https://gotpotential.org You bet you do. You were created for a unique and eternal purpose. Wed, 08 Mar 2023 16:51:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://gotpotential.org/site-news/definition-of-success https://gotpotential.org/site-news/definition-of-success#respond Fri, 11 Jun 2010 21:12:04 +0000 https://gotpotential.org/?p=568 For the last two weeks I’ve been promising you twelve keys to a truly successful life; but all I’ve shared with you are two commandments from the Bible. “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.” and “Love your neighbor as yourself.” I also […]

The post The Definition of Success first appeared on Got Potential?.]]> https://gotpotential.org/site-news/definition-of-success/feed 0 https://gotpotential.org/site-news/how-big-is-your-neighborhood https://gotpotential.org/site-news/how-big-is-your-neighborhood#comments Mon, 31 May 2010 13:25:45 +0000 https://gotpotential.org/?p=556 Last week I gave you the number one rule for a truly successful life: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.” Here’s rule number two: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” It’s an old one. I bet you’ve heard it already … but do […]

The post How Big is Your Neighborhood? first appeared on Got Potential?.]]> https://gotpotential.org/site-news/how-big-is-your-neighborhood/feed 1 https://gotpotential.org/site-news/the-one-thing https://gotpotential.org/site-news/the-one-thing#comments Fri, 21 May 2010 14:28:49 +0000 https://gotpotential.org/?p=548 Remember the movie “City Slickers”? Three guys facing middle age and accompanying crises, wanting to reassess their lives, embark on a two week cattle drive – a sort of hyper-dude-ranch, real cowboy experience for ‘city slickers’. During the drive, one city slicker, ‘Mitch’ rides along with tough as nails cowboy ‘Curly’, and Curly shares with […]

The post The One Thing first appeared on Got Potential?.]]> https://gotpotential.org/site-news/the-one-thing/feed 6 https://gotpotential.org/gods-purpose/why-am-i-doing-this https://gotpotential.org/gods-purpose/why-am-i-doing-this#comments Thu, 13 May 2010 12:52:39 +0000 https://gotpotential.org/?p=544 “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart …” (Jeremiah 1:5) I missed sending out a ‘Purpose Weekly’ letter last week. Elaine and I went away for four days so I could write … ironic, isn’t it? There’s a book I’ve been putting off for […]

The post Why Am I Doing This? first appeared on Got Potential?.]]> https://gotpotential.org/gods-purpose/why-am-i-doing-this/feed 2 https://gotpotential.org/site-news/running-with-the-wind https://gotpotential.org/site-news/running-with-the-wind#respond Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:04:00 +0000 https://gotpotential.org/?p=499 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.  For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” Matthew 11:28-30 I’m a […]

The post Running with the Wind first appeared on Got Potential?.]]> https://gotpotential.org/site-news/running-with-the-wind/feed 0 https://gotpotential.org/site-news/explaining-heaven-to-bears https://gotpotential.org/site-news/explaining-heaven-to-bears#comments Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:13:15 +0000 https://gotpotential.org/?p=437 “The man without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.” (1 Corinthians 2:14) At True Potential Publishing, we’ve been checking into making all of our printed books available in e-book format as […]

The post Explaining Heaven to Bears first appeared on Got Potential?.]]> https://gotpotential.org/site-news/explaining-heaven-to-bears/feed 1 https://gotpotential.org/fruit-of-the-spirit/breaking-free https://gotpotential.org/fruit-of-the-spirit/breaking-free#comments Fri, 04 Sep 2009 20:29:20 +0000 https://gotpotential.org/?p=369 “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.” (Galatians 5:22-23) For the last few weeks, we’ve talked about the old man who was crucified when we became new creatures in Christ. But that old man (or old woman) keeps popping […]

The post Breaking Free of Groundhog Day first appeared on Got Potential?.]]> https://gotpotential.org/fruit-of-the-spirit/breaking-free/feed 2 https://gotpotential.org/site-news/the-five-covenants-of-god https://gotpotential.org/site-news/the-five-covenants-of-god#comments Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:07:20 +0000 https://gotpotential.org/?p=287 Tithing still remains a controversial issue in the church, even though I straightened everything out two weeks ago. Boy, I wish more people would read this letter. Amidst the many comments I received from “Forget About Tithing” was one from T___. “… I did read what you said about tithing but it has been pounded […]

