Wednesday, April 30, 2008
{ 4/30/2008 12:13:00 AM }
ComplainingWhen a kettle boils, steam whistles through the spout.
When we reach the threshold of what we can cope with we complain.
This means we need to increase our capacity in that area.
Complaining is the language of victims.
We complain when we feel we have no control over negative circumstances.
Leaders cope with more than the people they lead.
They don't complain, they give thanks and see the upside.
To the positive mindset solutions appear.
The negative complaining mind fails to see any way through.
'In everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.' 1 Thess 5:18-19
- Phil Pringle Leadership Files
Monday, April 28, 2008
{ 4/28/2008 02:21:00 PM }
“Do not pray for more of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is the Third Person of the Trinity and is not in pieces. Every child of God has all of Him, but does He have all of us?” - F.B. Meyer
“In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.” – Henry Ward Beecher, American politician (1813-1887)
“Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness.” – Napoleon Hill, American speaker and motivational writer (1883-1970)
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I guess many times we are just so caught up with new things... new technology.. new handphones.. new games.. new drama serials... every thing is new new new... we are looking to renew the things we're doing all the time..
Renew membership.. and so on...
Have we ever sat down and wondered if our insides are renewed?
I've come to realize that many christians tend to rely on a past experience they had with God... one they had a few weeks ago, some months... some years! As a result of this, we're just gnawing away at what's left of that encounter we had... it's like a donut we got 1 month ago and we expect it to feed our hunger for the whole month! That's ridiculous!
But they don't realize that they need to get fresh encounters with God! Daily revelations of Him...
Imagine you talking to your future husband interacting with your husband once a month only... or only when you need his help.. That ain't much of a relationship eh?
I guess most people will say that their relationship with their spouse will be different...
Just cause you don't see God doesn't mean he doesn't exist.
Well... I suppose the challenge and the power is in believing in God DESPITE his absence physically...
That's why it's impossible to please God without faith!
Ahhhs... Just rambling and sorting out thoughts..
I"m not expecting people to understand this.. HAHA! :)
Oh well.. lastly... i've been super impacted by this song recently:
Complete by Parachute BandHere I am oh God
I bring this sacrifice
My open heart
I offer up my life
I look to You Lord
Your love that never ends
Restores me again
So, I lift my eyes to You Lord
In Your strength will I break through Lord
Touch me now, let Your love fall down on me
I know Your love dispels all my fears
Through the storm I will hold on Lord
And by faith I will walk on Lord
Then I'll see beyond my calvary one day
And I will be complete in You