How do you look at those in poverty?  Do you pity them?  Your pity will not empower them to succeed.       Do you think of them as lazy?  While that might be true for some, it is not true for most.  Imagine that you have applied for hundreds of jobs and been ignored, rejected…

Make your vision exciting and be passionate about making it happen.  Consider it when you are making decisions in your life.  When I think about gorging on junk food I think about this vision and imagine myself overweight with a whole host of chronic diseases that keep me from having salt or sugar at this…

‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”  Mark 12:31 Consider those that you lead as a neighbor.  We must love them and care for them as we love ourselves.  We will discuss that more.  But notice that this verse assumes that we love ourselves.  Doubt can disrupt…

You too need to take time to discover your true identity.  Once you discover that identity, make the deliberate choice to live in it.  For example, if God created you to be a tractor, be the best tractor that you can be.  But for many in our world we are not accepting of the tractor…