The Choice Driven Life

Procrastination is a killer.
When yu choose to kill time, you begin to kill those gifts and callings which God has placed within your life. The living Bible paraphrase of Ecclesiastes 11:4 reads: If you wait for perfect conditions, you will never get anything done.
The first step in overcoming procrastination is to eliminate all excuses and [...]

“No one, regardless of how shrewd or well-advised he is, can stand against the Lord.”Prov.21:30
No chance….there is no substitute for God, nor can we compete against Him. He knows what is right, what is best and what will work. The sooner we accept Him as the final authority and begin to structure our lives, business [...]

If you profit from constructive criticism you will be elected to the wise men’s hall of fame.” Proverbs 15:31
“I hate it!” is the most common response to the word criticism. The dictionary defines criticism as “the act of analyzing or passing judgment.” As strange as it may seem, we can benefit in our business and [...]

“Go ahead and prepare for the conflict, but victory comes from God.” Proverbs 21:31
There are those who think that life should be without conflicts, but behind every great man or woman there are war stories. These experiences taught them principles that make them wise. They have learned that the victory comes from God. God made [...]

Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when dream come true at last, there is life and joy. Prov.13:12
Fear is a motivator. It is an important one, but it is used primarily to establish order and parameters. If we control people by fear only, we are poor leaders. Good leaders understand the importance of rules [...]

A wise man will he will increase learning Proverbs 1:5
Listening… the word listen means to make an effort to hear or pay attention, to give heed or to take advice. The proverbs says, “A wise man will hear,” meaning that if we are wise, we will be good listeners. The reason that wise men listen [...]

The master may get better work from an untrained apprentice than from a skilled rebel. proverbs 26:10
To develop means to become gradually fuller, larger or better. It can apply to anything such as people, products or attitudes. Since life is a process, we are all involved in developing physically, mentally and spiritually. We are not [...]

“For the Lord grants wisdom! His every word is a treasure of knowledge and understanding.” Prov.2:6
Why should I want to understand people? That’s a good question. There are many reasons, but let us look at a few of the important ones:

It will save us from a lot of conflicts.
We will be able to lead and [...]

God puts us through different kinds of tests, but He gives us three major tests that we will all have to take one time or another. Can you think of times in your life when you have been tested in any of these three ways.
Test one: God Tests Our Heart
“I know, my God, that you [...]

There is a difference in being under Pressure and experiencing stress, yet in many ways, they are similar. Stress comes from having an overload or being trapped into a corner; it’s when we cannot see the end of the tunnel, but can’t go back either.
Sometimes in business, we start something that may work, but the [...]