Carrying the Torch of Purpose (#PowerandPurpose)

You carry the torch of a champion. You may not fully recognize it, but it is with you, wherever you go. Its fire is your winning spirit.

Within you lies a golden ore of potential. Uncover it. Mine it. Let your burning spirit meld with your potential to forge your own winner's medal. Now you are ready to become a champion.

The Power of Being Different (#PowerandPurpose)

"Dare to be different; life is so full
      Of people who follow the same push-and-pull,
Poor, plodding people who, other than name,
      Try to pretend they’re exactly the same.
God made us different; there never will be
      A replica soul made of you or me.
The charm—the glory of all creation
      rests on this very deviation.
Your charm—your own glory, too,
      Lies in being uniquely you—
Lies in being true to your best,
      That part of you different from all the rest."

Powerful Love (#PowerandPurpose)

God is love. Therefore love. Without distinction, without calculation, without procrastination, love.  -Henry Drummond

The Power of Faith & Relationship (#PowerandPurpose)

Growing in faith in and relationship with the Lord requires three important things:

1. We are a part of God’s story not the other way around. This is about becoming a humble person.

2. Shorten the gap between our giftedness and our character. This is about becoming an authentic person.

3. Learn and practice saying ‘yes’ to God so that we can say ‘no’ to those things that would destroy us.

For God's Purpose Not My Own (#PowerandPurpose)

"What I really lack is to be clear in my mind what I am to do, not what I am to know… the thing is to understand myself, to see what God really wishes me to do … to find the idea for which I can live and die."

~Soren Kierkegaard

The Power of One (#PowerandPurpose)

I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And that which I can do, by the grace of God, I will do. – D.L. Moody

"No good thing will He withhold from them that work uprightly."
(Psalm 84:11)

The Power of the Promise (#PowerandPurpose)

A promise from God is a statement we can depend on with absolute confidence.

"I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil" (Jer. 20:11)

Making Life Powerful (#PowerandPurpose)

There was a commercial years ago on TV by the Peace Corp: "It doesn’t matter how long you live if you’re not doing anything with your life."

Strive in purpose!

Influential Power (#PowerandPurpose)

The Lord stressed the positive effect we can have on others as “salt” and “light.”

1) Salt is negative, and keeps things from decay.

2) Light is positive, and enables us to see. Sin blurs the light, and sometimes causes it to go out completely. If so, those we might have influenced for good may drift on in spiritual darkness.

Serving a Powerful Master

Everything we do with regard to relationships in marriage, in the family, and in the workplace must be done in recognition that we have a Master over us. As such our attitude should always be to please Him, whether through submitting or loving, obeying or encouraging, working or supervising. Our master will reward us for our service to Him.






Join the Power and Purpose 15-Minute Prayer Blast and pray for stronger relationships as you continue your journey of purpose, on Monday at 7am (EST):

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Conference ID: 45895#

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Social Power

Social relationships and happiness go together. They are a two-way street. Good relationships make us happier and happy people have better relationships. Like food and air we seem to need social relationships to thrive.

Power of Relationships: No Toxic Purpose

There are those relationships that are absolutely toxic. They drag you down, make you feel bad about yourself, and every time you have to be around this particular person you are filled with anxiety and foreboding going in.  Your stomach is in knots while you are in contact, and when you leave it takes hours for you to feel better.

For some people the person in such a relationship may be a spouse or a close relative. Toxic relationships steal your joy and your health and well-being. It is appropriate to sever relationships that are poisonous.


Forgive. Don't harbor ill will.  But, it is absolutely appropriate to sever such relationships. If you choose not to sever such a relationship then limit your time with that person to no more than 1 hour per week. Because relational poison will eventually kill you.

People Purpose

Human beings need each other. It's a fact. We can't be left on our own as infants or children. And we crave human contact, even the most introverted of us. The close relationships that make us most happy are those that are "characterized by mutual understanding, caring, and validation of the other person as worthwhile." We all want to feel loved and cared for. We need to know somebody sees us as having worth.

The Power of Relationships

Let's face it, we are around people a lot. Relationships with those people can either be a source of strength and joy or they can serve to hand us a miserable time. A few are simply neutral but most have some kind of positive or negative influence.

Even the bank teller, a waitress, and someone you meet on the street can have an influence on you and you have an influence on them. Have you ever met someone on the street radiating happiness and joy, saying hello to everyone, and they have not brightened your day just a bit? By the same token saying "Have a nice day" to someone who growls back "Yeah, right" leaves a very different sentiment.


Now, I'm not saying that our attitude should change because of what others do, but rather that we need to pay attention to how we engage other people all the time.


Develop Power and Purpose in Relationships through the 15-Minute PRAYER BLAST, Monday at 7am (EST):

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Family Power!

Relationships are important. First of all they allow us to love and be loved. They help us feel secure. Loving others gives us opportunities to grow. And when we take pride in the accomplishments of others and they take pride in ours, we share a deep bond that unites us.



Relationships matter to our emotional well-being. We blossom and flourish from childhood to adulthood because of the encouragement, support, and mentorship of parents, teachers, coaches, and other influential people. We are able to face tough times largely through the emotional support and compassion of our loved ones.

Powerful Relationships

“The prayer of a righteous person has much strength to prevail when it is exercised.”

There is power in prayer! But lack of prayer is as much an act of faithlessness as is any act of disobedience. But God stands ready to stand by His promises. He desires us to ask Him, “Lord, Your kingdom come. Your will be done!”
When we see through the eyes of prayer, it influences our relationship with people.  When we see through the eyes of prayer we see people as persons. The word person comes from the Latin words per and sonare which mean "sounding through." When we see people as persons we "sound through" that outward appearance and see them through the eyes of prayer. All persons are interesting, not just the famous! No one has to fit into a preconceived mold and each is allowed to be the person God created him or her to be! We sound through the outward appearance and see the real and unique person -- the climax of God's creation -- another individual for whom Christ died. Real prayer gives us eyes to see and change our relationship to the world, time and people.