What Would Be Possible For You If You Really Believed?

Life Building Nugget of the Month What Would Be Possible For You If You Really Believed? If you really believed in your dreams... that what you wanted most in life was possible, that you had everything you needed within you to achieve it already, that you were supported and loved immensely and would continue to be even if you made a mistake, that you were deserving of nothing but the goodness of life... What would change in your life? What could you achieve? Would you move through the day-to-day activities differently? Would your life look different in some way? Would you take more risks and trust and follow your intuition more? Would you put more solid action behind what you say you want? Would you stop trying to be perfect and put more focus on learning and growing? Would you stop settling for simply saying "YES" to life while your actions scream "NO!"? Would you enjoy and savor the journey more? Worry less? Take better care of yourself? Give yourself permission to honor and follow your passions and deeply held desires more? If so, then what's required for you to believe? What do you need more of or less of? What needs to change within you to help you step into the power of believing...the magic of living fully? - Pamela Y. Smith

Doing What You're Suppose To Do

Doing What You're Suppose To Do

READ: 1Co 3:13 TLB

"Everyone's work will be put through the fire."

One day an ox said to a mule, “Let’s play sick.” The mule said, “No, we need to get this work done.” The ox played sick and the farmer brought him fresh hay. When the mule came in from plowing the ox asked how things went and the mule said, “Okay.” The ox asked, “What did the farmer say about me?” The mule replied, “Nothing.” The next day the ox played sick again. When the mule came home the ox asked, “How did it go?” The mule said, “Okay.” After a week of this, the ox asked, “Did the farmer say anything about me today?” The mule replied, “Well, he said nothing to me personally, but he stopped and had a long talk with the butcher!” Understand this: you were born to fulfill a divine purpose. When you don’t, there are consequences, both here and in eternity. Paul focused on his calling. Shortly before he was executed he wrote, “I have finished the race” (2Ti 4:7 NIV). Notice, Paul didn’t retire, he “finished!” In the parable of the talents, the man who buried his talent paid a huge price. That’s because in God’s eyes the greatest failure of all is failure to invest the time, talent and treasure He’s given you into His purposes. One day you life will be audited. It’s called “the judgment seat of Christ.” Paul writes: “Everyone’s work will be put through the fire to see whether or not it keeps its value. If the work survives the fire, the builder will receive a reward. But if the work is burned up, the builder will suffer great loss” (see 1Co 3:13-15 NLT).

How To Be A Great Mentor

"Each part...helps the other parts grow."

A good mentor will: (1) Affirm in public, correct in private. Your goal should be to help, not hurt. When you rebuke someone in public you humiliate them, destroying their self-esteem. But when you affirm them in public you build their self-esteem, confidence and incentive. Of course, your praise should be genuine, not just empty words. By affirming sincerely and publicly, you plant the seeds of growth and greatness in the learner. (2) Build an allegiance to relationships, not issues. We tend to build an allegiance either to relationships, or to issues. We become primarily concerned about other people, their feelings, and the relationship, or we become focused on rules, agenda, quotas, tasks and results. A good mentor always puts relationships ahead of issues. In his book, Mentoring: The Strategy of the Master, Ron Lee Davis writes: “My father was that kind of mentor, both in his own family and in the church he pastured for twenty-five years. Many times I heard him say, “The individual is always more important than the issue.” He lived this principle daily and he built it into my life. Today, I try to pass on this principle to others.” God has called each of us to run our race and finish it successfully. He has also called us to keep the torch lit and hand it off to the next runner. Don’t merely be satisfied with doing the job, make sure the job keeps getting done by teaching and training someone else. Jesus, the Master-mentor, said: “The works that I do shall [you] do also; and greater works than these shall [you] do” (Jn 14:12).