For many people, work is simply something they have to get through. Monday comes. The workweek begins. They count the hours until Friday and dream about retirement. But God designed work to be more than a way to pay the bills. Colossians 3:23 tells us, “Whatever you do, do your work heartily, as for the [...]
Michael LeBoeuf once said, “Devoting a little of yourself to everything means committing a great deal of yourself to nothing.” That idea hits close to home. It’s easy to spend a full day moving from one task to another and still feel like nothing truly important got done. There’s a difference between activity and accomplishment. [...]
I spent much of my twenties feeling like a square peg trying to fit into a round hole. I longed to use the gifts God had given me in a career I loved, but I felt stuck. I lived in a city where software engineers were celebrated, while creative people were often overlooked. And that [...]
You were never meant to drift through life on autopilot—waking, working, surviving, and repeating the cycle without joy or direction. God did not breathe life into you so you could merely exist. You were created to live with purpose, to move with intention, and to shine with meaning. Too often, people settle into a quiet [...]
Sometimes the hardest place to be is not in failure or pain—but in uncertainty. You’re not sure which step to take, which door to walk through, or even what you truly want anymore. You pray, you think, you wait… and still feel unsure. But direction doesn’t begin with a roadmap—it begins with trust. “Trust in [...]
At the conferences where I speak, I always invite participants to fill out a program feedback card. At a recent event one woman lovingly wrote, “Keep making Jesus famous!” Her words blessed me because in recent weeks I have been pondering how God wants His children to glorify Him, or in simpler terms, to “make [...]
People’s feelings and attitudes about work run the gamut. Some love what they do; others detest the idea of work and daydream about winning the lottery so they’ll never have to work again. The following sentiments have been in songs and other pop culture expressions: “Take this job and shove it, I ain’t working here [...]
Many Christians feel their work lives and making Christ famous are incompatible. They think, How can I glorify God when I am sitting behind a desk at an insurance office? How can I make Him famous when I am picking up trash on the street, cutting hair, teaching school, or drilling teeth? Do you believe [...]
In every believer’s journey there will be a time when something seems like the perfect opportunity. Your emotions will be shouting, I couldn’t have dreamed this up! Your mind will be telling you, Oh, man! It doesn’t get any better than this! But God will be saying, This isn’t my will. This is what happened [...]
When I started working for iDisciple, the company was a small startup with just four employees. During my first week on the job, our COO, Hal White led our little team through a list of core values that help guide the organization. One of these core values is to cultivate a culture of celebration. As [...]
