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By Frances LucasRecently published1 topic

Follow The Patte

Think about a time when there were clear directions on how to get to a certain place but we somehow turned down the wrong road. Think about a time when a specific recipe wasn’t followed and the taste was just not as good as our grandmothers. When seamstresses are making clothing, the pattern has to be followed to be the correct fit. If we don’t follow the directions, the recipe or the pattern set for us in life, we can’t do the will of God.

Primary topic: Career Development

Career Development

1,135 views

By Frances LucasRecently published1 topic

We Can Be Replaced

Why is it we find time to do the things we want to do but we can’t make time for the things we should do? Why is it when we know there are things that need to be done, we do everything but those particular things? We put off doing what we know we should do. We make excuses why we can’t be at a certain place or help with certain things.

Primary topic: Career Development

Career Development

1,134 views

By Frances LucasRecently published1 topic

That’s The Story of My Life

If we looked back into our past each of us would have different experiences to remember. Each of us would have good times to remember where we had so much enjoyment in life with certain family members or friends. Each of us would have challenging times to remember where there were issues we had to deal with or witness that really made an impact on our lives.

Primary topic: Career Development

Career Development

1,133 views

By Frances LucasRecently published1 topic

When Hard Times Come

There will be times in our lives where others will need our help or will ask for our opinion about something they are dealing with. Either the person will reach out to us for some advice or we will see they are having some issues and we have an opportunity to help. When these opportunities come about we need to be sure we do and say the right things so we are truly helping them and doing as God wants us to do. 2 Corinthians 6:4 “In everything we do, we show that we are true ministers of God. We patiently endure troubles and hardships and calamities of every kind.”

Primary topic: Career Development

Career Development

1,133 views

By Frances LucasRecently published1 topic

Are They Ever Going To Change?

How many times do we wish people would change or circumstances would change? We often remark how we don’t understand how people act how they do or why bad things continue to happen to us. We see others who don’t do what they are supposed to do and continue to get ahead while we are trying to do the right thing and continue to struggle.

Primary topic: Career Development

Career Development

1,132 views

By Frances LucasRecently published1 topic

Stuck in Overwhelm

Psalm 119:17-20 “Be good to your servant, that I may live and obey your word. Open my eyes to see the wonderful truths in your instructions. I am only a foreigner in the land. Don’t hide your commands from me! I am always overwhelmed with a desire for your regulations.”

Primary topic: Career Development

Career Development

1,128 views

By Frances LucasRecently published1 topic

Helping or Hurting

We have many areas of our lives where we can make a difference. Usually they fall into the categories of our relationship with God and with others, our finances, our health, our careers or school and how we help others. In each area of our lives we do have the opportunities to help others. Whatever action we take or words we say can help or can hurt the situation. We need to think about these areas an what we are doing or saying that is helping or hurting.

Primary topic: Career Development

Career Development

1,127 views

By Frances LucasRecently published1 topic

Are We Up For The Test?

Judges 2:22 “I did this to test Israel – to see whether or not they would obey the Lord as their ancestors did.” When we look back on history, we see so many examples of where God allowed certain things to happen to His people to test them and strengthen them. The people of Israel had to put their faith in God to leave Egypt where even though they were mistreated, it was the only home they knew. However, they left in hope for a better life, for a promised land.

Primary topic: Career Development

Career Development

1,121 views

By Frances LucasRecently published1 topic

Just Enough

We all know people who always want more. They wonder why they didn’t get the promotion. They wonder why they didn’t get special recognition. They wonder why they don’t have the bigger house, the better cars, and the best of everything. It is so easy to think of all the things we don’t have. With technology, it is so easy to see all the things we don’t have and all the things others have. If we are not careful, we can begin to covet what others have and become so obsessed that we lose focus on what we do have.

Primary topic: Career Development

Career Development

1,118 views

By Frances LucasRecently published1 topic

Review, Rethink and Use Resources

There are times when things just don’t go the way we want them to go. We want to help others but we aren’t able to for whatever reason. When someone needs us to do something for them and we aren’t able to due to time, money or other obligations, we may have to turn them away.

