2 Timothy 3:1-5 (NLT)You should know this, Timothy, that in the last days there will be very difficult times. 2 For people will love only themselves and their money. They will be boastful and proud, scoffing at God, disobedient to their parents, and ungrateful. They will consider nothing sacred. 3 They will be unloving and [...]
GUEST BLOGGER – JORDAN BOYCE
In the next couple weeks you will hear from some of my friends from around the country and around the WORLD(ok Canada) on the topic of vision. The first in the line up will be the youngest of my guest bloggers. Jordan Boyce is dynamic 18 year old that serves on the leadership team of [...]
VISION DEFENSE PART 6… THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BEING A FAILURE AND BEING A LOSER
Yesterday I was on the treadmill at the gym listening to Glen Beck on FOX news. He was talking to Chris Gardner, the man for which the movie THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS is based upon. Glen said to Chris “I relate to your story because I was a failure most of my life. I was [...]
VISION DEFENSE PART 5 – BALANCE
Neh. 4:16-18 From that day on, half of my men did the work, while the other half were equipped with spears, shields, bows and armor. The officers posted themselves behind all the people of Judah 17 who were building the wall. Those who carried materials did their work with one hand and held a weapon [...]
VISION DEFENSE PART 4…Remember that the fight isn’t just a fight for YOU
Nehemiah 4:14 After I looked things over, I stood up and said to the nobles, the officials and the rest of the people, “Don’t be afraid of them. Remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your brothers, your sons and your daughters, your wives and your homes.”
All great pursuits have to [...]
VISION DEFENSE PART 3…Refuse to let exhausting cripple you
Hebrews 12:2 (The Message) Keep your eyes on Jesus, who both began and finished this race we’re in. Study how he did it. Because he never lost sight of where he was headed—that exhilarating finish in and with God—he could put up with anything along the way: Cross, shame, whatever.
“God wants me happy”. You would [...]
VISION DEFENSE…PART 2…REFRAIN FROM THE COMPLAIN
Neh 4:10… there is so much rubble that we cannot rebuild the wall.
Proverbs 4:26-27 (The Message)
Keep your eyes straight ahead;
ignore all sideshow distractions.
Watch your step,
and the road will stretch out smooth before you.
Look neither right nor left;
leave evil in the dust.
SHUT IT! Seriously! Didn’t your mamma teach you that if you don’t have anything good [...]
IGNORE THE HECKLERS
There will always be things that will come to rob you of vision. I want to take some time to talk about things you can do to protect the vision you have over the course of the next few blog posts . But let me say one thing about vision before i jump in. If [...]
NEW YEARS DAY “HANGOVER 10K” & GETTING OUT OF MY COMFORT ZONE
So this morning, while the most of the sane world was sleeping I got up to run the annual Hangover 10k. Today it was minus 2 with the wind chill at minus 10… But it was a dry cold so it was OK (that’s what people say about heat and it ticks me off every [...]
