Master communication and you manage conflict!
A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. (Proverbs 15:1)
God rightly expects leaders to manage conflict. But how can you best accomplish this?
A good place to start is Proverbs 15:1 – yet while we often quote this verse, we seldom practice it. Sometimes only leaders are given liberty to express anger, and sooner or later this kind of unhealthy environment comes back to haunt them. Leaders must create safe places for communication.
The first seven verses of Proverbs 15 counsel on …

The instructions you follow determine the future you create.
“Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends.” (John 15:13)
How big is your worldview?
While at the World Health Missions Conference in Louisville Kentucky on November 10, I attended a seminar titled “Raising a Family on the Mission Field.” Juli Fischer was the speaker. She is married to a physician who works at the Mayo Clinic and they have 5 children, 3 of whom were born on the mission field in the Congo (Zaire). I …

 God owns everything and already has His network built. The key to POWER networking is deep abiding in Him and complete obedience to His voice!
My voice You shall hear in the morning, O LORD; In the morning I will direct it to You, And I will look up. (Psalm 5:3)
Will you let Peck Webs [www.peckwebs.com] help grow your network using God’s superhighway of communication?
Early in 2006, God gave me two powerful revelations:          
1) The Internet is God’s superhighway of communication!
2) A daily prayer email (when done properly) is the number one …

At the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church (IDOPPC) event in Culpeper on November 12, 2006, I was given the opportunity to spend a few minutes to plant a seed for an uncommon vision to bless the persecuted church in other nations of the world while at the same time uniting communities in Virginia.
On Tuesday morning September 26, I received an email from Ed Lyons asking me to post an announcement on the website for A Life of Blessing about the IDOPPC event in Culpeper. Because I chose …

At our weekly Pray Culpeper meeting on November 13, one of our prayer warriors shared that she didn’t know how to pray for the persecuted church. We then proceeded to pray this beautiful prayer below that I had copied from the website at www.idop.org. Please join our team in praying this prayer of agreement.
‘I love you, O Lord, my strength. The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge. He is my shield and the horn of my salvation, …

“It is change, not time, that turns fools into wise men, and sinners into saints.” – A.W. Tozer
My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth. (1 John 3:18)
Do you have a heart for your suffering brothers and sisters in the world?
Sunday November 12, 2006 was the annual International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church. About 150 nations of the world held some type of prayer service.
In Culpeper Virginia, the Persecution Project Foundation hosted this event at the Culpeper United …

A good example is worth a thousand sermons! – Abraham Lincoln
But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. (James 1:22)
Do you have a mentor and a mentoree (someone you are mentoring)?
Teacher and mentor, Dr. Howard Hendricks talked about the necessity for good mentors this way: “The greatest crisis today is the crisis in leadership. And the greatest crisis in leadership is the crisis of character. Character is the result of four things:
1) The choices you make;
2) The values you embrace;
3) The crises you experience;
4) The mentor …

Mentorship is the shortest distance to any future you are desiring.
“But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you.” (John 14:26)
My precious partner,,, Your success matters to me.
An uncommon mentor transfer wisdom through relationship. Mentors are the difference between poverty and prosperity; decrease and increase; loss and gain; pain and pleasure; deterioration and restoration.
Mentorship is the willingness to invest in others … to give. Jesus was the …

In a nutshell, a coach listens to you, asks questions, believes in you, and holds you accountable.
The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom (Proverbs 10:31)
Why hire a LIFE coach?
1. Experience Lasting Change- A coach provides you with constant encouragement while you walk through the critical 3-6 month long term habit forming period.
2. Accomplish More- Ever wonder why you get excited about doing something and a year later it’s still not complete? Is it because you really didn’t want to do it? Not necessarily but we prioritize what we want. …

In faith, fitness, family, and finances each of us needs the right coaching help.
“For I have given you an example, that you should do as I have done to you.” (John 13:15)
Have you seen Oprah Winfrey lately? She looks better today than she did twenty years ago. Why? She has hired a training coach to help her keep in shape. It’s working. Tom Cruise pays over one million dollars a year to his trainer(s) or coach(s) to help him keep looking like the multimillion dollar man he is. Professional athletics …