(Today God is First) / Marketplace Meditations Archives

• Marketplace Meditations 6/15  (June 15, 2008)
  The Error of Positive Thinking Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit (Zech. 4:6). God calls each of us to be visionary leaders, but that vision must be born out of His Spirit.
• Marketplace Meditations 6/14  (June 14, 2008)
  Why God Blesses King David learned an important lesson every business leader must learn if he is to ensure God's continual blessing.
• Marketplace Meditations 6/13  (June 13, 2008)
  A Tool for Miracles How does God call people into His service?
• Marketplace Meditations 6/12  (June 12, 2008)
  Calling by Name God is big on giving meaning to names.
• Marketplace Meditations 6/11  (June 11, 2008)
  The Butterfly Principle The caterpillar that lies inside the cocoon will never become the beautiful butterfly if someone cuts open the cocoon prematurely.
• Marketplace Meditations 6/10  (June 10, 2008)
  Will You Enter? Beware of solving problems in your own strength...
• Marketplace Meditations 6/9  (June 9, 2008)
  Unless the Lord Goes With Us If we are to be effective in anything we do for the Lord, the Lord must be in the midst of it.
• Marketplace Meditations 6/8  (June 8, 2008)
  The Spiritual Realm The unseen Lord wants to help us in the physical realm of our work life.
• Marketplace Meditations 6/7  (June 7, 2008)
  The Way of God There are three patterns of preparation that have been common among most of God's leaders.
• Marketplace Meditations 6/6  (June 6, 2008)
  Spiritual Warfare There is the spiritual and there is the physical. The spiritual involves two forces. One is good. One is evil.
• Marketplace Meditations 6/5  (June 5, 2008)
  Dying for Lack of Knowledge Many businesspeople I know take God's Word lightly. They believe they can violate His Word without consequence.
• Marketplace Meditations 6/4  (June 4, 2008)
  The Necessity of the Desert God's preparation of a leader involves training, extended times of waiting, pain, rejection, and isolation. Are you ready to sign up?
• Marketplace Meditations 6/3  (June 3, 2008)
  Significance Many of us begin our careers with the goal of achieving success...
• Marketplace Meditations 6/2  (June 2, 2008)
  Changing Our Paradigm Do you need a shift in some area of belief?
• Marketplace Meditations 6/1  (June 1, 2008)
  Moving With the Cloud The Christian businessperson must learn to move when God says move.
• Marketplace Meditations 5/31  (May 31, 2008)
  Triumphant Defeats So often defeat is what is required before victory can be won.
• Marketplace Meditations 5/30  (May 30, 2008)
  Faithfulness to Convict As I attempted to get back into my routine following a mountaintop experience, I found a great cloud of oppression come over me.
• Marketplace Meditations 5/29  (May 29, 2008)
  True Repentance When you or I wrong another person, or we sin against God, do we simply say we are sorry and move on?
• Marketplace Meditations 5/28  (May 28, 2008)
  Defining Moments We are all called to a relationship with God; and we are all called vocationally...
• Marketplace Meditations 5/27  (May 27, 2008)
  Going Against the Flow Whenever God is slow to answer our prayers, what we believe about God is revealed.
• Marketplace Meditations 5/26  (May 26, 2008)
  Motivations to Call Do you recall the circumstances when God first called you into relationship with Him?
• Marketplace Meditations 5/25  (May 25, 2008)
  Grace Have you extended grace to those who have hurt you?
• Marketplace Meditations 5/24  (May 24, 2008)
  Our Plans and God's Plans Many are the plans in a man's heart, but it is the Lord's purpose that prevails (Prov. 19:21). Ever experience a 'course correction'?
• Marketplace Meditations 5/23  (May 23, 2008)
  True Repentance in a Nation No nation is immune from God's judgment. Pray for your nation today.
• Marketplace Meditations 5/22  (May 22, 2008)
  God's Recruitment Strategy for Leaders When God calls one of His servants into service, there is often much travail.
• Marketplace Meditations 5/21  (May 21, 2008)
  The Art of Waiting How are you at waiting on God?
• Marketplace Meditations 5/20  (May 20, 2008)
  Drawing Near to Darkness Many of us have been satisfied to hear about God from God's messengers.
• Marketplace Meditations 5/19  (May 19, 2008)
  Free to Stand It matters not how strong you are...
• Marketplace Meditations 5/18  (May 18, 2008)
  New Things Our past can be a hindrance or a help in moving toward God's purposes for each of us.
• Marketplace Meditations 5/17  (May 17, 2008)
  Overcoming All Odds Have you ever had your back against the wall so badly that if something didn't happen to change your situation, you were sunk?
• Marketplace Meditations 5/16  (May 16, 2008)
  The Response of Faith Faith looks at situations through God's eyes, not the eyes of our limited understanding.
• Marketplace Meditations 5/15  (May 15, 2008)
  Mixing Faith With Commerce Do you have a problem that is perplexing to you? Do you see no way of meeting your need?
• Marketplace Meditations 5/14  (May 14, 2008)
  Rejected for Christ Is the move of God so evident in your life that it invites scrutiny from friends or coworkers?
• Marketplace Meditations 5/13  (May 13, 2008)
  Blameless If you were running for political office, what approach would your opponent take against you?
• Marketplace Meditations 5/12  (May 12, 2008)
  Things I Cannot Understand If there was any one man on earth who had reason to question God's love, it was Job.
• Marketplace Meditations 5/11  (May 11, 2008)
  The Faithfulness of God Have you ever had a relationship with someone who was faithful?
• Marketplace Meditations 5/10  (May 10, 2008)
  Business as Ministry The Bible is very clear that the purpose for our work life is to reflect Christ in and through our lives.
• Marketplace Meditations 5/9  (May 9, 2008)
  Reflecting His Glory How do you measure your effectiveness in God, or should you even be thinking like this?
• Marketplace Meditations 5/8  (May 8, 2008)
  Waiting on God Have you ever noticed that God is not in a hurry?
• Marketplace Meditations 5/7  (May 7, 2008)
  Embracing the Mess It would be impossible to keep oxen in a barn without having to clean up the mess from time to time.