Everyone is pursuing riches. Here is a list of some of the riches you may not realize you already have…

Walking in love is a challenge. Try these seven headlines that will refine your love walk...

Psalm 23 is a feast of blessings. Here are seven things Jesus, our Shepherd, does for us daily.

Psalm 150, the last psalm, gives us ten huge reasons to praise the Lord. Let these ten things lift you up into the Shekinah glory of God’s throne!

We should be totally convinced about God's goodness. Here are seven reasons to never doubt God’s goodness!

Living life is easy when we follow God’s commandments. In Romans 12, I see the “Ten Commandments of Love” that have helped me in life, relationships, work, and spirituality.

There comes a moment in your life where you have to “step out” to achieve your destiny. Here are seven things to get you ready for that great moment…

Life change is a challenge. There is, however, an easier way than the world uses. It involves putting Christ first in seven areas of our lives.

My 20th grandchild came into the world a couple of weeks ago. As we reached that milestone, I have some thoughts on how God has blessed us and what that means on a daily basis.

In a spiritual battle, your armor is critical. Check out every piece to be sure you are not exposed to the enemy.

It’s obvious I have a big family:  six children and my nineteenth grandchild soon to be born.  Now, we are watching our children change the world. These principles helped us to do that.

I love the little glass peephole installed in our front doors, hotel room doors, etc. It gives you a chance to “check out” your caller and either open the door…or run away!

We need a “peephole” in the “front door” of our minds! It seems we just “throw the door open” to any and all thoughts that come calling.

Integrity is the currency of influence. Power and success are like paper money but integrity is the GOLD.
“There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job, and that man was blameless and upright, one who feared God and turned away from evil.” (Job 1:1). Job, in the Old Testament, "had integrity."

Integrity has become “mission-critical.”

Look at the present national state of hyper-sensitivity to anything that looks, sounds, or smells like corruption.

Integrity is the currency of influence.  Power and success are like paper money but integrity is the GOLD.
    
Job, in the Old Testament, "had integrity."

WHAT ARE THE FIVE ELEMENTS OF INTEGRITY HE POSSESSED?

Fake news” is a big topic right now.  Is the media truthful?  It’s probably a good time for us to ask that of ourselves:  “Am I truthful?”   You will be known by your truthfulness.  You will be respected by your truthfulness.  Your business will be known by your truthfulness.  Your marriage will continue only if you are truthful.  Can you pass the “truth test?”

Here is why you have to tell the truth:

As a pastor for 33 years, I often wondered why so many new believers drop out of the Christian “race.”  Their conversion is genuine but their endurance is sporadic.  It seems to me that as many as 2/3 of the conversions in our churches never connect or fall back into the world.  Where are we missing it?   

Jesus told the “parable of the sower.”  It gives us the secret to our problem. 

Perhaps we should make this parable into the process by which we help believers to become fruitful disciples:

God despises pride.  He is all-powerful yet humble enough to wash the feet of His disciples.   He knows that pride was Satan’s downfall.  When I review the history of God’s generals and kings, I come to one grand conclusion:  “STAY LOW.”

Here are 5 ways to guard your humility:

You might be saying, “I don’t need this.  I would never have an issue with sexual temptation.” You are the perfect person to read this (see point one below!). Satan targets the most stable, fruitful leaders in an attempt to land a dart right in their heart.

Pay close attention to these thoughts and guard your heart:

Everyone needs mentoring.  Mentoring is listening to someone who has made more mistakes than you.

I’ve made a lot of mistakes in 47 years of ministry, and they all boil down to these ten: 

Of all the characters in the Bible who rose to the top as a secular leader, Daniel is my favorite.  In a totally hostile, godless environment, he became the top official next to a king who basically ruled the world.  What were the qualities that put him in that position when enemies everywhere were trying to depose him?  He even spent a night with the lions and they still couldn’t get rid of him! 

Here are the five qualities I notice most about this powerful man and how to survive the lions: