Is your best never good enough? Talk to a mentor. Join us for our Daily Devotional Chat today in our Women’s Chatroom at 10:30 am EDT. Jesus said, “I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent me”  (John 6:38). How do you measure [...]

Has your passion for worship, or being part of God’s body (the church), fizzled out? Talk to an online mentor about it. With success comes a problem. Just ask Nadab, Elah, and Omri. Or interview Ahab, Ahaziah, or Jehoram. Ask these men to describe the problem of success. I would, you might be thinking, if [...]

Please open your Bible and read: (Joshua 1:7 ) Too often, Christians shy away from the whole idea of success. Some are just grateful for whatever the Lord gives them. These misguided believers have confused success with greed and discontent! This happens because of our overwhelming obsession with the world’s definition of success. For most [...]

Open your bible and read: Joshua 1:1-9. We enjoy reading success stories about ordinary people whose achievements surpass all expectations. Whether their accomplishments have to do with athletic contests, intellectual pursuits, or business ventures, we applaud their success. In God’s eyes, genuine success is something that happens on the inside of us and is revealed [...]

Open your bible and read: Psalm 1. What would you have to accomplish in life in order to feel successful? The truth is that our view of success is often quite different from that of God?s. We think a person is successful if he or she has achieved some degree of financial security. We look [...]

Discuss how God desires our success: http://talk.thelife.com/2006/07/16/god-desires-your-success/ Please open your Bible and read: (1 Samuel 15:22) God wants you to be successful. This does not mean He has an automatic plan for you to become rich or famous, although either of these may be included in His ultimate design for your life. God’s idea of [...]

“Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy [...]

Profile on: John Roise, owner of Lindsay Windows If you asked most entrepreneurs for five reasons why they got into business, making money would probably be close to number one. If so, that makes John Roise, owner of Lindsay Windows, something of an anomaly. When the former banker decided to enter the window business several [...]

Samuel said, “Has the LORD as much delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices As in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, And to heed than the fat of rams.” (1 Samuel 15:22) God wants you to be successful. This does not mean He has an automatic plan for [...]

“Therefore be careful how you walk, not as unwise men but as wise, making the most of your time, because the days are evil. So then do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is” (Ephesians 5:15-17). For Christ-followers, success in God’s eyes is to be the only kind of achievement [...]