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Effective planning takes time. The “tyranny of the urgent” is the enemy of planning. Just about the time you sit down to figure out where to go next, someone announces a newly discovered ‘brush fire’ which demands immediate attention. So you abandon what was most important for what was most urgent. Good planning requires extended […]

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They took him back to the doctor at the regular time and the doctor made x-rays and came out looking very pale. He said, “Mr. Lacy, would you bring this boy back again in the next day or two.” When he brought him back there were nine doctors there. They x-rayed and checked him and […]

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When we have offered our bodies a living sacrifice unto God, and have not been conformed to the world, but have been transformed, by the renewing of our minds (Rom. 12:1-3) then all will be well. We can stand at the altar of incense (place of prayer) and are ready to enter into the presence […]

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I do not know the ratio of the increased power when two agree as compared with one person. I do believe that the power two have with God compared with one person is more than doubled. I know the power of a partnership of two people wed together who agree to raise a family and […]

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A father’s children are his pride and joy. A good father looks out for his children, provides for them, and wants the very best for them. Proper children obey and honor their father. A good family is a “tight,” or close-knit, family. It is a loving two-way relationship between parents and children. By Robert E. […]

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Criticism can damage our self-esteem and make us feel unloved and unappreciated. It is best to correct our error and move on. Tom Pryor said, “Sometimes I feel critics are like needles in a balloon fac­tory, simply looking for an opportunity to ‘pop’ my proj­ect, ‘blow away’ new ideas or ‘deflate’ recent accomplishments.” If we […]

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Unless you place their duties in writing, there is a good chance that they will forget much of what you told them. For this reason, the written job description is very important. Your delegated director will refer back to it repeatedly. Job descriptions are not documents to be locked away in filing cabinets, but tools […]

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We cannot hold on to anger—it makes the stress in our lives build until we can’t control it and we end up doing something for which we are very sorry. People who allow anger to build in them do irrational things. We hear of shootings all the time where peo­ple just went crazy, and often […]

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When Jesus was in the wilderness experiencing he met the devil with the Word. The Word is the best way to handle temptation. He whittled off three portions of God’s Word and jabbed the devil with it. Twice Jesus said “It is written.” The last time He said, “Thus Faith,” What is written must be […]

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When Zechariah wrote about the sons of oil, the word translated “oil” was yitzhar. This is not the ordi­nary Hebrew word for oil (shemen), because those en­gaged in the work of leading believers into wholeness in Christ are not doing ordinary work. Yitzhar refers to the very best oil, even the best of the best. […]

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