Faith4Business http://faith4business.com Faith - The Ultimate Taboo Topic posterous.com Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:59:15 -0800 Inspired To Lead http://faith4business.com/inspired-to-lead http://faith4business.com/inspired-to-lead Leadership is not a top-down impulse but rather a bottom-up impact. The greatest leaders in history have not been dictators but rather directors – leadership maestros who used their gifts of vision, values and purpose to orchestrate actions that served a cause greater than themselves. Giving orders is not leadership. Giving hope is. Leaders who serve the interests of those they lead earn far more than the obedience of their followers, they earn their respect. Are you an inspired leader? It is good to reflect on how well we are living up to our own leadership challenges. How well are you serving your team and your organization? When was the last time you asked the people you lead how well you are meeting their professional needs? When was the last time that you took a few minutes to sit with each of your team members and asked them what you can do better to help them be more effective or more satisfied in their work? Have you ever asked your colleagues how you can inspire them to excel? Go ahead, ask the questions and do not fear the answers. Inspired leadership is not about weak and strong; it’s about right and wrong. It’s about doing things the right way, for the right reasons and using your position of power, trust and influence to serve. Serve as a facilitator to get things done. Serve as a mentor to grow your team members. Ultimately, the most inspired leaders serve as an example to others that the pinnacle of leadership is reached when you care more about others standing atop the summit than you do about your own view.

Closing Thoughts From Inspired To Lead -Christopher Novak

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Sat, 21 Jan 2012 08:41:15 -0800 Money http://faith4business.com/money-57118 http://faith4business.com/money-57118

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Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:10:54 -0800 Faith is... http://faith4business.com/faith-is http://faith4business.com/faith-is Faith is letting go and letting God in every aspect of your life. Faith is inviting God in and letting him run the show in all your concerns. Faith does not however relieve us from taking Good and Right action. Let go and do the next Right thing.

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Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:56:12 -0800 The Fish http://faith4business.com/the-fish http://faith4business.com/the-fish

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Sun, 15 Jan 2012 05:26:56 -0800 Forgiveness http://faith4business.com/forgiveness http://faith4business.com/forgiveness 59 While they were stoning him, Stephen prayed, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit." 60 Then he fell on his knees and cried out, "Lord, do not hold this sin against them." When he had said this, he fell asleep. Acts 7:59-60

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Sun, 08 Jan 2012 06:42:22 -0800 Untitled http://faith4business.com/92793088 http://faith4business.com/92793088

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Tue, 03 Jan 2012 08:16:53 -0800 The Great Escape http://faith4business.com/the-great-escape http://faith4business.com/the-great-escape

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Sun, 01 Jan 2012 15:36:52 -0800 Jesus Lives http://faith4business.com/jesus-lives http://faith4business.com/jesus-lives

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Sat, 31 Dec 2011 18:57:42 -0800 The Glass is Full http://faith4business.com/the-glass-is-full http://faith4business.com/the-glass-is-full

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Thu, 29 Dec 2011 11:10:14 -0800 Pride http://faith4business.com/pride http://faith4business.com/pride

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Sun, 25 Dec 2011 19:59:30 -0800 Christmas Goose http://faith4business.com/christmas-goose http://faith4business.com/christmas-goose There was once a man who didn’t believe in God, and he didn’t hesitate to let others know how he felt about religion and religious holidays. His wife, however, did believe, and she raised their children to also have faith in God and Jesus, despite his disparaging comments. One snowy Eve, his wife was taking their children to service in the farm community in which they lived. They were to talk about Jesus’ birth. She asked him to come, but he refused ”That story is nonsense!” he said. “Why would God lower Himself to come to Earth as a man? That’s ridiculous!” So she and the children left, and he stayed home. A while later, the winds grew stronger and the snow turned into a blizzard. As the man looked out the window, all he saw was a blinding snowstorm. He sat down to relax before the fire for the evening. Then he heard a loud thump. Something had hit the window. He looked out, but couldn’t see more than a few feet. When the snow let up a little, he ventured outside to see what could have been beating on his window. In the field near his house he saw a flock of wild geese. Apparently they had been flying south for the winter when they got caught in the snowstorm and couldn’t go on. They were lost and stranded on his farm, with no food or shelter. They just flapped their wings and flew around the field in low circles, blindly and aimlessly. A couple of them had flown into his window, it seemed. The man felt sorry for the geese and wanted to help them. The barn would be a great place for them to stay, he thought. It’s warm and safe; surely they could spend the night and wait out the storm. So he walked over to the barn and opened the doors wide, then watched and waited, hoping they would notice the open barn and go inside. But the geese just fluttered around aimlessly and didn’t seem to notice the barn or realize what it could mean for them. The man tried to get their attention, but that just seemed to scare them, and they moved further away. He went into the house and came with some bread, broke it up, and made a bread crumb trail leading to the barn. They still didn’t catch on. Now he was getting frustrated. He got behind them and tried to shoo them toward the barn, but they only got more scared and scattered in every direction except toward the barn. Nothing he did could get them to go into the barn where they would be warm and safe. “Why don’t they follow me?!” he exclaimed. “Can’t they see this is the only place where they can survive the storm?” He thought for a moment and realized that they just wouldn’t follow a human “If only I were a goose, then I could save them,” he said out loud. Then he had an idea. He went into barn, got one of his own geese, and carried it in his arms as he circled around behind the flock of wild geese. He then released it. His goose flew through the flock and straight into the barn and one-by-one, the other geese followed it to safety. He stood silently for a moment as the words he had spoken a few minutes earlier replayed in his mind: “If only I were a goose, then I could save them!” Then he thought about what he had said to his wife earlier. ”Why would God want to be like us? That’s ridiculous!” Suddenly it all made sense. That is what God had done. We were like the geese—blind, lost, perishing. God had His Son become like us so that He could show us the way and save us. As the winds and blinding snow died down, his soul became quiet and pondered this wonderful thought. Suddenly he understood why Christ had come. Years of doubt and disbelief vanished with the passing storm. He fell to his knees in the snow, and prayed his first prayer: “Thank You, God, for coming in human form to get me out of the storm!”

