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
A man from Texas says that he had a plan that if he were ever caught out in a tornado or such, he would pull alongside the road and hide in a culvert. (A culvert is a large pipe used to channel water and is used to allow water to pass underneath a road, railway, or embankment for example.) The man changed his mind upon seeing these two photos taken by a Texas Power and Light crew who were putting in lines for an addition to the Hallettsville Airport and found the following in a culvert they were using...
The gator was 18' 2" long.
The rattlesnake roundup totaled 87.
In what might we find "refuge"?
Drugs (illegal or abuse of prescription ones?)
Abuse of alcoholic beverages?
The arms of a married person? (Not our own...)
Porn?
Materialism?
New age philosophies?
People who tell you what you WANT to hear rather than what you NEED to hear?
Escaping with gaming, movies, gambling, shopping, etc.
What we think we find refuge" in can sometimes have the potential to destroy us.
The gator was 18' 2" long.
The rattlesnake roundup totaled 87.
In what might we find "refuge"?
Drugs (illegal or abuse of prescription ones?)
Abuse of alcoholic beverages?
The arms of a married person? (Not our own...)
Porn?
Materialism?
New age philosophies?
People who tell you what you WANT to hear rather than what you NEED to hear?
Escaping with gaming, movies, gambling, shopping, etc.
What we think we find refuge" in can sometimes have the potential to destroy us.
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