Consider the birds

In Matthew 6:25-27 Jesus uses the picture of the birds to describe how God provides but worries don’t. “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body...

Correct priorities make a big difference

Creating priorities helps to discover what is most important.  Life is full of activities and our minds are full of ideas. It can be really easy to focus all of your energy and attention on the secondary things and neglect the primary things.  Meaning it’s...

Vision – Strategy – Action

In the last Daily Cultivation we talked about how frustration arises when we don’t have clarity about who we are, why we are, and where we are going.  The three stages of process that without clarity, create frustration are: 1: No vision – no picture or...

The lack of clarity creates frustration

Working out identity, purpose and vision, is all about gaining clarity. Knowing who you are, why you are, and where you are going is a recipe for action and realizing potential.  Being unsure about who you are, why you are and where you are going is a recipe for...

It’s interesting to look at the contrast

In Luke 4:31-37 Jesus casts out a evil spirit from a man.  The story reads, “Then Jesus went to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, and taught there in the synagogue every Sabbath day.  There, too, the people were amazed at his teaching, for he spoke with...