Posts Tagged ‘Giving’

You’ve Got More to Give

Thursday, July 21st, 2011

I absolutely believe the Bib­li­cal truth that it is more blessed to give than to receive. And I think it is true for all of us!

The prob­lem is that many have lost per­spec­tive. It is easy for this to hap­pen when we have lost things such as love, friends, income, jobs, fam­ily norms…and the list goes on. We can eas­ily fall into the trap of think­ing about how to pro­tect our­selves rather than how we can help others.

So ask your­selves these ques­tions daily if you want to increase your lev­els of pas­sion, pur­pose and over­all fulfillment:

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The Power of One

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

As I write this, I am in Wash­ing­ton DC as a guest of our client and part­ner Chick-fil-A at their annual conference.

The event kicked off last night, with about 3600 of their team mem­bers in atten­dance. It was a pow­er­ful open­ing, with music by Israel Houghton and a great mes­sage by Bill Hybels. Bill is the Sr. Pas­tor of Wil­low Creek Church in Chicago, and he founded the Lead­er­ship Sum­mit which impacts thou­sands of lead­ers every year from around the world.

What struck me last night was the theme. I’m not sure whether Israel and Bill had synched up prior to that night, but their mes­sage was clear.

Each of us can be used to for­ever impact the life of one person.

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