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Business Tips : 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth Our management is doing a new study on the John Maxwell curriculum with the book called the 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth. We recommend you pick up a copy or listen to it online if you have the technology to do so. We will be exploring these laws as a team this year.               The goal in the study is to help each of us learn how to grow and develop ourselves so we have the best chance of becoming the person we were created to be. ~ The Law of Trade offs  and Curiosity ~                TRADE OFFS  - You have to give up to go up. What are the pluses and minus of the trade off? Will I go or grow through the change? The loss of trade offs are usually felt before the win. Most trade offs can happen at any time. The higher you climb, the tougher the trade offs. At the bottom we change because of desperation. ...

Business Tips : 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth Our management is doing a new study on the John Maxwell curriculum with the book called the 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth. We recommend you pick up a copy or listen to it online if you have the technology to do so. We will be exploring these laws as a team this year.               The goal in the study is to help each of us learn how to grow and develop ourselves so we have the best chance of becoming the person we were created to be. ~ The Law of Reflection, Ladder, and Rubber Band ~               Reflection: Learning to pause allows growth to catch up to you. Questions to ask: What did you love and what did you learn? Don’t let the experiences and people that you meet pass you without reflection. Each day should include a time out to stop. Experience is not the best teacher. Evaluated experience is the...

Business Tips : 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth Our management is doing a new study on the John Maxwell curriculum with the book called the 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth. We recommend you pick up a copy or listen to it online if you have the technology to do so. We will be exploring these laws as a team this year.               The goal in the study is to help each of us learn how to grow and develop ourselves so we have the best chance of becoming the person we were created to be. ~ The Law of Pain ~               Good management of bad experiences leads to great growth. Every pain introduces a person to themselves. Treating bad experiences right in your life will be the times of greatest growth. On bad experiences: 1.        Everyone has them – someday you are the pigeon and other days you are the statue 2.  ...

Discipleship: Phase 1: Foundations - The Lord's Supper Link:  https://drive.google.com/open?id=1vkH5yF4AnR38di8qL2cO_cddTvo2hIyH Matthew 26:17-20 (NIV) 17 On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus and asked, "Where do you want us to make preparations for you to eat the Passover?" 18 He replied, "Go into the city to a certain man and tell him, 'The Teacher says: My appointed time is near. I am going to celebrate the Passover with my disciples at your house.'" 19 So the disciples did as Jesus had directed them and prepared the Passover. 20 When evening came, Jesus was reclining at the table with the Twelve. What do you know about the Passover Feast? This is a great lesson for the meaning and purpose of the Lords' Supper. Check out Exodus 12:1-20 What is the point of the Passover Feast?  - As a reminder of the dramatic rescue from slavery in Egypt, the Israelites were commanded to celebrate once a year. ...

The Brick A young and successful  executive was traveling down a neighborhood street,  going a bit too fast in his new Jaguar. He was  watching for kids darting out from between parked  cars and slowed down   when he thought he saw  something.  As his car passed, no children appeared.  Instead, a brick smashed into the Jag's side door!  He slammed on the brakes and backed the Jag back to  the spot where the brick had been thrown. The angry  driver then jumped out of the  car, grabbed the nearest kid and pushed him up  against   a parked car shouting, 'What was that all about and who are you? Just what  the heck are you doing? That's a new car and that  brick you threw is going to cost a lot of money Why  did you do it?' The young boy was apologetic.  'Please, mister...please, ...

Discipleship:  Phase 1: Foundations - Understanding Baptism LINK:  https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=1vkH5yF4AnR38di8qL2cO_cddTvo2hIyH What do you think is the meaning of baptism? It was introduced by John, developed by Jesus, and later the Apostle Paul found more meaning. Lets look at John the Baptist  (Mark 1:4-5): What was the focus of John’s baptism? What do you think being baptized in water symbolized for all these people? Focus: REPENTANCE Symbolism: BEING WASHED CLEAN John was preparing people for the coming of the Messiah and the Kingdom of God. He warned them of their need to see how they had drifted away from God and to seek forgiveness for their sin. As people came, repenting of their sin, they were baptized as a public confession, denouncing their old, sinful way of life and affirming their new loyalty to God. They were preparing for life under the coming Kingdom of God. Lets look at Jesus  (Matthew 3:13-17): If Jesus was ...