The post The Five Covenants of God first appeared on Got Potential?.]]> https://gotpotential.org/site-news/the-five-covenants-of-god/feed 2 https://gotpotential.org/money/giving-as-a-spiritual-transaction https://gotpotential.org/money/giving-as-a-spiritual-transaction#comments Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:28:55 +0000 https://gotpotential.org/?p=194 “I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.” (Matthew 25:40) We received a lot of comments from last week’s letter, “Forget About Tithing.” You really need to read some of them (just click the “Forget About Tithing.” link). I figured I’d […]

The post Giving as a Spiritual Transaction first appeared on Got Potential?.]]> https://gotpotential.org/money/giving-as-a-spiritual-transaction/feed 1 https://gotpotential.org/success/thriving-in-tough-times-part-6 https://gotpotential.org/success/thriving-in-tough-times-part-6#respond Tue, 05 May 2009 21:44:49 +0000 https://gotpotential.org/?p=166 Living Debt Free “Let no debt remain outstanding, except for the continuing debt to love one another, for he who loves his fellowman has fulfilled the law.” (Romans 13:8) I changed the oil in the Suburban this morning. I’ll do the same for the Nissan this evening. Both cars work fine, even if they’re getting […]

The post Thriving in Tough Times Part 6 first appeared on Got Potential?.]]> https://gotpotential.org/success/thriving-in-tough-times-part-6/feed 0 https://gotpotential.org/gods-purpose/thriving-in-tough-times-part-5 https://gotpotential.org/gods-purpose/thriving-in-tough-times-part-5#respond Mon, 20 Apr 2009 19:29:37 +0000 https://gotpotential.org/?p=163 Pursuing Your God Ordained Purpose “… Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart …” (Jeremiah 1:5) “… for this reason I was born, and for this I came into the world …” (John 18:37) Sometimes I feel kind of adrift – like I don’t […]

The post Thriving in Tough Times Part 5 first appeared on Got Potential?.]]> https://gotpotential.org/gods-purpose/thriving-in-tough-times-part-5/feed 0 https://gotpotential.org/success/thriving-in-tough-times-part-4 https://gotpotential.org/success/thriving-in-tough-times-part-4#comments Fri, 10 Apr 2009 15:42:44 +0000 https://gotpotential.org/?p=159 Last week I promised I’d give you a 100% guaranteed way to achieve economic success. I’ve got to warn you in advance this is top secret stuff. Well … not really top secret, but it’s so rarely used it’s just as good as top secret.

The post Thriving in Tough Times Part 4 first appeared on Got Potential?.]]> https://gotpotential.org/success/thriving-in-tough-times-part-4/feed 1 https://gotpotential.org/success/thriving-in-tough-times-3 https://gotpotential.org/success/thriving-in-tough-times-3#comments Fri, 03 Apr 2009 12:13:55 +0000 https://gotpotential.org/?p=155 Attending to Physical Priorities “Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? Since you cannot do this very little thing, why do you worry about the rest?” (Luke 12:25-26) I read the paper yesterday. It’s something I try not to do too often. The news ain’t so good. GM is […]

The post Thriving in Tough Times 3 first appeared on Got Potential?.]]> https://gotpotential.org/success/thriving-in-tough-times-3/feed 1 https://gotpotential.org/gods-purpose/thriving-in-tough-times-2 https://gotpotential.org/gods-purpose/thriving-in-tough-times-2#respond Fri, 03 Apr 2009 12:08:00 +0000 https://gotpotential.org/?p=152 Putting Spiritual Priorities Ahead of Physical Priorities “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes?” (Matthew 6:25) There was a time I lived in the […]

The post Thriving in Tough Times 2 first appeared on Got Potential?.]]> https://gotpotential.org/gods-purpose/thriving-in-tough-times-2/feed 0 https://gotpotential.org/success/thriving-in-tough-times-1 https://gotpotential.org/success/thriving-in-tough-times-1#comments Tue, 17 Mar 2009 11:03:19 +0000 https://gotpotential.org/?p=146 Part 1: Adopting a Christian Worldview “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” (John 16:33) At one point I was a child of this world – a citizen of its system. To understand […]

The post Thriving in Tough Times 1 first appeared on Got Potential?.]]> https://gotpotential.org/success/thriving-in-tough-times-1/feed 1 https://gotpotential.org/success/success-is-a-tricky-business https://gotpotential.org/success/success-is-a-tricky-business#comments Tue, 24 Feb 2009 11:35:28 +0000 https://gotpotential.org/?p=138 “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” (2 Corinthians 12:9) I was on the phone with my buddy John last week and he mentioned something Jesus said in 2 Corinthians. Being the red letter expert I am, I informed him that Jesus didn’t say anything in 2 Corinthians; […]

