations 3/26  (March 26, 2009)
  The Black Hole If you've ever been through a major crisis, you probably know what a communications "black hole" feels like.
• Marketplace Meditations 3/25  (March 25, 2009)
  Thinking Big What might God want to do through your life? It begins with being obedient to the small things and exercising your faith to believe God can do it.
• Marketplace Meditations 3/24  (March 24, 2009)
  Mourning for Your City God is calling forth men and women from the marketplace today to be catalyst to impact their cities.
• Marketplace Meditations 3/23  (March 23, 2009)
  Receiving Only What God Can Give John understood that we receive by understanding our purpose and what God desires us to receive in light of our purpose.
• Marketplace Meditations 3/22  (March 22, 2009)
  Team Building Building a good team is key to the success of any enterprise.
• Marketplace Meditations 3/21  (March 21, 2009)
  Thinking Outside the Box This He said to test him, for He Himself knew what He would do (John 6:6). It is when we come to the end of our resources that God comes in with His resources.
• Marketplace Meditations 3/20  (March 20, 2009)
  Do Not Reach for the Power Act like you have the authority, but do not reach for the power.
• Marketplace Meditations 3/19  (March 19, 2009)
  Hanging Out With Sinners Jesus modeled four things when He lived on the earth that allowed Him to impact other people's lives. I call them the Four B's of transformation.
• Marketplace Meditations 3/18  (March 18, 2009)
  Two Types of People Are you living a life based on a future reward, or short term reward?
• Marketplace Meditations 3/17  (March 17, 2009)
  Receiving Bad News Have you ever had someone bring you really bad news?
• Marketplace Meditations 3/16  (March 16, 2009)
  Power Repentance Are you playing Christianity or having an encounter daily with the living Christ?
• Marketplace Meditations 3/15  (March 15, 2009)
  Shepherd Your People You and I are called to be shepherds in the workplace. Your "staff" (vocation) represents your calling to your work life ministry.
• Marketplace Meditations 3/14  (March 14, 2009)
  3 Phase Obedience "This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it..." (Matt. 22:38-39). When we first begin our journey we often make decisions from convenience.
• Marketplace Meditations 3/13  (March 13, 2009)
  Knowing the Risk and Reward We must determine if God is leading us after we consider all factors. We also must consider if the timing is right to proceed.