(71)  “GREAT PEOPLE ARE READY TO HELP ME”

I have always lived with the conviction that I was called by God to make an impact for Him and that step by step He would lead me and provide the resources I would need to achieve His great purposes. In the process, the following words of Jesus have been a valuable guide to me:
“My Father is always working and so am I……I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by Himself. He does only what He sees the Father doing.” John 5:17,19
In my years of ministry, I have never applied for any position; I have always walked …

The older I am growing, the more I find myself thinking of the things that are eternal. Some of the things that once occupied my time and my attention have now become obsolete or irrelevant as I am more and more captured by the things that are deeper and will last forever.

It was C.S. Lewis who said, “All that is not eternal is eternally out of date.”
Richard Foster in his book, Celebration of Discipline, gives helpful perspective regarding the culture of the world in which we live that is in conflict with a culture that is deep and eternal. He writes, “Superficiality is the curse of our age. …

(61)  “ALWAYS BRING SOMETHING TO THE TABLE”

One of the qualities I have been consciously working on in recent times is that of being someone whose life is characterised by bringing something to the table. In short, it is someone who adds value to the world in which they live wherever they go.
Recently, I initiated a conversation with the lady who serves me at my favourite Subway store and in the process, I learned that she had been working there for 21 years. Suddenly I felt a prompt to go and buy her a twenty first anniversary card and a box of chocolates to celebrate her years of service. …