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26Dec

By Steve Warren1 Comment

Personal Life

Today’s Encounter Tomorrow’s Result

After the Wise Men met Jesus they had a dream and went home a different way. Joseph and Mary went down to Egypt and not back to Nazareth. The shepherds became story tellers. You cannot meet Christ and stay the same. Behaviours, habits, motivations, lives change. That unresolved attitude gets fixed up. That hard heart gets softened. That depressed view of life gets brightened. What road are you taking into 2011? A generous road? A road of improved relationships? A brighter road of some sort. Don't simply do the logical do what is inspired when you have encountered God. Logically the Wise Men would have told Herod about where Jesus was - good news to tell a king! Joseph and Mary would have gone back to Nazareth to celebrate with family and friends. But neither did the logical. Their

20Dec

By Steve WarrenNo Comments

Personal Life, Work Life

Today’s Behaviour Tomorrow’s Result

“I realized that for IBM to become a great company it would have to act like a great company long before it ever became one”  Tom Watson, Founder IBM There are 3 principles that are certain to help you get to your desired destination: 1. See that destination 2. Believe you can achieve that destination 3. Act now in ways that will best determine that outcome When you begin to adjust your behaviour now to look like your future you begin living it before it becomes reality. This will determine your reality. If you have ambitions to become a director in your company but never hang with senior staff and talk about the ‘them and us’ you will remain one of ‘us’. If you know how to bridge the junior and senior levels in your talk and behaviour you will become one of ’them’. One o

14Dec

By Steve WarrenNo Comments

Family Life, Financial Life, Personal Life, Work Life

Conception

Sensational thought from Ps Phil Pringle as we go into Christmas and as we think about the start of a new year ... birthing your purpose - read this: 'And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bring forth a son.' Luke 1:31 All of us, like Mary, are to conceive the purpose of God for ourselves through an encounter with God. When something is 'birthed' in us by the Holy Spirit, nothing can stop it coming to pass. read more ...

6Dec

By Steve WarrenNo Comments

Personal Life

Grow Yourself!

I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase. 1 Corinthians 3:6 Growth is both essential to our lives and the natural by-product of a healthy life. We should be ambitious to grow ourselves, our relationships, our careers and sphere of influence. Growth comes from 3 simple steps: 1. Plug into a growth source 2. Maintain the conditions for growth 3. Water the areas you intend to grow (work on it) A growth source would be a growing Church, a growing company, others people who are developmental and growing and of course God Himself. Pluging-in, or 'getting planted' means proactively connecting to and involvement with. Conditions for growth are a humble spirit, willing to learn with a healthy self-awareness. The input of positive growth influencers. In the same way

30Nov

By Steve Warren3 Comments

Family Life

Finding a Marriage Partner …

“He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the Lord" Proverbs 18:22” Clearly marriage should not be gone into lightly. However, for many the possibility of marriage is daunting - for you let me say ‘Fear not’! Ahead of you is one the most rewarding journeys imaginable. A covenant of the most significant order compared to Christ’s covenant with His Church. This thought should not be so much a daunting one but a liberating one. You do not enter marriage on your own. All of heaven is on your side. 3 simple tips in finding your marriage partner: 1. Take an honest look at yourself before you set the standards of the partner you are looking for. This will stop you from either under or over projecting! 2. Perfection doesn’t exist. Really. Whoever you marry there