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Personal finance is 80% of how you BEHAVE and 20% of how much you make. Join us Sunday for a WEIRD way with money

Larry — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:32:06 +0000

Tired of being like normal people who are in debt, stressed out, and worrying about money?
It sounds WEIRD but the fact is personal finance is 80% of how you BEHAVE and 20% of how much you make. Join us this Sunday and let’s get WEIRD and do our finances God’s way!

People listen to what you have to say about God only after you first listen and understand what’s going on in their life…

Larry — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:06:18 +0000

Leader to Leader: Good leaders learn to listen
Here are 7 things I’ve learned that have developed my listening skills
1. Look the speaker in the eye: Give them your undivided attention, no cell phones or looking at your watch
2. Don’t interrupt: When you interrupt you are saying, “I don’t care what you have to say, what I have to say is more important.”
3. Focus on understanding: you want to remember what some says, don’t just hear the words, you will forget the words, focus on understanding what they are saying, you will remember that.
4. Listen for the need: Anytime you determine the need you of the person you are talking with the better you will be able to help them.
5. Control your emotions; If you get mad or even act surprised the person will shut down
6. Be active in the conversation: Let them know you are listening, nod your head, smile, say things like, “Really, I didn’t know that, that must have made you feel good…”
7. Ask questions for clarity: REMEMBER to ask non threatening questions, you will be surprised at what people will tell you
I am listening, and I hear that God is making a real difference in the lives of so many people through you LifePoint Church!

Leader To Leader: I have learned one step that will… Grow your family, Grow your business, Grow your church! Here it is…GROW YOUR SELF

Larry — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:54:37 +0000

How do you do that;
•Read; And not just the Bible)
•Listen: To mature Biblically based people
•Constantly make new friends: I always learn something important with every new person I get to know, and yes non-believers
•Hang around with better leaders than you are (trust me, there are a lot of great leaders out there)
•Constantly be ready to try something new every day: restaurant, food (noticed I started with my favorites), exercise, different driving route, even entering a building differently can teach you something
When you grow yourself first,those around will have the opportunity to grow

The way you act doesn’t make a relationship with God; but it does show you have a relationship God!

Larry — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 14:17:53 +0000

Join us tomorrow for a WEIRD way to get to God: Religion vs. Relationship

We must make God’s truth so clear that they can see no other choice but to embrace it!

Larry — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:54:26 +0000

“…From morning till evening he explained and declared to them the kingdom of God and tried to convince them about Jesus from the Law of Moses and from the Prophets.” Acts 3:28
Paul’s teaching of the Word included “explaining”, “declaring”, and “trying to convince”. These verbs describe how we should fit our teaching to the hearing and needs of our audience.
Our goal, whether on stage Sunday morning, or in a LifeGroup Wednesday evening, must be that people know the truth – that they understand it and all its implications and requirements. In fact we must make God’s truth so clear that they can see no other choice but to embrace it.

Last week over 250 people decided to be “WEIRD” in a God way. This Sunday; let’s get WEIRD in handling our desires

Larry — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 13:27:02 +0000

Have you ever said or done something and almost immediately you regretted it?

Larry — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 13:20:05 +0000

Have you ever said or done something and almost immediately you regretted it? It is so normal to give into your natural desires; many people do it all of the time. Join us Sunday as we learn how to stop doing what normal people do and get WEIRD, learn that God’s has something so much better in mind than our immediate desires if we will only wait on him.

Normal Parent: Don’t’ do as I do, do as I say…Weird Parent: Do as I say as I do what God says!

Larry — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 13:10:16 +0000

Starting a “WEIRD” series Sunday;Walking Examples In Righteous Daily

Larry — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:53:08 +0000

God says we should be so different that we look like “aliens” (1 Peter 2:11) in this world. We are called to be “Holy”; Holy means set apart, different. Bring someone you know that needs a “different” life than they are liviing and let’s learn how to get “WEIRD” in a God way.

As Leaders We Should Always Be Up Or Getting Back Up; today I’m getting back up

Larry — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:27:44 +0000

You ever had one of those days when you want to throw up your hands and quit. I think all of us at times have had what I call a “Solomon Day”; when we feel like it’s “Meaningless, meaningless, everything is meaningless” (Ecclesiastes 1:2). Yesterday I had one of those days.
But here it is; outward circumstances should never direct our actions…God should!
It all comes down to this, we can’t control what other people do or say to us or about us, but what we can control is how it’s going to affect our day. Even after yesterday I can still say, “Today is the day that the Lord has made and I will rejoice in it”.
The fact is, you will get knocked down, but as Christ followers we should always be up or getting back up. Today I’m getting back up.