Primary topic: Career Development

Career Development

1,117 views

By Frances LucasRecently published1 topic

What Others Need

When we are going through a situation or have something on our minds, we tend to spend time thinking about the solution or the event which led up to it. We may even share our issues with others to get their feedback or to try and think about things out loud. It’s good to have someone to talk to who will listen and give support rather than give us negative feedback.

Primary topic: Career Development

Career Development

1,116 views

By Frances LucasRecently published1 topic

Maintenance Required

Most anything we have in life; we have to take care of. There are few maintenance free things in the world since everything eventually wears out and has to be replaced. That is why while we have these things, we are required to take care of them so they work to their full potential.

Primary topic: Career Development

Career Development

1,113 views

By Frances LucasRecently published1 topic

Take This Day

Every day we wake up is a new day. It is a new opportunity. We have choices to make today and we have work which needs to be completed. We can choose to use the day constructively or we can make the decision to just do what we need to do to get by. We can go through the day mindlessly without thinking about doing anything in particular or we can decide to work on purpose.

Primary topic: Career Development

Career Development

1,112 views

By Frances LucasRecently published1 topic

Refocus and Rejoice

There are times when our daily routines seem to drag us down. We get sidetracked and then feel guilty we didn’t get something completed like we always do. We get too focused on the process or the routine trying to make sure we don’t leave anything out. Then we are distracted by our conce of doing it right.

Primary topic: Career Development

Career Development

1,109 views

By Frances LucasRecently published1 topic

Share With Caution

Most of us were taught as children to share. We were taught to share our toys or whatever we had when others were in need. We were taught to share with our friends and with those less fortunate than we were. Often we were rewarded if we shared. Many times when we shared we felt good about what we did and would run to tell our parents so we would receive praise and recognition.

Primary topic: Career Development

Career Development

1,102 views

By Frances LucasRecently published1 topic

He Keeps Reminding Us

We all have forgotten something at some point in our lives. Some of us need reminders about most everything. We get so caught up in life, we tend to forget what is important. We tend to forget the big picture. Yet God continues to remind us. He watches us as we listen to His word in church, as we have good ideas and intentions to do things for Him and then He gently reminds us again and again to stay on track for Him. 1 Samuel 12:7 “Now stand here quietly before the Lord as I remind you of all the great things the Lord has done for you and your ancestors.”

Primary topic: Career Development

Career Development

1,096 views

By Frances LucasRecently published1 topic

Who Needs Willpower?

2 Corinthians 13:3-4 “I will give you all the proof you want that Christ speaks through me. Christ is not weak when he deals with you; he is powerful among you. Although he was crucified in weakness, he now lives by the power of God. We, too, are weak, just as Christ was, but when we deal with you we will be alive with him and will have God’s power.”

Primary topic: Career Development

Career Development

1,088 views

By Frances LucasRecently published1 topic

What Do We Miss?

How many times in life, or even in one day, do we miss out on what we should be doing? How many times do we avoid the things we are supposed to do for God? How many times do we remain stagnant when we should be moving forward? Looking back on yesterday, what things did we avoid just because we didn’t feel like doing them? What things are we dreading today and trying to figure out if we can put them off until tomorrow?

Primary topic: Career Development

Career Development

1,082 views

By Frances LucasRecently published1 topic

Never Be The Same

When we go through the days in our lives we quickly learn things are never the same. We have changes in our jobs, our home life and our other regular routines. We may get up one morning expecting to do certain things but that doesn’t happen. We need to understand and be flexible in our daily routines to know there will be bumps along the way. We need to be able to handle the changes and recognize things may never be the same.

Primary topic: Career Development

Career Development

1,076 views

By Frances LucasRecently published1 topic

Something We Dread

We all have things that we really don't want to do or things that we are just not looking forward to. Rather than dreading them and thinking about how we can get out of them, we need to look at the bigger picture of how we can use them as opportunities to serve God and others. Missing out on something because we don't think we are going to be happy about doing it is no excuse for not doing it.

