Fulfilling Your Potential

I had a great time this week learning from "Les Brown." In his talk "Live Full - Die Empty" he shared some ideas that excited me.

He asked, if you had your life to live over again, could you do more than you've done? When he asked that question, I realize I could have done way more. Isn't it exciting that God puts more potential in us than we can develop?

That is one of life's most exciting and frustrating truths. Seeking to fulfill your potential is a wonderful journey. Some people are paralyzed by fear. They never seek to develop their potential afraid they might fail. I've got good news. You are going to fail! But in the failing you become the person God created you to be. WOW! I am so pumped up by this truth.

Find a company to work for, find a position at church to serve in, find a way to serve, work, participate in an area you are passionate about and learn to fail. Become, develop the potential God has given you.

Fall Festival Blow Out

Fall Festival Blow Out!

Can you believe what the Lord has done? We prayed for 50 guests and God blew us out! We had 244 guests! If you were one of the hundreds of guests, THANKS for attending. If you were one of the members who worked hard to make this event a huge success, THANKS. If you did not attend but would love to attend, come on by. We have our worship celebrations on Sundays at 11:00 A.M.

See you next time with some exciting news about what God is doing!

Pastor Mike

Fall Festival

I am enjoying another great week with the Waldrop Family. We had the opportunity to ordain Drew McKenzie and celebrate God working in his life.

I had the opportunity to meet two new people yesterday that stopped by the church office. I had the chance to share a “story” and get to know them. I loaned out a book and will get to follow up about the book which is a wonderful plan by the way.

Tonight we have missionaries from Mexico coming to share what God is doing in their lives. I love meeting missionaries. Meeting people who lay it all on the line encourages and excites me. You can pray for Tap and Katie Hornor. You can also participate in their ministry through giving and going. Here is there website.
http://tkhornor.com/web_site/

Saturday is our Fall Festival. I am praying diligently that God will move. I see other churches in the area that are doing a fall festival. Maybe the Lord is going to reclaim this date for His glory. Keep on praying.

Sunday I will be preaching a message “Dealing with People, Overcoming Unfair Attitudes.” Come hang out with us and see what God is saying.

Excited about Jesus!

Pastor Mike

Servant Leadership

It has been a busy week. It is Friday night and I'm waiting to hear from my oldest son who is headed home tonight.

Tomorrow I travel getting ready for a great weekend with my church family. We will ordain Drew McKenzie this weekend. What an awesome time for our family. Being a deacon is all about "Servant Leadership." In Acts chapter six we see the beginning of this ministry. There were some widows being left out of the daily distribution of food. They complained and word got back to the Apostles. After prayer they made this announcement to the Church Family.

Then the twelve summoned the whole company of the disciples and said, "It would not be right for us to give up preaching to wait on tables.... Acts 6:2 HCSB.

The Greek word for "wait on tables" is "diakoneo". It is here that we get our word "deacon" from. That is why we call deacons "servant leaders." They wait on tables, serve the congregation, and lead by their service. What a great biblical concept.

The world teaches leadership by commanding and demanding from others. Jesus teaches leadership by putting a towel around Himself and washing the feet of the disciples. What type of leader are you? Commanding or Serving?

Building Trust

WOW! We just returned from trip to Panama City. I had the privilege of hanging out with the guys. They were a blast. We discussed several topics - Our Strengths, Trust, and Loyalty. Jerry Z did an awesome job organizing and planning this trip. (THANKS!)

We had as much time together this weekend as we would have had in a year of going to church together. This much time compressed into a few days helped to bond us together. I am excited about the leadership God has given us. The men are stepping up and hitting the ball out of the park.

I guess my best quote of the weekend was, "If what you're telling me is important to you, and I'm not writing it down, it is not important to me."

The other quote I was excited about was, "...being loyal is a way of showing love."

Thanks guys for your love and support.

Mike

Mavericks at Work

We will measure our success by how much we contribute to yours.

McCue – What I realize now is that you can never, ever take your eye off the customer. Pg. 33

Spandex Rule of Branding … Just because you can doesn’t mean you should. Pg. 57

McEwen – he recalls, It was like a flash: this is the template I’ve been searching for! I went running back to Toronto convinced that we had to change how Goldcorp thought about mining. Pg. 65

Innovation is serious business, but if you’re working to tap the brainpower of grassroots volunteers and outside the mainstream contributors, then you have to work to keep your open-source project colorful, dramatic, and energetic. Pg 121

To put it more bluntly, customer satisfaction suffered because companies made their customers suffer as executives pursued other priorities. Pg 133

We’re not selling our products, the CEO explains. We’re selling our people. We have a live relationship with our customers, on the radio and on the phone. Pg 161

Business and life are built on successful mediocrity, the world-weary author concludes, and victory comes to companies, not through the employment of brilliant men, but through knowing how to get the most out of ordinary folks. Pg 199

…keeping the habit of driving the agenda is crucial. Don’t just wait for someone to tell you what to do. Understand their business and then tell them what you are going to do to help them win. Pg 256

I read "Art of the Start" and wanted to share some nuggets with you -

The Art of the Start, Guy Kawasaki

It’s not how great you start – it’s how great you end up. Pg 10

You can’t change the world if you’re dead, and when you’re out of money you’re dead. Pg 14

The foundation of a great pitch is the research that you do before the meeting starts. Pg 47

I’ve never heard a pitch that was too short…The purpose of the pitch is to stimulate interest, not to close a deal. Pg 49

The worst thing to do is to write a deliberate plan and then stick to it simply because it is “the plan.” Pg 73

Every drug, even truth, needs a delivery system. Pg 92

If there is one thing a CEO must do, it’s hire a management team that is better than he is. For this to happen…The first is the humility to admit that some people can perform a function better than they can. Second, after making this admission, they need the self-confidence to recruit these people. Pg 101

People without major weaknesses tend to be mediocre. Pg 106

If you want to get an investment, show that you will build a business. Make meaning. Make a difference. Don’t do it for the money. Do it because you want to make the world a better place. Pg 120

The lesson is this: Clean up your problems or disclose your problems, but never hide your problems. Pg 125

Good schmoozers aren’t good talkers; they are good listeners. Pg 161