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Why are we so fast to believe what the world says, yet so slow to believe what The Bible says?

I’ve been chewing on this. Do give it some thought.

Who is the person you would share your sorrows with?

The friend you are closest to? The one whom you meet up the most frequently? The one who listens to you the most?

For me, I would pick the friend I’m most comfortable with…

Then the second question:

Who is the person you would share your joy with, first?

Generally, we would love to share our joy with everyone; the people whom we see, whoever that cross our path while we receive the joyous news. Hence I added the word “first”. When you know you aced your national exams, received an award or won a medal, who is the first person you would dial on your mobile phone to share the news with? That person would be different from the rest.

I think I would share it to the person that will rejoice with me the most…

I pray this makes you more aware of those who are important to you.

When Richard Branson was at school, his headmaster predicted he would wind up either a millionaire or in jail. Since then, he’s done both. Here he talks to TED’s Chris Anderson about the ups and the downs of his career, from his multibillionaire success to his multiple near-death experiences, from Virgin’s line of spacecraft to the failure of the Virgin condom. He also reveals some of his (very surprising) motivations.

I always wondered what we could do if we had a Christian version of Richard Branson; a chain of companies that functioned with Christian principles. Or a Hope-owned version of McDonald’s. Since there’s is a McDonald’s in every country; think of all the church planters we could send all over the world without having them to worry about finding a job!

I have the convictions, but I do not the resources.

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What a world of difference.

God is just, not fair.

God is just not fair.

Going to use this section to bring your attention to some of the treasures that I have been excavating. I believe very much in one of Rick Warren’s life principle.

Every leader is a learner, and the minute you stop learning you stop leading.
-Rick Warren

So here’s something interesting to kick off this series.
(Most blog references can be found under my Link Highlights.)

April 30th, 2008 Steven Furtick wrote:

I can’t stop thinking about this lately:
Is it possible that the key to Elevation’s continued growth lies in my ability to lead less?
To spend less of my time executing and almost all of it empowering?
I’m not talking about passive or nebulous leadership. It will always be my responsibility (and my passion, and my honor) to lead wholeheartedly and boldly in key venues and to key people.
Developing and communicating clear and thorough direction will always be on my job description.

But I think the bigger this thing becomes, the more time I’ll spend receiving vision from God, and the less time I’ll spend implementing it at a hands on level.
It’s a brand new paradigm for me: I can lead better by leading less.

Read more of his articles here.

Dear Reader,

I’m stumped and I need all the help I can get on this.

Recently, I got onto the listening end of a very amazing and befuddling statement.

“Silence is my style of communication.”

And I couldn’t help but to take this thought and attempt to chew it into digestible bite sizes. Is such thing ever possible? Isn’t communication meant to be anti-silence? I know of cases where less is actually more, but in this case; can nothing ever be something? I’m not talking about moments of silence. I’m talking about using silence as an effective medium of communication in the long run.

Please post your thoughts and help me out on this.

I am looking for a lot of men who have an infinite capacity to not know what can’t be done.
-Henry Ford