The PF Women Team at our Annual Team Retreat ~ 2018 Today on Seth Godin's blog, he said: It's tempting to decide to make a profit first, then invest in training, people, facilities, promotion, customer service and most of all, doing important work. In general, though, it goes the other way. Yes, it does. If you are waiting to make a profit before you do these things, in my experience you're not going to make a profit. So many organizations, ministries and churches are struggling with financial issues. I know your pain. As anyone who follows our story knows, our ministry was in a ton of debt four years ago when I came on as director. Since that time, we've gotten out of debt and turned a profit every year. God has done amazing things through out team, for which we give Him the glory! I find that what Seth is saying here is absolutely true, with one disclaimer. For Christian leaders, spiritual disciplines must always be first. Before we started i...
...to speak words of life, or not.
(Proverbs 18:21)
...to bring people closer to Jesus, or not.
(II Corinthians 2:15)
...to take control of my toxic thoughts, or not.
(II Corinthians 10:5)
...to do something about my unholy behavior or not.
(I Peter 1:16)
...to receive God's empowering grace that goes beyond my natural ability, or not.
(II Corinthians 12:9)
...to use all the time I'm given to make a difference for Him, or not.
(Ephesians 5:16)
...to actually do something about people dying and going to hell, or not.
(Jude 1:23)
...to take these choices seriously, or not.
(Deuteronomy 30)
I have a choice ~ to obey...or not.
"Live as children of obedience to God; do not conform yourselves to the evil desires that governed you in your former ignorance when you did not know the requirements of the gospel."
I Peter 1:14
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