The High Cost and Source of Discontent!

If I had to choose just one overarching quality or attitude toward life to have and to hold as the constant practice most beneficial to having a great life experience it would be – contentment. I have written in previous posts about contentment,  proposing that contentment is found in a choice we make based on an accurate understanding of God’s goodness, sovereignty, and plan for us, rather than a group of circumstances that occur at a given time. Contentment, or the lack thereof is a constant choice we make as we perceive what we believe to be reality about our sufficient state in life moment by moment. You and I choose contentment – or not. When we choose not we are by definition discontent. Discontented people are not happy people, they can’t be. Discontent...

One Life – Where are the Statesmen?

There has never been a time when true statesmen have been more needed or in shorter supply. We as a people have lost our ability to trust our leaders in the most important areas of our lives. Cynicism is growing almost palpably and our hearts ache for renewal at every level. In government, in business, and in our churches we yearn for statesmen but we get politicians and careerists. Statesmen are leaders (men and women) who stand for what is right regardless of the popularity of their position. Politicians are ONLY concerned with what is popular. A nation ruled by politicians, as we are now and have been for quite some time, will inevitably sink to the lowest common denominator of morality, which, unfortunately, always trends lower and lower over time. This is also true in the church...

One Life – A Life God Can Bless – An Undivided Heart

“The eye of the lord searches to and fro across the face of the Earth, seeking to show Himself mighty on behalf of he whose heart is wholly His.” – II Chronicles 16:9 Would you like to see God show Himself mighty in your life and on your behalf? Can you believe that, as much as you or I might want that, He wants it even more? It’s true, He does. It is His deal, His choice, and His plan. He gave us Jesus to make a relationship with Him possible, sent His Spirit to live in us to empower and guide us, and has chosen us as His vessels to show Himself to the world. There is, by the way,  no “plan B.” God’s only real requirement is that our hearts be “wholly His.” So, that’s the start point, an undivided heart. Do you have one? Do...

One Life – Christian, Uniquely Christian, Leadership

Just a short post today for you leaders of leaders who might be out there. I want to recommend to you the best definition that I have seen of what a true Christian leader is called to do, and also the very best, and most comprehensive book that I have ever read on the subject of how it is best done. The definition of what a Christian leader of leaders does is: “Moving people on to God’s agenda.” ...