(Today God is First) / Marketplace Meditations Archives

• Marketplace Meditations 10/24  (October 24, 2008)
  Passing the Tests When God anoints a person, a pattern of testing appears to take place at specific times in the leader's life.
• Marketplace Meditations 10/23  (October 23, 2008)
  Horizontal Versus Vertical Moses was like a lot of enthusiastic Christian businesspeople who seek to solve a spiritual problem with a fleshly answer.
• Marketplace Meditations 10/22  (October 22, 2008)
  Seeing a Greater Purpose in Adversity How often we are so busy looking for deliverance from our circumstance that we miss God completely.
• Marketplace Meditations 10/21  (October 21, 2008)
  No More Reproach Ask God to show you what needs to be confessed this day so that no reproach exists.
• Marketplace Meditations 10/20  (October 20, 2008)
  The Proper Foundation If any man builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw, his work will be shown for what it is.
• Marketplace Meditations 10/19  (October 19, 2008)
  The Skillful Worker The Lord has called each of us to be excellent in what we do.
• Marketplace Meditations 10/18  (October 18, 2008)
  Thirsting After God The first requirement to move in greater power and authority in God is to hunger for it.
• Marketplace Meditations 10/17  (October 17, 2008)
  The Purpose of Crucibles What tests are being brought your way today?
• Marketplace Meditations 10/16  (October 16, 2008)
  Standing in the Gap Just as Christ did, we are to be those who will stand in the gap on behalf of others who are not aware of their own vulnerable condition.
• Marketplace Meditations 10/15  (October 15, 2008)
  Recognizing Our Source Pride is the greatest temptation to a successful marketplace minister.
• Marketplace Meditations 10/14  (October 14, 2008)
  God's Tests What if God has chosen you for a specific purpose in His Kingdom?
• Marketplace Meditations 10/13  (October 13, 2008)
  Obedience-Based Decisions vs. Skill & Ability How many times have you or I operated in the marketplace based on our skill and ability, without seeking to know the details of God's will?
• Marketplace Meditations 10/12  (October 12, 2008)
  Move On! God sometimes brings each of us to a "Red Sea" in our life.
• Marketplace Meditations 10/11  (October 11, 2008)
  Finding the Will of God How would you describe the process by which you find and do God's will in your life?
• Marketplace Meditations 10/10  (October 10, 2008)
  Wrestling With God "Beware of the Christian leader who does not walk with a limp."
• Marketplace Meditations 10/9  (October 9, 2008)
  Obedience Have you ever felt that the more obedient you are to following God, the more adversity there is?
• Marketplace Meditations 10/8  (October 8, 2008)
  Sudden Ghosts in Life "It's a ghost!" they said, and cried out in fear (Matt. 14:26). Have you ever had some unexpected event happen in your life that caused great fear?
• Marketplace Meditations 10/7  (October 7, 2008)
  God-Inspired Delays Delays in our life are not always easy to handle or to reconcile in our minds.
• Marketplace Meditations 10/6  (October 6, 2008)
  Blessing Those Who Curse You What is the purpose God desires to accomplish with the estranged relationship you may have with someone?
• Marketplace Meditations 10/5  (October 5, 2008)
  The Purpose of the Desert Have you ever tried to talk with someone who was so busy you could not get him to hear you?
• Marketplace Meditations 10/4  (October 4, 2008)
  Receiving Only From God When we seek to acquire anything that God has not given us, we can expect God to respond to us like any good father would to a child.
• Marketplace Meditations 10/3  (October 3, 2008)
  Failure That Leads to Godliness God uses broken things to accomplish His greatest work.
• Marketplace Meditations 10/2  (October 2, 2008)
  Coming Out of the Stronghold When life beats down on us and we get to the place where we want to hide in a cave, God often places people around us who prod us into moving in the right direction.
• Marketplace Meditations 10/1  (October 1, 2008)
  Your Positioning I once asked my Bible study group to ask others, "What do you think of when someone mentions my name?" This exercise can bring some interesting revelations.
• Marketplace Meditations 9/30  (September 30, 2008)
  Seeing the Big Picture
• Marketplace Meditations 9/29  (September 29, 2008)
  Dissolving Partnerships Abraham took a totally different approach to solving a problem. He told Lot to choose which land he wanted.
• Marketplace Meditations 9/28  (September 28, 2008)
  A Gift Basket From Heaven My wife came to know Jesus in the workplace when her boss led her in the sinner's prayer to receive Christ...
• Marketplace Meditations 9/27  (September 27, 2008)
  An Intercessor's Gift Sometimes we do not believe God can speak through others to encourage, and even humor us in miraculous ways.
• Marketplace Meditations 9/26  (September 26, 2008)
  A Rhema Word The Bible speaks of the Word of God as living.
• Marketplace Meditations 9/25  (September 25, 2008)
  Management by Force Moses made the mistake many of us make. He used his instrument with force to accomplish something for God.
• Marketplace Meditations 9/24  (September 24, 2008)
  Kings and Priests The Bible describes two distinct roles in the Old Testament...
• Marketplace Meditations 9/23  (September 23, 2008)
  Working Wholeheartedly Godly success involves a partnership between you and God.
• Marketplace Meditations 9/22  (September 22, 2008)
  Business as Usual Imagine if the God of the universe decided to visit planet earth as a new baby and you were given the opportunity to host His first night-in your hotel!
• Marketplace Meditations 9/21  (September 21, 2008)
  The High Places High places are anything that is elevated above God and is worshiped. Are there any high places that take the place of God in your life?
• Marketplace Meditations 9/20  (September 20, 2008)
  Unlocking the Power What if I told you that this one truth would allow people to see Jesus and respond to the gospel like nothing we have ever experienced?
• Marketplace Meditations 9/19  (September 19, 2008)
  The Gospel of the Kingdom God wants you to bring the Kingdom of God into the territory He has given you so that His will can be done on earth as it is in Heaven.
• Marketplace Meditations 9/18  (September 18, 2008)
  Living for a Cause Greater Than Yourself If you were God and you wanted to send one of your servants to help the less fortunate in the world, how would you train your servant for this task?
• Marketplace Meditations 9/17  (September 17, 2008)
  One Flock, One Shepherd Hearing and responding to Jesus' voice is the key to having a two-way relationship with God.
• Marketplace Meditations 9/16  (September 16, 2008)
  Seeking His Face One of the great differences between Moses and any other character in the Bible is how God describes Moses...
• Marketplace Meditations 9/15  (September 15, 2008)
  Betrayals I have had a number of close relationships that ended in betrayal...