Even though baseball stadiums are empty and the thwack of bat against ball has been silenced by Coronavirus, this is the time of year when our minds turn to America’s pastime and “rite of spring.” And that offers up a perfect metaphor to ask this question about walking in faith with God: What pitch are you swinging at in life?    Safety & Security? Money & Materialism? Sacrifice...

It has been a very difficult week for me as CoronaVirus storms the globe and I struggle to silence my inner voices–CEO, Strategist, Issue Manager, and Communicator. I shouldn’t be surprised. I wrote a book on managing issues and organizations around the world ask me how to mitigate the pervasive impact of crises like CoronaVirus. That’s why my mind has been torquing in high gear through myriad...

Our Global Missions team is talking about adding FASTING to our prayer regimen. With that on my mind, I searched for comments on FASTING from our global online tribe and found this: Fasting is mysterious to me and I feel guilty when my Christian friends talk about it. Thoughts?    FASTING IS HOW WE. . .      Turn off the world’s messaging machine and train our gaze on God....

Remember hanging out with your best friend when the dialog was open? When you trusted them to listen and care? When they would not judge or abandon you? Millions of Christians around the world come up short trying to answer those questions because they do not have such a friendship TODAY.      They do not have a single close friend—not one—who will listen to their innermost thoughts...

This just in from our global online tribe: I have been a Christian for nearly 20 years and have always struggled with fear. The best I can do is keep fear at bay. How do I get rid of fear? Your question hits close to home for me. The word FEAR is in this ministry’s name–Love God FEAR Nothing—because I struggled mightily with it early in my faith walk.    The good news?    God...

gam·i·fi·ca·tion   encouragement and rewards for completing small tasks that lead to fulfillment of a larger goal or goals. GAMIFICATION started when the 21st Century opened for business and quickly became one of the most powerful forces in global marketing. Then, in two finger snaps, it spilled out of marketing and invaded society’s circulatory system.     GAMIFICATION is now...

What follows below is the headline I WANTED to use but backed off to avoid exposing you to another one of the now-common and always irritating HEADLINE HACKS:  “A 5-Part Power Plan To Revolutionize Your Prayer Life.” That headline sounds a bit over the top, right? Of course. But there’s a good reason it came to my mind when I started writing this message–it’s TRUE IN MY LIFE.    Over...

All of us experience this mental drill at some point: As soon as I… Restore that relationship. Fix that fear. Kick that habit. Get that promotion. Pay off that debt. Calm that anxiety. Boost that self-confidence. . . . Then I will follow Jesus. No you won’t.    Yes, getting out of the “as soon as I…” trap is tough work. And even if we do escape, a wave of PRESSURE will immediately envelope...

This just in from our global online tribe: Is telling someone who is hurting in some way that I will “THINK GOOD THOUGHTS” for them the same as saying I will pray for them if they know I’m a Christian? No.    While thinking “good thoughts” is a nice gesture, it is not a prayer because the power of Christ has not been activated. And, importantly, it skips right past the opportunity...

Yesterday I pointed out the imperative for all believers to “LIVE OUT” their faith by pulling JESUS out of religion and putting him in our heart so he can drive how we think and act. That prompted many positive comments and several requests from our global online tribe to elaborate on what it meant to “pull Jesus out of religion.” So let’s do that together right now.      As I mentioned...