Through the Biblical story of Esther, Deryck van Rensburg helps us see that “coincidences” are really God’s hidden hand. Even though God is never mentioned in the story of Esther, Deryck points out how His fingerprints are everywhere, ordering every detail. Van Rensburg explains why we can be confident that God is a Devine architect with a perfect plan for our lives, that there is no place or position God can’t open up to us, and that God’s master plan often is revealed through prayer and fasting.
Nuggets from Chapter Friday 4/15/16 – Britt Harris
Last week’s Chapter Friday contained quite a few nuggets to remember (or catch-up on if you missed it) about the path Jesus calls us to take–the narrow path that leads to life.
Our guest speaker, Britt Harris (Britt’s talk is available under Resources–click HERE), the CIO for the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (among the 25 largest investment funds in the world), transparently shared his own painful pit experience, and explained the Biblical life of Joseph, in order to illustrate how pain and refining fire are God’s way of purposefully moving us forward to something better that He has planned for our lives.
In friendship,
Paul Michalski
Taking the Narrow Path (Britt Harris – 4/15/16 – NCS New Canaan)
Britt Harris urges us to take (and lead others along) the narrow path that Jesus said leads to life, rather than the broad path that leads to destruction. Harris warns, however, that the narrow path does not make life easy but will almost certainly bring “pit” experiences and pain intended for our refinement and preparation. In transparently sharing his own painful pit experience and explaining the Biblical life of Joseph, Britt shows how pain and refining fire are the norm on the narrow path because they are God’s way of purposefully moving us forward to something better that He has planned for our lives.
Nuggets from Chapter Fridays 4/1/16 and 3/18/16- David Block and Chris Kay
Two recent Chapter Friday’s contained quite a few nuggets to remember (or catch-up on if you missed it)–one offered Biblical leadership lessons and the other a God story of living your purpose. Two different looks at how our work is integrated into our faith.
On April 1, our guest speaker, David Block (David’s talk is available under Resources–click HERE), a founder and the CEO of Previnex, shared the bumpy road that led him to living his God-given purpose as a Christian entrepreneur in the nutritional supplement industry able to use business to express Christ’s mission of loving the world and making all things new. His story is filled with deep valleys and extraordinary miracles that taught him the reality of God’s word and the security of his promises.
On March 18, our guest speaker Chris Kay (Chris’s talk is available under Resources–click HERE), President and CEO of the New York Racing Association, shared three key leadership lessons that have helped him turn around several organizations in very different industries. Chris explained that these lessons come from what he believes to be the greatest leadership book ever written–Paul’s letter to the Philippians.
In friendship
Paul Michalski
Living Your Purpose (David Block – 4/1/16 – NCS New Canaan)
David Block shares the bumpy road that led him to living his God-given purpose as an entrepreneur. He describes the first stage as a successful equity analyst that taught him about the nutritional supplement industry. That led him to the second stage as a workaholic hedge fund manager who grew increasingly miserable and empty in the midst of financial and material success. In this misery and emptiness, a cry to God began an incredible third stage toward his true purpose as a Christian entrepreneur in the nutritional supplement industry able to use business to express Christ’s mission of loving the world and making all things new. The third stage has been filled with deep valleys and extraordinary miracles that taught him the reality of God’s word and the security of his promises.
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