The world’s peace is different from God’s peace. Worldly peace is temporary and dependent upon circumstances. God’s peace offers a permanent solution, which is salvation through Jesus and His presence in our lives. Philippians 4:7 refers to “the peace of God which transcends all understanding.” Most of Paul’s letters began with the words “Grace and…
We cannot anticipate, or set our minds on, what we cannot imagine. That’s why, I believe, God has given us glimpses of Heaven in the Bible—to fire up our imagination and kindle a desire for Heaven in our hearts. Heaven is real “God has made everything beautiful for its own time. He has planted eternity…
Proverbs 29:18 says, “Where there is no vision, the people perish” (NKJV). This means having a clear vision aligns us with God’s plan. Setting goals is also biblical. Habakkuk 2:2 states, “Write the vision and make it plain on tablets, that he may run who reads it These are the principles for developing a plan…
God’s love has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit Who has been given to us. ROMANS 5:5. The Bible teaches us that the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit Who has been given to us, that simply means that when the Lord,…
“For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?” (Mark 8:36,37). The word “soul” is sometimes translated as “life.” In this setting, the Master was definitely talking about losing true spiritual life, which would be…
September 7 One of the most significant questions you can ask a person is “What do you want?” When King Artaxerxes saw Nehemiah’s sadness, that is exactly what he asked him. (See Nehemiah 2:4.) What is equally significant is that Nehemiah was able to answer the king specifically. He said, “Let [the king] send me…
September 6 I like to think of Nehemiah’s cupbearer job as his preliminary occupation, or his “pre-occupation,” because he was born to fulfill another, much more important role. Your true work is what you were born to do. Your job is what you do only until you are ready to fulfill your vision. God had…
September 5 There is an excellent illustration in the Bible that shows the difference between simply having a job and having a clear guiding purpose. It is found in the life of Nehemiah. Nehemiah was in a top position in the court of the Persian king Artaxerxes; he was cupbearer, and he was a highly…
September 4 The Why of Existence One of my undergraduate degrees is in education, and I had to take a course in biology for a full year as part of my degree requirements. I really enjoyed that course because it was extremely detailed; we studied the neurological and circulatory systems of the human body. At…
September 3 The First Principle: Have a Clear, Guiding Purpose The first principle in our Twelve Principles for Fulfilling Personal Vision is that you must have a clear guiding purpose for your life. Every effective leader or group of people in history has had one thing in common: They were directed by a clear vision….
September 2 Vision God has never created a failure. He designed you, sculpted you, and gave you birth to be a success. If you have failed, it is only because you are a success who went off track. Remember that you don’t have to stay on the sidelines. Redemption restores to you the ability to…
September 1 Jeremiah 29:11 tells us, “‘I know the plans I have for you,’ declares the LORD, ‘plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.’” God has plans for us, and He wants those plans to be fulfilled. Yet for this to happen, we must follow…