Personal Development on Accomplishment

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Identity and Achievement at L'Arche

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Galatians 1:10, Philippians 2:3-4, Matthew 23:1-12, 2 Thessalonians 1:11-12, James 4:1-10, 1 Peter 5:1-11

All of us struggle with our own desires for accomplishment and ambition. Christians especially find it difficult to discern their own worldly ambitions vs. following Jesus’ comand to seek first the ki...

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The Fundamental Very-Goodness of Creation

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Mark D. Roberts

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Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:null, Genesis 3:null, Romans 1:20, Revelation 4:11, Job 12:7-9, Colossians 1:16

After finishing a major project, have you ever stood back, taken in what you have accomplished, and said to yourself, “That’s pretty good”? I’ll admit that I have on numerous occasions, especially aft...

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George Washington Carver

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Philippians 4:13, Matthew 19:26, John 15:5, Psalm 37:5, Mark 11:24

There is literally nothing that I ever asked to do, that I asked the blessed Creator to help me to do, that I have not been able to accomplish.

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What it Means to be a Master

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Denise Levertov

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How would you define a master? Denise Levertov, the American poet, offers one definition by comparing a master to a Mountain: Not one who one imitates, emulates even, but rather, a powerful presen...

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Early is on Time

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The Pastor's Workshop

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Proverbs 22:29, Colossians 3:23-24, 1 Corinthians 14:40, Luke 12:35-40, Nehemiah 2:4-5

Lord Nelson once said that all his achievements in life came down to one simple habit: he was always there a quarter of an hour early, never a quarter of an hour late.

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George W. Bush

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To those of you who received honors, awards and distinctions, I say well done. And to the C students, I say you, too, can be president of the United States.

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"Why? Because it is There"

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Stuart R. Strachan, Jr.

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Genesis 12:1-4, Hebrews 12:1-2, Joshua 1:9, 2 Corinthians 5:7, Psalm 19:1, Ecclesiastes 3:11, Colossians 3:23

The British mountaineer George Leigh Mallory became famous after multiple expeditions on Mount Everest. On a book tour in the U.S. in 1923, people would regularly ask him the question, “why did you wa...

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Curse The Shortness of Life

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Stuart R. Strachan, Jr.

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Matthew 6:20-21, Proverbs 27:2, Luke 14:7-14, Psalm 90:10-14, James 4:13-17, Psalm 39:4-5

The politician Helen Violet Asquith (later Bonham Carter) was once attending a dinner with Winston Churchill, who initially seemed lost in abstraction for an awkwardly long period of time. Abruptly he...

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Martin Luther King Jr. on Achievements

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Will Willimon

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Ephesians 1:11-14, Colossians 3:14, 1 John 4:7-8, John 13:34-35, Romans 13:8, Matthew 22:37-39, Galatians 5:6

Not long before his death, Martin Luther King Jr. spoke to the congregation at Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church: If any of you are around when I have to meet my day, I don’t want a long funeral. An...

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Mary Bell

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Ecclesiastes 2:11, Proverbs 16:3, Matthew 6:33, Philippians 3:8, James 4:10, Psalm 127:1

Achievement is the alcohol of our time.

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A Pastor’s Greatest Accomplishment

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Mark Batterson

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Calling

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Numbers 6:24-26, 2 Thessalonians 2:16-17, 2 Corinthians 4:7, Ephesians 3:20-21, Galatians 2:20

Dr. Halverson pastored Fourth Presbyterian Church in Bethesda, Maryland, for twenty-three years. He did what pastors do-everything from preaching and counseling to marrying and burying. But he believe...

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Building for Glory and Good

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Tom Nelson

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Genesis 1:26–28, Exodus 35:30–35, Proverbs 8:22–31, Matthew 25:14–30, Colossians 3:23–24, Psalm 104:24

I love watching young boys and girls build things with Legos. Their small, creative masterpieces cannot help but reflect their image-bearing nature and remind us we were all made to make things. When ...

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Compassionate God—In Christ, you enter

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Richard Herman

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1 Timothy 2:1-4, Psalm 33:22, Philippians 4:6-7, John 14:1, 1 Peter 5:7, Romans 12:15

Compassionate God—In Christ, you enter our condition; you experience our sorrow and our joy ... and redeem them. By Your Holy Spirit, you carry us along: in crisis and celebration, in despair and acco...

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Faithful God–Father, Son and Holy

Faithful God–Father, Son and Holy Spirit: You are always there in times of transition or trial, times of uncertainty and anxiety, or times of accomplishment and celebration. You do not leave us nor fo...

