It's safe to say that the Industrial Revolution was not started based on the premise of loving our employees. Many big business people needed workers, and many workers needed jobs, so they fulfilled one another's expectations, but very few of those workers felt loved or appreciated.
Read MoreBeing a workaholic can destroy your marriage. Whether you own your own business or you work for someone else, there is a danger. That danger resides in the fact that we all love to work. We love the feeling of great accomplishment. We love to work with others to reach a common goal. We love the exhilaration of closing a deal. And frankly, dealing with work and succeeding at work is easier than working on your marriage.
Read MoreAs of today, over 45 million believers are living in retirement. Are they living with purpose? Are they living with contentment? Are they living feeling fulfilled and flourishing in their lives? Keep reading to find out.
Read MoreI spent 20 years on the mission field in Florida. You may laugh at how I describe that, but that is, in fact, what it was. It was a mission field that transformed my life, my family's life, and the lives of all of those we lived alongside. I didn't move to Florida because I was going on the mission field. We moved to Florida because Martha’s health required us to be somewhere that was warm all the time. We chose Florida because it's beautiful and because we loved the beaches. God had different plans.
Read MoreWe got a new youth pastor when I was 15 or 16 years old. This youth pastor never took the time to get to know me and frankly told me he didn't believe my faith was real. He doubted the depth of my faith because I was a little goofy. Well, now I'm 57 and still a little goofy, but I know that my faith was very real at 16, with a desire to grow. Even though my youth pastor refused to invest his life into me, one of the volunteer youth sponsors, Mike, decided to take that roll. That investment in my life has made a difference for 40-plus years.
Read MoreThis week, iWork4Him has dedicated all our broadcast and media releases to celebrating Christian working women! These often-unsung heroes of the faith need to be celebrated, and I, for one, wanted to stand up and say thank you. As a man, I don't know what it's like to be a woman, but as a believer in Jesus, I do know this: When you became a believer in our Lord Jesus Christ and surrendered your life to His Lordship, you were gifted with a unique set of gifts, talents, and spiritual abilities, and we want to celebrate them!
Read MoreI did go on a couple of short-term mission trips overseas when I was in my 40s. I didn't go on them because I thought I would make a huge impact on the people I came in contact with. I went on these two trips because I saw the amazing, miraculous impact similar trips had made on others who had gone before me. These friends went on a mission trip and came back, and their lives were never the same. They had an experience that transformed their view of God and their view of work. I wanted to experience this myself, so I went on a mission trip to the jungles of the Dominican Republic.
Read MoreI remember all the pressure. Everybody expects you to go on a short-term mission trip overseas. From the time Martha and I joined our first church as a couple until today, everybody, or almost everybody, thinks the epitome of the Christian experience is best expressed through traveling overseas and ministering for a week or two to a foreign people group.
Read MorePriorities. We all struggle with this at one point in our lives. God has laid out a pretty clear line for what those priorities should look like. He wants to be first because if He's first in our lives, everything else seems to fall into place. What's that look like? We'll talk about that more in a minute.
Read MoreI believe business was designed to be a blessing to the owners of the business, the family of the owners, the customers, the vendors, the employees, and the community around the business. Any company that's not doing these things is a business that won't be around for very long. How do I know that God intended for business to be a blessing? I read my Bible.
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