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Sat, 24 Dec 2011 15:25:25 -0800 Let there be light! Merry Christmas! http://faith4business.com/let-there-be-light-merry-christmas http://faith4business.com/let-there-be-light-merry-christmas

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Fri, 23 Dec 2011 21:21:48 -0800 Death is buried http://faith4business.com/death-is-buried http://faith4business.com/death-is-buried Mild He lays His glory by,
Born that man no more may die.
Born to raise the sons of earth, Born to give them second birth.
—Wesley

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Wed, 21 Dec 2011 03:04:37 -0800 Purpose Driven Coffee http://faith4business.com/purpose-driven-coffee http://faith4business.com/purpose-driven-coffee

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Sun, 18 Dec 2011 08:29:26 -0800 We Have an Advocate http://faith4business.com/we-have-an-advocate http://faith4business.com/we-have-an-advocate My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have an advocate with the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world. (1 John 2:1, 2 NIV)

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Fri, 16 Dec 2011 04:54:58 -0800 Money http://faith4business.com/money http://faith4business.com/money "People are funny: They spend money they dont have, to buy things they dont need, to impress people they don’t like." -Dave Ramsey

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Tue, 13 Dec 2011 06:00:00 -0800 SWAG http://faith4business.com/swag http://faith4business.com/swag
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Sun, 11 Dec 2011 18:14:19 -0800 Sin http://faith4business.com/sin http://faith4business.com/sin “If anyone thinks that Christians regard unchastity as the supreme vice, he is quite wrong. The sins of the flesh are bad, but they are the least bad of all sins. All the worst pleasures are purely spiritual: the pleasure of putting other people in the wrong, of bossing and patronising and spoiling sport, and backbiting; the pleasures of power, of hatred. For there are two things inside me, competing with the human self which I must try to become. They are the Animal self, and the Diabolical self. The Diabolical self is the worse of the two. That is why a cold, self-righteous prig who goes regularly to church may be far nearer to Hell than a prostitute.”
— Mere Christianity by C. S. Lewis

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Mon, 05 Dec 2011 06:15:58 -0800 Untitled http://faith4business.com/84097252 http://faith4business.com/84097252 "Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure. The way you think about a fact may defeat you before you ever do anything about it. You are overcome by the fact because you think you are."

-Norman Vincent Peale

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Sun, 04 Dec 2011 09:33:00 -0800 Walking through Darkness http://faith4business.com/walking-through-darkness http://faith4business.com/walking-through-darkness

“Light shines in the darkness for the godly…” (Psalms 112:4a, NLT)


Everyone goes through times in life that seem dark or heavy. You may be going through something right now, and you don’t see how it could ever work out. You don’t have the funds. The problems look insurmountable. But if you will stay breakthrough–minded and focused on what God can do, His Word promises that the light will come bursting in. Notice, it’s not going to trickle in. It’s not going to barely get there. No, like a flood, like the breaking forth of waters, it will come bursting in. That means, suddenly, things will change in your favor.

When things seem dark, don’t start complaining. Don’t get negative and sour. Remember, God likes to do things suddenly. Keep reminding yourself that the light is about to come bursting in! It may be today, may be tomorrow, next week, next month, next year. But know this: your breakthrough is on the way!

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