How to ensure success in 2014: Motivation (Part 7)
GOD’S PLAN FOR OUR MOTIVATION! 1 Thessalonians 2:4 Our purpose is to please God, not people. He is the one who examines the motives of our hearts. (Living Translation) This should be our motivation: 1. To please God! 1 Thessalonians 2:4 Our purpose is to please God, not people. 2. To love God! Deuteronomy 6:5 […]
How to ensure success in 2014: Motivation (Part 7)
GOD’S PLAN FOR OUR MOTIVATION! 1 Thessalonians 2:4 Our purpose is to please God, not people. He is the one who examines the motives of our hearts. (Living Translation) This should be our motivation: 1. To please God! 1 Thessalonians 2:4 Our purpose is to please God, not people. 2. To love God! Deuteronomy 6:5…
How to ensure success in 2014: Motivation (Part 6)
LET’S GET REAL! What is it that motivates you? There are so many things that act as motivating forces of life. Here are just a few: beauty, health, money, power, influence, position, success, title, materialism, control and approval. Let’s take a look at what the Bible says: Ecclesiastes 4:4 Then I observed that most people […]
How to ensure success in 2014: Motivation (Part 6)
LET’S GET REAL! What is it that motivates you? There are so many things that act as motivating forces of life. Here are just a few: beauty, health, money, power, influence, position, success, title, materialism, control and approval. Let’s take a look at what the Bible says: Ecclesiastes 4:4 Then I observed that most people…
How to ensure success in 2014: Motivation (Part 5)
WHAT MOTIVATES YOU? This is the question we all need to ask ourselves. The Bible tells us that God weighs or examines our motives. Proverbs 16:2 All a man’s ways seem innocent to him, but motives are weighed by the Lord. Living Translation: People may be pure in their own eyes, but the Lord examines […]
How to ensure success in 2014: Motivation (Part 5)
WHAT MOTIVATES YOU? This is the question we all need to ask ourselves. The Bible tells us that God weighs or examines our motives. Proverbs 16:2 All a man’s ways seem innocent to him, but motives are weighed by the Lord. Living Translation: People may be pure in their own eyes, but the Lord examines…
How to ensure success in 2014: Motivation (Part 4)
WRONG MOTIVES BLOCK GOD’S ANSWERS This is such a challenging concept. God is so concerned about our motives that if He sees they are not correct it causes a blockage that can make Heaven seem far away. Have you ever prayed and felt like your prayers are bouncing off the ceiling? Perhaps this has got […]
How to ensure success in 2014: Motivation (Part 4)
WRONG MOTIVES BLOCK GOD’S ANSWERS This is such a challenging concept. God is so concerned about our motives that if He sees they are not correct it causes a blockage that can make Heaven seem far away. Have you ever prayed and felt like your prayers are bouncing off the ceiling? Perhaps this has got…
How to ensure success in 2014: Motivation (Part 3)
WHAT MOTIVATES US IS IMPORTANT TO GOD! Our motivation and the motives for why we do things are important to God. God takes note of these motives in our hearts. He examines and He weighs and He exposes these motives. We may think we will get away with it, but God is watching closely. This […]
How to ensure success in 2014: Motivation (Part 3)
WHAT MOTIVATES US IS IMPORTANT TO GOD!Our motivation and the motives for why we do things are important to God. God takes note of these motives in our hearts. He examines and He weighs and He exposes these motives. We may think we will get away with it, but God is watching closely. This is…