The Honorable Choice

Dr. Mike Kingdom Paradigms , ,
“The tongue of the righteous is choice silver, but the heart of the wicked is of little value”. Proverbs 8:10 NIV.

 

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Decisions. Decisions. Decisions.

What criteria do you base your choice on?

Experience? Values? Desired Outcome?

 

When the decision impacts the life of people, do you take the easy way out or the more challenging route? Do you make the effort to take the more honorable path or simply the road that makes you feel better?

For example, when you come to a fork in the road with another person, how do you deal with it? The person may deserve the full repertoire of your worldly arsenal for total annihilation, but is that required at this time? The Godly choice would be to speak words that build up, encourage, and empower the person to a more fruitful life. But what will you do?

One question that seems to appear for me during these moments that you may also want to include in your arsenal of personal tools is, “What is the most honorable thing I can do at this time?”

Your answer will lead you to reply, act, and leave the scene with a more positive impact than what you most likely would have otherwise done. In fact, by being led with God’s heart, mind, and Spirit, you will most likely make a transformational impact into the life of another as a witness for His glory.

  1. May seem simple. But the outcome are typically the type of scenes that the movie industry likes to capture for their audience. Why? Because it is unnatural for the human heart to behave in such a fashion. But saintly behavior is next to godliness and therefore shines in a world of darkness.

So next time you find yourself at the prism of the choice between two paths, choose wisely. Choose the more honorable way.

Rooting For You in Christ!

Dr. Mike

Executive Director & Founder
Marketplace Bible Institute
& Resource Center, Inc
Author of e-Books:
 *  Great Business Emulates a Good God
 *  Be Radical…Follow Christ!
 *  Simply The Messenger
 *  Unequally Married

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Truth and Love

Dr. Mike Kingdom Paradigms
“Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, the Father’s Son, will be with us in truth and love.” 2 JN. 1:3 NIV.

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We all argue over what is Truth. Than we also have different images of what is Love. If the starting point of knowing either comes solely from human history or philosophy, then we may as well continue to argue and live in disarray. However, if our basis of Truth and Love is found solely in the God of Jesus Christ, then maybe there is hope for everyone.

Truth and Love go together like peanut butter and jam, man and woman, and fish and water. When emphasized separately, one will lean in one direction or the other. Then typically, the outcome is like fish without water.

To do something out of Love without concern with reality leads to disorder and eventually disharmony with the order of creation. To do something based on Truth without Love toward others is likewise throwing the baby out with the bath water. Only when Truth and Love are looked at together does one view reality through the eyes of the creator of reality: the Triune God.

When we accept Jesus Christ as Lord in our life, the joining of us with Him becomes a reality. He begins to transform our thoughts and thinking by shaping our worldview to be more like His. Throughout Scripture we come across examples of how Jesus dealt with a conflicting matter. To those who emphasized love, he raised the issue of Truth. For those who challenged the Truth, He questioned the motive of their hearts. He would constantly then, and even now, view a situation from both perspectives.

What makes the real Christian walk so dynamic is He lives within us via the Holy Spirit extending the same principles in our life today. His life is built on Truth and Love. He extends the same to us and more so leads us to do the same with others. So when we find ourselves leaning one way or the other, maybe we need to take a timeout and ask Him to clarify the situation. Again, we may find ourselves pleasantly surprised by the Truthful and Loving answer. Unless of course we don’t want to know His answer, but just continue living our rebellious way and always wondering in hindsight what if we took the high row and Trusted Him in the matter back then – what would be different now?

Rooting For You in Christ!

Dr. Mike

Executive Director & Founder
Marketplace Bible Institute
& Resource Center, Inc
Author of e-Books:
 *  Great Business Emulates a Good God
 *  Be Radical…Follow Christ!
 *  Simply The Messenger
 *  Unequally Married

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Who Do You Trust?

Dr. Mike Business & Faith, Kingdom Paradigms , ,
“The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and he helps me. My heart leaps for joy, and with my song I praise him.” Psalms 28:7 NIV.

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The best marketing tool any person or organization has at their disposal is available to all. It doesn’t require a college degree, large capital investments, nor a unique sales strategy. It is as old as the universe, but as young as a new born baby. When employed it saves time, paperwork, and builds strong relationships for a life time. It is a five letter word that needs to be exercised in every conversation and repeated out loud when negotiations seem to be falling apart.

That word is TRUST.

Trust is becoming a rare commodity in today’s world. We have witnessed the disintegration of the marriage relationship; the hostility between races; and the ineffectiveness of governments around the world. Whenever trust is broken, lives are shaken. Dreams are dismantled. Both parties become losers – some in the short term, others in the long term.

Former president Ronald Reagan is given credit for resurrecting the phrase “Trust but verify.” Maybe we all need to practice this concept more often with the people in our world.  In fact, maybe we need to first begin the process with the Creator of the universe. Do we truly Trust Him?

His #1 seller the Bible provides multiple scriptures of the relationship between Him and His people and the importance of Trust. There are a multiple of scriptures where God wants us to trust him. And how do we learn to trust Him? One way is simply to put Him to the test. For starters, don’t ask him for something to spend it on yourself (James 4:3). Instead ask for the sake of others. Learn to lean on Him. Take baby steps. Ask, Seek, Knock (Luke 11:9-10).

Trust is built over time. It is two people coming together and first agreeing on the primary principle of the matter. From there, the talk is verified with action. The action leads to more talk. More talk leads to more action steps. Trust is slowly built after both sides verify each other’s action and witness the true character of the other person. When the real character appears, only then can we know how far we can truly rely on the other person’s words and actions.

So no matter if it’s a business matter, a family matter, or a governmental matter,  trust is the glue that strengthens, magnifies, and unleashes the potential in all relationships. Let trust be your friend today.

Rooting For You in Christ!

Dr. Mike

Executive Director & Founder
Marketplace Bible Institute
& Resource Center, Inc
Author of e-Books:
 *  Great Business Emulates a Good God
 *  Be Radical…Follow Christ!
 *  Simply The Messenger
 *  Unequally Married

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