Primary topic: Career Development

Career Development

1,072 views

By Frances LucasRecently published1 topic

Working Things Out

We all have had to live with someone at some point in our lives. Some of us grew up with two parents. Some of us only had one. Many of us had brothers or sisters, then perhaps roommates or spouses. We all know after the newness wears off of relationships, issues begin to come out. There are issues about different opinions, ideas and lifestyles. When these issues, begin to surface, it is time to begin working things out.

Primary topic: Career Development

Career Development

1,070 views

By Frances LucasRecently published1 topic

More Than We Know

News from all over the world is shown on television and the Internet all day long. We can’t possibly listen to it all. There are things going on all over the world we will never hear about. There are people who are making changes in the world, good and bad, and we may never hear about them. There are things going on in our country, in our community and even on our street and we may never know about them.

Primary topic: Career Development

Career Development

1,060 views

By Frances LucasRecently published1 topic

It Must Be For Someone Else

Many times when we hear a message, read a book or see a movie that really makes us think about life, how short it is and what more we should do, we have a good feeling for a while and then we get back into our every day routine. Other times we hear something and we think it would be really good for someone else to hear that same message or read that same book so they can apply the lessons learned to their lives.

Primary topic: Career Development

Career Development

1,059 views

By Frances LucasRecently published1 topic

A Plan of Replacement

We all have moved something around in our house or cleaned out an area of our home just to make things a little different. We may have wanted to get rid of something. We may have wanted to add something to the room so we had to shift some other things around. Or we may have wanted to get a new and fresh look. For whatever reason, after we do this, we feel a little better about the new look and enjoy the fruits of our good labor.

Primary topic: Career Development

Career Development

1,058 views

By Frances LucasRecently published1 topic

We Are Representatives

When opportunities present themselves for us to make a difference, we may not realize it until the time has come and gone. We may be so wrapped up in the events or the conversations with the people we don’t realize God is presenting a moment for us to share. We can share by openly saying how great He is that He has brought us together. We can share by encouraging others about God and what He can do for them.

Primary topic: Career Development

Career Development

1,058 views

By Frances LucasRecently published1 topic

In A Relationship

Many of us have some type of social network we connect to online for various reasons. Some of us may be out there just to check on others we know and see what they are doing. Some of us may be out there to find that special someone in our lives we can spend some time with. Some of us may be out there to get away from our own lives and loves as an escape from the real word.

Primary topic: Career Development

Career Development

1,054 views

By Frances LucasRecently published1 topic

In All Things

We are all guilty of not doing the right thing at certain times in our lives. As children, we may cheat on a test at school, take a little money from our mom’s purse without asking or lie about where we were so we wouldn’t get in trouble. However, as we grow older we learn doing the right thing is not only the right thing to do but it is what God requires us to do. 2 Timothy 3:16 “All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives. It corrects us when we are wrong and teaches us to do what is right.”

Primary topic: Career Development

Career Development

1,054 views

By Frances LucasRecently published1 topic

One Step Away

Nothing good in life is easy. There are times when we are trying to do something and we get stopped along the way for whatever reason. We may have struggles with our health, our families, our finances or our career. Things continue to come up time and time again which try to beat us down when we are trying to do the right things. Obedience requires persistence, even through the suffering. Hebrews 5:8 "Even though Jesus was God’s Son, he learned obedience from the things he suffered."

Primary topic: Career Development

Career Development

1,050 views

By Frances LucasRecently published1 topic

The First Move

The First Move How many times have we been in a situation where we were waiting on someone else to make the first move? We may have been in a disagreement with a friend and felt like he or she should approach us first. We may have wanted to help in the church or another organization and were waiting to be asked. We may have been looking at a new position or wanting more pay at work and were waiting on the manager to just call us in and give it to us.

Primary topic: Career Development

Career Development

1,046 views

By Frances LucasRecently published1 topic

Obedience Never Stops

We can all say we have been obedient at some point in our lives to our parents, in our jobs, in certain situations or in our spiritual lives; however, obedience never stops. We don’t just obey once a day by reading God’s word and then go about doing whatever we please. We don’t just do one thing at work that we are supposed to do and then decide the rest is not really important. If we did, we wouldn’t have a job for very long.

