Platforms For Success

I have a friend...  I know this may be shocking to some of you that I actually have a friend... but I do. I may have actually mentioned him before.  Perhaps you are curious about this friend and you should be... here's why.  This friend is a highly educated professor....who has taught many of the local leaders who stand before you each and every week. Of the many specialties which he possesses are two that I know of , he is a Hebrew Scholar and also a Scholar on  Ancient Cultures.   Pretty heady stuff.... As I am sure you can imagine, we have had some very interesting dinner conversations .  Anyway, he contends that he can find out where you stand on all important topical life issues depending on  how you answer just three important questions .... I believe he is totally correct. I want you to think about this and if you memorize these three questions...  it will give you guidance and direction and also help you guide others too. Question # 1...

 Everyday there is always something new to learn....  This morning in my devotional reading I discovered something perhaps you already knew, but I did not. Rainbows are actually not an  arch's  but a circle.   The Devotional Writer has this very unique experience , he said " while I was flying in the air over Niagara Falls there was quite a commotion on the flight and people were straining to get a glimpse. It was then that I looked out my window and saw a most amazing sight. From the Horseshoe Falls on the Canadian side to the falls on the American side was this amazing and rare sight, a full rainbow in a total 360 degree circle. " He further said that it got him thinking about the circles.   Would  it be not surprising  that an Eternal God with no beginning or no end would have a symbol which also had no beginning or end ?    I would like to further your faith and knowledge with an important paradigm of thought in line with t...

 There are times in my discussions with others ( in my case it is often my clients )  that I need to take them NOT from A to B, but I need to take them from let's say  A to G. I have discerned this, but they have not.  I am sure you have run into similar situations , where perhaps you know something of Wisdom but the person you are trying to help understand does not seem to grasp it or cannot see it. One of the most common complaints ( especially for those of us married ) .. we are just not listening.  OR MORE IMPORTANTLY  " I don't want you to solve my problems, JUST LISTEN !!  Stop talking . " Perhaps your Significant Other has a grasp on something you need to know and hear ?  Are you ready to receive it ?  I'm going to let you in on a little secret here, some of the MOST Important decisions I have made in my life, were actually made by my spouse. A prime example for us,  the wonderful ( and now super valuable ) home we live in. She co...

 If I tell you I am going to give you a monetary gift and I show you a bill rolled up in my hand , what size bill do you think it is ? I sat in an auditorium for a conference once and the speaker came out a said " if I ask you to think of a number .. what's the first number that pops into your head ? " Why are these  interesting questions and exercises ?   How many of you thought of a low number, did anyone think Google ?   How many thought I had a hundred dollar bill in my hand or perhaps ( rare but real ) something larger ? Every morning I read this passage " The Righteous have many problems, but God delivers us from them all "   Just five minutes ago. God blessed me with the resolution to a problem that I brought before him today.  This problem happened today and our Gracious God resolved it today..... JUST LIKE THAT ! We live in a fallen world full of problems. Jesus Christ wants to restore you to a place of ABUNDANCE .  In John 10:1...

 Happy 2025 to you !   Wishing this is your best year yet !! ZIG ZIGLAR  -     If this is a person you have not heard about, I'd like to introduce you to him.  Author, businessman, motivational speaker..... Once called " the salesman's Salesman " if I remember correctly.  Google Him.  Perhaps pickup a book. You will not be disappointed. At the beginning of this new year, perhaps a few ( I'll call them Ziglar's )  thoughts to help you kick start perhaps something new for you that would be SIMPLE to implement and help you immediately TODAY. So here is a Ziglar  "  If you think it, it is JUST an IDEA, if you write it down, its a PLAN " Let get REAL here.... I'm not one of these guys who have a plan for a week, a month, a year, five years.....  Perhaps you are ??   God Bless you. BUT there are some things I do write down just to keep my head on straight AND also so Laurie ( my lovely wife ) and I can plan to ach...

 It's that time of the year again.     Ever notice that immediately after Christmas you are inundated with Weight Loss and Gym membership commercials ?  Of course they are sandwiched between sports programs where the most perfect and fabulous bodies are on display for your entertainment pleasure. Which leads us to the annual question " What's your New Years Resolution ? "  Which is really about the idea of change ....  Do people change ?  Can people change ?   How can we change ?  How can we change or improve for the better ? Professor and philosopher  Allan Bloom ( deceased )  of the  University of Chicago , wrote a book back in the Eighty's called The Closing Of The American Mind . In this weighty tome one of the main assertions was that  " America is becoming a nation which can identify the perfect body, but has no idea of the  perfect soul "   Think about that .......   for a second. ...