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Late last year, I was in prayer seeking the Lord about goals and expectations for 2009. Of course, I had high aspirations as my new book, Letters from the Fathers Heart, was just published in November 2008. As I prayed and asked the Lord for direction for the new year, I heard Him speak to me very clearly about what was in store for ..read more

“And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death” (Revelation 12:11).

I don’t know about you, but I prefer encouraging words to discouraging ones, positives messages to negative warnings. And as we turn the corner from 2008 to 2009, the media is full of discouraging, negative reports. ..read more

It’s a brand new year!. What are we going to create? How will it unfold: Personally? Professionally? Leisurely? Spiritually? Health wise? Money wise? What are you going to do to\How will you make 2009 a meaningful year? A self-defining year? A transformative year?

Nearly everyone begins the year by creating New Year’s resolutions because it’s the expected thing to do. But most ..read more

Statistics tell us 90% of Americans will make New Year’s resolutions. Sadly, 50% of us will have abandoned our goals by the end of January. Of those still holding on to hope, only 50% will be realized. So, why do we continue this tortuous ritual? Perhaps it is the hope that this year we will make better choices. This year, we tell ourselves, will ..read more

Every New Year I encounter the same interior battle between the good business practice of setting goals and my Christian understanding of God’s outworking of our purpose and plan. When does goal setting or making New Year’s resolutions cross the Christian line into self-determination?

On the goal-setting side, I’ve taken business courses on time management and goal setting. I believe you can’t get where you ..read more