Primary topic: Career Development

Career Development

1,043 views

By Frances LucasRecently published1 topic

What’s Right

It is so common to think about what we need or what we don’t have. We may spend more time dwelling on things we think we have to have in life rather than being happy and satisfied with what we do have. The same is true with what is going wrong in our lives. We hear other people ask us what is wrong more than we hear them ask us what is right in our lives.

Primary topic: Career Development

Career Development

1,036 views

By Frances LucasRecently published1 topic

The End Result

There are days where we have plans to do things but by the end of the day nothing we planned to do was accomplished. It could have been due to distractions, other people’s situations or something even greater than what we could have ever imagined. Plans don’t always go as we would like for them to go so we have to plan ahead understanding what we want to do may not always be what God wants us to be doing.

Primary topic: Career Development

Career Development

1,027 views

By Frances LucasRecently published1 topic

You Would Be Surprised

There are times in our lives where we don’t think we can do something but we go ahead and do it because we have to or we really want to. We step out in blind faith and attempt whatever it is and find out it wasn’t as bad as we thought it would be. We had been putting it off thinking it was going to be too hard or we didn’t have all we needed to complete the task; however, after we started we found out it wasn’t as hard as we thought.

Primary topic: Career Development

Career Development

1,019 views

By Frances LucasRecently published1 topic

Let’s Give Them Something To Talk About

There are so many times in life where we disagree with what someone says or does. We believe they are doing things that will hurt themselves or hurt others. We believe they are making bad decisions and are going down the wrong direction in life. We believe they are taking wrong turns and heading down a path of bad choices and mistakes which could lead to regrets later on in their lives. Proverbs 11:12-13 “It is foolish to belittle one’s neighbor; a sensible person keeps quiet. A gossip goes around telling secrets, but those who are trustworthy can keep a confidence.”

Primary topic: Career Development

Career Development

1,011 views

By Frances LucasRecently published1 topic

Please Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood

It is not always easy to understand what others are saying. This is especially true with the new ways we communicate over emails and texts. Even when they are speaking to us, we get easily distracted by other things going on around us. We get frustrated when we don’t understand their message or when others don’t understand us. It is so important that we take time to be good communicators.

Primary topic: Career Development

Career Development

1,009 views

By Frances LucasRecently published1 topic

Why We Suffer

We all go through times in our lives where we feel like things are just not going the way we had hoped. We have financial problems, relationship issues, career changes or health challenges. We know, however, these things will pass and they are only temporary. But as we go through them, we have to wonder why things happen to us like they do.

Primary topic: Career Development

Career Development

1,002 views

By Frances LucasRecently published1 topic

We All Need To Share

2 Corinthians 1:6-7 “Even when we are weighed down with troubles, it is for your comfort and salvation! For when we ourselves are comforted, we will certainly comfort you. Then you can patiently endure the same things we suffer. We are confident that as you share in our sufferings, you will also share in the comfort God gives us.”

Primary topic: Career Development

Career Development

995 views

By Frances LucasRecently published1 topic

In The Hands Of God

1 Peter 2:21 “For God called you to do good, even if it means suffering, just as Christ suffered for you. He is your example, and you must follow in his steps.” Everyone goes through troubling times where we are having issues with our health, relationships, money, or work. Many times, we wonder why we have to suffer when others appear to be doing well and enjoying life. Sometimes we may want to take action in our own hands and do what we feel is best to give us temporary enjoyment; however, God calls us to do good in all things, even if it means suffering.

Primary topic: Career Development

Career Development

994 views

By Frances LucasRecently published1 topic

Prepare in Advance

We sometimes wonder why things keep happening to us. We wonder why we continually have issues to deal with and problems on our minds. We think about and get overwhelmed at times in many areas of our lives and can't seem to understand why things aren't getting any easier. The answer is life isn't easy. We will be faced with problems and struggles, but it is all about how we prepare for and handle them.