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The Importance of Monkey Bars

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Clay Scroggins

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As much as we laugh at it, trying to keep kids safe, avoiding failing or falling, has its own consequences. My friend, Dr. Tim Ellmore says that the removal of monkey bars on playgrounds is perhaps th...

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Canoeing the Mountains

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Tod E. Bolsinger

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In their book Leadership on the Line, Ronald Heifetz and Marty Linsky describe adaptive challenges as the work confronting a leader when there is no known fix to a problem. It’s when “best practices” ...

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Paul's Achievement's Today

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Stuart R. Strachan, Jr.

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Philippians 3:4-6, Isaiah 64:6, 1 Corinthians 1:27-29, Jeremiah 9:23-24, Colossians 3:3-4, Galatians 2:20

Paul give us an excellent example of what looking at people from a worldly point of view looks like in Philippians chapter 3: If someone else thinks they have reasons to put confidence in the flesh, ...

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Napoleon Hill

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Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness.

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Remember You are Only a Man

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The Pastor's Workshop

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Proverbs 16:18, Psalm 103:14-16, Luke 14:11, Micah 6:8, 1 Peter 5:5-6, James 4:6-10, Jeremiah 9:23-24

If you were to travel back in time to the city of Rome (either during the Republic or the Empire), you may have had the opportunity to witness the Triumph, a colossal spectacle in which the greatest m...

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Identity and Pastors: Struggle, Success, and the Silent Battle

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Geoffrey V. Dudley

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"Not Against Flesh and Blood..." There is an unspoken battle that every pastor faces—a battle not against flesh and blood , nor merely against the seen forces of ministry challenges, but...

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Lori Loughlin and The Problem with Shortcuts

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Max Lucado

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Genesis 27:35-36 , 2 Samuel 6:6-7, Exodus 32:1-4 , Matthew 4:8-10, Psalm 37:7, Acts 5:1-5

How many shortcuts have been justified with the best of intentions? At the sentencing for her role in the 2019 college admissions bribery scandal, actress Lori Loughlin addressed the court: “I mad...

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Lord Jesus: knowing that you are good

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Richard Herman

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1 Thessalonians 4:13-14, Romans 12:15, Psalm 30:2, 1 Timothy 2:1-2, Ephesians 4:15, James 1:5, Psalm 145:9

Lord Jesus: knowing that you are good and strong, loving, wise, holy and faithful, we come to you today in prayer for all the needs and concerns in our minds and hearts. Lord, we pray for Your whole c...

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A General Thanksgiving

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1 Samuel 2:1-10, Luke 17:11-19, Job 1:21, Acts 16:25, John 6:11

Accept, O Lord, our thanks and praise for all that you have done for us. We thank you for the splendor of the whole creation, for the beauty of this world, for the wonder of life, and for the mystery ...

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Hidden Figures

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Kelley Nikondeha

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Until recently, most Americans didn’t know that women were pivotal to the NASA space program as far back as the 1950s. Their names and accomplishments were lost to the common history we grew up studyi...

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The Banshees of Inisherin Movie Review

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Stuart R. Strachan, Jr.

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Ephesians 4:null

Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, Or. what's a heaven for? " Robert Browning A part of our desire at The Pastor’s Workshop is to help pastors connect the stories in ...

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Myths About Meaning

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Bobby Harrington

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Do you want your life to count? Do you want to look back and say that you made the biggest difference possible? Most Christians want to devote their lives to something significant. Deep inside they wa...

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Cultivating the Garden of Your Mind

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Robert A. Emmons

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In Thanks! I wrote that legendary investor and philanthropist Sir John Templeton had posed the question, “How can we get six billion people around the world to practice gratitude?” Not long after Sir ...

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The Monk and the Cup of Tea

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Ruth Haley Barton

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The story is told of a learned professor who went to visit an old monk who was famous for his wisdom. The monk graciously welcomed him into his temple and offered him a seat on a cushion. No sooner ha...

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Thomas Keating

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James 1:22-25, Philippians 2:3-4, Romans 12:2, Ephesians 4:22-24, Colossians 3:12-14, Galatians 5:22-23, Matthew 25:21

The kingdom of God manifests itself in the modest changes in our attitudes and in the little improvements in our behavior that no one may notice, including ourselves. These are the mighty works of God...

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Charles Kettering

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Psalm 37:23-24, Joshua 1:9, 2 Corinthians 4:8-9, Isaiah 40:31, James 1:2-4, Proverbs 24:16

Failures are finger posts on the road to achievement.

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