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10 Short Devotions for Work Meetings to Encourage Your Team
10 Short Devotions for Work Meetings to Encourage Your Team Starting a work meeting with a short devotion can set a positive, faith-filled tone for your team. Whether you are leading a staff meeting, a team check-in, or a leadership huddle, a simple devotional thought reminds everyone that God is present in every part of
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Jacob’s Defining Moment
“So Jacob called the place Peniel, saying, ‘It is because I saw God face to face, and yet my life was spared’” (Gen 32:30). Every believer in Jesus Christ must have a defining moment in their lives. Jacob is about to meet his brother Esau in the desert after years of separation. The last time
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Power of the Tongue
“The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit.” – Proverbs 18:21 Words have the power to motivate or destroy, energize or deflate, inspire or create despair. Many successful executives can remember the time their father failed to give affirmation to them as a child. The
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Listening To The Father’s Heart
Son, fear of man is one of the greatest hindrances for my leaders. Do you remember my son Saul? I instructed him through my son Samuel to destroy the Amalakites because of their wickedness. But Saul was more concerned with the approval of the people than with obeying me. This ultimately led to his fall.
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Listening To The Father’s Heart
Son, when you move in unity and in the power of my spirit, things on earth are affected. People experience my reality in ways they never expected. Many are not comfortable with seeing such power displayed. They talk of wanting to see me work, but when I do, they pull back. They question whether the
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Forgiving Ourselves
“If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.” – 1 John 1:9 The apostle Peter was one of three disciples who walked with Jesus closer than the other nine. He was the most enthusiastic and the one man who was willing
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Responses to Adversity
“Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will be joyful in God my Savior”
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The Power of One
“Then the men of Judah said to the Simeonites their brothers, ‘Come up with us into the territory allotted to us, to fight against the Canaanites. We in turn will go with you into yours’” (Judg 1:3). After the death of Joshua there arose a wicked king named Adoni-bezek that was creating havoc in the
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Listening To The Father’s Heart
Son, I desire for you to practice my presence wherever you are. Let me remind you that I am always with you. I am at the grocery store, at the football game, in the boardroom, the construction site, the slum area, the hospital room, the schoolroom — there is no place where I am not
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Your Testimony
“I tell you the truth, we speak of what we know, and we testify to what we have seen, but still you people do not accept our testimony.” – John 3:11 Over the last several years I have seen two distinct types of Christian workplace believers. One type enthusiastically teaches their Bible knowledge to others.
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Listening To The Father’s Heart
Son, when I give you a gift or a talent, it will always remain with you. I anoint you for the calling and assignments you are given. Your gift will operate even when you use it in the wrong way because of my concern for the welfare of my people; my intent is for them
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Disobedience Rooted in Fear
“Then Moses said to them, ‘No one is to keep any of it until morning.’” – Exodus 16:19 Have you ever seen God do something really good in your life only to find that you have abused the blessing He gave you? Such was the case of the Israelites as they were traveling through the
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Avoiding the Gibeonite Ruse
“The men of Israel sampled their provisions but did not inquire of the LORD” (Joshua 9:14). When Joshua and the Israelites entered the Promised Land, they fought many battles. In fact, they fought 39 battles in the Promised Land compared to only two in their exodus from Egypt. God instructed them to wipe out all
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Listening To The Father’s Heart
Son, do you recall the story of my servant Saul? He was my selection to be the first king of Israel. My people were being oppressed by the Philistines. They needed someone to lead them. I acted because I heard their cry. I respond to the prayers of my sons and daughters, and I often
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Getting Picked
“You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit – fruit that will last” (John 15:16). I will never forget the day in junior high school when I went to the gymnasium to view the list of those who would make the basketball team. Several of us
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Effective Leadership
“And when the Israelites saw the great power the Lord displayed against the Egyptians, the people feared the Lord and put their trust in Him and in Moses His servant.” – Exodus 14:31 What makes an effective Christian leader today? Is it charisma? Is it ability? Is it communication and oratory skills? God’s view of
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A New Remnant of Priests
“Aliens will shepherd your flocks; foreigners will work your fields and vineyards.” – Isaiah 61:5 God is calling forth a remnant of workplace believers whom He will use mightily to bring good news to those who have never heard the gospel. The “10/40 Window” is commonly referred to as those areas of the world where
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Listening To The Father’s Heart
Son, there are two kinds of death playing out every day on planet earth. Satan has his plan to kill your future and destiny (Jn 10:10). And I have a plan to kill your flesh that seeks to keep you from your destiny. My Son told a parable about this when he was on earth:
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Confronting Evil
“The LORD sent Nathan to David” (2 Sam 12:1). There are times when evil must be confronted. When God judges a situation He often uses His servants as vessels for communicating to the guilty party. Such was the case with David who tried to conceal his sin of sleeping with Bathsheba and then orchestrating a
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Remedy for Depression
“To console those who mourn in Zion, to give them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness” (Isa 61:2-3 NKJV). A 1988 article in Psychology Today reported on an experiment involving 1700 women under stress. The women participated in various projects that involved helping
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Listening To The Father’s Heart
Son, during our times together I have told you that when you discover and embrace the truth about circumstances surrounding your life, this is the beginning of freedom from the influences of past wounds or things that may have negatively affected you. I want you to know there is another step to healing wounds that
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Performing Miracles With Your Staff
“But take this staff in your hand so you can perform miraculous signs with it.” – Exodus 4:17 What is the staff God has put into your hand? Is it being a builder? Is it being an office worker? Is it being a doctor? Moses’ staff represented his vocation as a shepherd. God had something
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Those in Whom God Delights
“His pleasure is not in the strength of the horse, nor His delight in the legs of a man; the Lord delights in those who fear Him, who put their hope in His unfailing love.” – Psalm 147:10 Mammon and power are the ruling strongholds of the workplace. If you possess either of these, then
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The Eternal Sales Call
“That if you confess with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved”(Rom 10:9). I received the phone call from the technology CEO. It was our second conversation. He began receiving my TGIF devotional a few weeks earlier, compliments of his mother