Primary topic: Career Development

Career Development

994 views

By Frances LucasRecently published1 topic

The King of Hearts

We don’t really know other people’s situation or how God has prepared their heart to respond or react to what we do or say. Just as God hardened Pharaoh’s heart when Moses wanted him to let the people go, he prepares hearts to be softened to allow us to witness to them. God knows who will accept Him and reject Him. Exodus 10:27 “But the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart once more, and he would not let them go.”

Primary topic: Career Development

Career Development

994 views

By Frances LucasRecently published1 topic

Who Follows Our Example?

We know others watch us and learn by the actions we take and the things we say as well as what we don’t do or say. Our responsibility to do the right thing is not only for ourselves but for others who are looking to us to make the right decision. When we do the right thing we are setting an example for others to follow.

Primary topic: Career Development

Career Development

990 views

By Frances LucasRecently published1 topic

Mind Your Business

How often do we feel alone? How many times when there is no one around to talk to do we feel like no one cares? When we try to reach out to others whether we have good news to share or bad news to share and can’t find anyone who has time to listen, why is it we feel so down? God tells us to live a quiet life. He wants us to be accustomed to working and minding our own business. He wants us to get use to keep things to ourselves and depend only on Him in good things and in bad. Why is that? Isn’t our first inclination to share something with other people?

Primary topic: Career Development

Career Development

981 views

By Frances LucasRecently published1 topic

Whose Line Is It Anyway?

There are hundreds and thousands of quotes and clips which we have passed down through the ages. We have words of wisdom from men and women who have been through trials and struggles who share their experiences with us through short, yet thought provoking, words. Many of them are similar in meaning but said differently. Some of them are in line with God’s word; however some are not.

Primary topic: Career Development

Career Development

980 views

By Frances LucasRecently published1 topic

Worriers, Warriors and Worshipers

If there was a book today written similar to the Bible containing life stories of people in our generations, who do we believe would be in that book? Who do we know who has lived for God and made a difference? Whose lives have been examples to many because they let God lead their lives? Have we done the things God has asked us to do? Psalm 71:7 “My life is an example to many, because you have been my strength and protection.”

Primary topic: Career Development

Career Development

970 views

By Frances LucasRecently published1 topic

Just a Part of Life

There are things we do out of habit and routine that if we didn’t do them we wouldn’t feel right all day. We brush our get out of bed, brush our teeth, eat about three meals a day, etc. and skipping any part of our routine would not seem natural. These habits are just a part of life which we have created by repeating them daily.

Primary topic: Career Development

Career Development

955 views

By Frances LucasRecently published1 topic

No Matter What

There are many things in life we wish we could change. We may not like the job we have. We may be upset about a relationship that has gone bad. We may have health issues we would like to improve. We may be so far in debt, we don’t know how it happened and can’t seem to figure out how to get out of it so we just continue to borrow money.

Primary topic: Career Development

Career Development

947 views

By Frances LucasRecently published1 topic

What We Put First

It’s funny how we run around every day working for what we believe we need, when God clearly tells us to seek Him first and He will give us everything we need. Why do we continue to look everywhere for the things we think we need when all we have to do is go to Him? Do we really believe we can live for God when we put other things before Him? Matthew 6:33 “Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need.”

Primary topic: Career Development

Career Development

943 views

By Frances LucasRecently published1 topic

What We Put First

It’s funny how we run around every day working for what we believe we need, when God clearly tells us to seek Him first and He will give us everything we need. Why do we continue to look everywhere for the things we think we need when all we have to do is go to Him? Do we really believe we can live for God when we put other things before Him? Matthew 6:33 “Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need.”

Primary topic: Career Development

Career Development

826 views

By Frances LucasRecently published1 topic

Stretch Out Our Hands

Acts 17:27 “His purpose was for the nations to seek after God and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him—though he is not far from any one of us.” When we get overwhelmed with all there is to do, we can easily give up and shut down. When we are rushing to finish something last minute, everything else seems to happen as well. Stress takes over and we look for an escape route. Emotions kick in and we begin to feel guilty or angry or sad.

Primary topic: Career Development

Career Development

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