Skip to main content

What To Do First to Make a Profit

The PF Women Team at our Annual Team Retreat  ~ 2018 Today on Seth Godin's blog, he said: It's tempting to decide to make a profit first, then invest in training, people, facilities, promotion, customer service and most of all, doing important work. In general, though, it goes the other way. Yes, it does. If you are waiting to make a profit before you do these things, in my experience you're  not going to make a profit. So many organizations, ministries and churches are struggling with financial issues. I know your pain. As anyone who follows our story knows, our ministry was in a ton of debt four years ago when I came on as director.  Since that time, we've gotten out of debt and turned a profit every year.  God has done amazing things through out team, for which we give Him the glory! I find that what Seth is saying here is absolutely true, with one disclaimer. For Christian leaders, spiritual disciplines must always be first. Before we started inve
Post a Comment

You are

I listen to this song in the car almost every day.  It's one of my favorite from Hillsong.  I know it's not new, but every time I hear it, I am ushered quickly right into the presence of God and I hear Him clearly many times as I enter in..  I listen to it several times on my way to the Omni for the meetings/retreat this past weekend.  What a joy that the worship leader for the retreat, Rebecca McInnis, led this song in worship!  I don't think I've ever heard anyone else lead it.  It was like a personal "present" to me at the retreat.    

I am getting ready this morning for an amazing day of worship, the Word, fellowship and life changes in the place I love to be most...

You are my light and salvation
Whom shall I fear
You are the strength of all my days
And whom shall I be afraid
Though war may rise against me
Of this will I be sure

That I will bless the Lord forever
I'll bless Your holy name
Yes I will bless the Lord forever
I'll bless Your holy name

Lord it is You I desire
It's You that I seek
To live with You in Your house forever
Beholding Your beauty
And in the time of trouble
Of this will I be sure

You ask me who do I
Say that You are and I
Say that You are the Christ
Son of the Living God
Labels:

Comments

Lisa N Alexander said…
Thanks PD!
10:04 AM
Melissa said…
Hmmm what a beautiful song! I have never heard it before and I think it is most definitely going to be on of my favorites!
2:22 PM
Anonymous said…
I find it interesting that such a "spiritual" woman as yourself has not had any time to blog about the crisis in Haiti. What's up with that?
10:01 PM
Dr. Deanna DossShrodes said…
We are launching our new church in 12 days and I have about 30 things on my to do list each day, not counting my other job as a career coach. However, I'm very touched by what's going on in Haiti, in fact Larry and I discussed it and felt very strongly we should talk about it on Sunday and take an offering to help financially over there, which we did. And we have been in intercessory prayer, of course.

Anyone who truly knows me (for you to ask this question indicates you don't know me personally) knows I have a true heart for the nations and in fact consider Africa my second home.

I haven't blogged about it for the simple reason, however that I don't have anything to say about it that is particularly noteworthy. Other newscasters and bloggers are doing just fine reporting what they know about it first hand. Many of my missionary friends are speaking first hand from their experience being there. I do not have to speak to every subject, as I may not be the best one to do it. I also need not announce what we are giving or doing in response on my blog, but to answer your question I am very much financially and with my prayers supporting Haiti as well as leading our church to do so, although I have not made a public announcement on my blog.

I am gathering by your comment that you have already posted a blog on this subject. Please post a link here to your blog and I'll be glad to direct people to it, if you have a fresh word about Haiti.
11:45 PM
Ruth, PA said…
Well said, Deanna!!

Anonymous,

I always am surprised that bloggers allow critical comments from those unwilling to sign their name. If you were willing to research Deanna and her work in and out of the "ministry" you WOULD KNOW that she DOES have a heart for all missions. There are so many areas all over the world in equal to or greater than the crisis in Haiti. Just yesterday, our governor brought 59 orphans from Haiti to PA to be adopted. This is wonderful and I am happy for those children. But do you know that there are already over 20,000 children awaiting adoption in the PA foster care system? We know because we adopted two several years ago. What about those children? They need homes and families to beling to just like the children in Haiti. So Anonymous, if you have been given a burden by God for Haiti, act on it!! But my question to you is...What are you doing for those in need in your town or city?
Ruth, in PA
6:35 AM
Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Relevant Church doing something...

incredibly RELEVANT!

I just heard some news today that really inspired me. A church here in Tampa, Relevant Church is doing a new thing this month called the "30 Days Sex Challenge." (I've never visited the church but Pastor Trinity - our children's pastor - has visited or has met some people from this church and he was very impressed.) Realizing that this is a major element missing from some marriages (the frequency factor) their lead pastor, Paul Wirth, has issued a challenge for all the married couples to have sex for 30 days in a row. At the same time he has issued a challenge for all unmarrieds to completely abstain from sex. Of course we know the Bible says that those who are unmarried should not have sex in the first place but the point is, a lot of unmarried's aren't obeying the Lord's command to abstain and this is just one pastor's way of trying to get them to see that indeed, there is a better way! (God's way!) At the same time, many married couples are not
29 comments
Read more

What Verbal Abuse is Really Like, and Why We Must Care
Guest Post: Terri von Wood

In my speaking travels, I meet the most amazing people. Some are connections that go beyond just a night or a weekend of preac hing. One day on my journey, I met Terri von Wood, and we immediately clicked and have been friends ever since.  Just a reminder that all of our guest bloggers this week are available to chat with you in the comment section here on the blog or on my facebook page where the blog is also published.   *** People who have never suffered through or witnessed abuse (including pastors) often don't know how to help women in abusive situations. Knowledge is power and it is my belief that if the church understood the prevalence of abuse, help would be made available.  First, we must acknowledge that the divorce rate is the same  in the church as in the world.  Second, we must understand that the 50% divorce rate does not include all the women who are abused but stay because they do not know what else to do or do not have anyone to turn to.  If those women we
12 comments
Read more

Excellent teaching on Criticism

My friend Pastor Leanne posted this today on her Myspace blog and I thought it was excellent and so timely. It's a blog post from Pastor Perry Noble , about criticism. I think it's perfect for the pastors at Relevant Church right now, as well as any other person going through this. I would like to note that when he says, "when God begins to move" it wouldn't necessarily just pertain to your church but to your life, your family, your marriage, anything that concerns you. I have found that the greater God does things in my life and the more He blessed me the more I should expect it. This teaching is good, so good I was almost wavin' a hanky in my office. Okay, here we go... You Will Be Criticized When God Begins To Move–Expect It And Get Over It. (Pastor Perry Noble at http://www.perrynoble.com/ ) I've never met a devil worshiper–to my knowledge that is. When I first became a Christian I was convinced that I needed to do all that I could to be ready to comba
3 comments
Read more