The post Success is a Tricky Business first appeared on Got Potential?.]]> https://gotpotential.org/success/success-is-a-tricky-business/feed 2 https://gotpotential.org/purpose/celebrities-and-false-prophets-looking-behind-the-curtain https://gotpotential.org/purpose/celebrities-and-false-prophets-looking-behind-the-curtain#comments Fri, 20 Feb 2009 21:15:39 +0000 https://gotpotential.org/?p=132 “Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves…. Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.” (Matthew 7:15, 21) We’re still in the red letters. […]

The post Celebrities and False Prophets: Looking Behind the Curtain first appeared on Got Potential?.]]> https://gotpotential.org/purpose/celebrities-and-false-prophets-looking-behind-the-curtain/feed 3 https://gotpotential.org/success/how-not-to-build-a-mega-church https://gotpotential.org/success/how-not-to-build-a-mega-church#comments Tue, 10 Feb 2009 21:07:08 +0000 https://gotpotential.org/?p=124 “Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow is the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.” (Matthew 7:13-14) As I said last week, I’ve been studying the […]

The post How ‘Not’ to Build a Mega-Church first appeared on Got Potential?.]]> https://gotpotential.org/success/how-not-to-build-a-mega-church/feed 2 https://gotpotential.org/david-pawson/jesus-the-motivational-speaker https://gotpotential.org/david-pawson/jesus-the-motivational-speaker#respond Tue, 10 Feb 2009 20:53:46 +0000 https://gotpotential.org/?p=121 “The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eyes are bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is the darkness!” (Matthew 6:22-23) Some Bibles print the words […]

The post Jesus: The Motivational Speaker first appeared on Got Potential?.]]> https://gotpotential.org/david-pawson/jesus-the-motivational-speaker/feed 0 https://gotpotential.org/gods-purpose/i-will-lift-up-my-eyes-to-the-hills https://gotpotential.org/gods-purpose/i-will-lift-up-my-eyes-to-the-hills#comments Tue, 13 Jan 2009 22:32:26 +0000 https://gotpotential.org/?p=111 “Before the mountains were born or you brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.” (Psalm 90:2) I took advantage of the relative quiet over the last two weeks of holiday to finish pre-press edits for the North American edition of Unlocking the Bible by David Pawson. It’s a […]

The post I Will Lift Up My Eyes to the Hills first appeared on Got Potential?.]]> https://gotpotential.org/gods-purpose/i-will-lift-up-my-eyes-to-the-hills/feed 2 https://gotpotential.org/gods-purpose/past-present-future https://gotpotential.org/gods-purpose/past-present-future#respond Tue, 13 Jan 2009 22:30:13 +0000 https://gotpotential.org/?p=109 “And the Scriptures also say, ‘He is the Stone that some will stumble over and the Rock that will make them fall.’ They will stumble because they will not listen to God’s word, nor obey it, and so this punishment must follow – that they will fall. But you are not like that, for you […]

The post Past, Present, Future first appeared on Got Potential?.]]> https://gotpotential.org/gods-purpose/past-present-future/feed 0 https://gotpotential.org/gods-purpose/widows-mite-a-christmas-story-part-2 https://gotpotential.org/gods-purpose/widows-mite-a-christmas-story-part-2#respond Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:18:09 +0000 https://gotpotential.org/?p=106 Saturday morning came and Cora Lee’s chickens never entered my mind.  Christmas was just three days away and I had a hundred last minute chores still undone.  Sunday morning Ray asked the congregation to remember Cora Lee in prayer. She had slipped into a coma on Wednesday night. When Ray mentioned Cora’s name Elaine and […]

The post Widow’s Mite – A Christmas Story (part 2) first appeared on Got Potential?.]]> https://gotpotential.org/gods-purpose/widows-mite-a-christmas-story-part-2/feed 0 https://gotpotential.org/gods-purpose/widows-mite-a-christmas-story-part-1 https://gotpotential.org/gods-purpose/widows-mite-a-christmas-story-part-1#respond Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:16:59 +0000 https://gotpotential.org/?p=104 “And He looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury, and He saw also a certain  poor widow putting in two mites. So He said, ‘Truly I say to you that this poor widow has put in more than all …'” (Luke 21: 1-3) Terry Creek church is perched on […]

The post Widows Mite – A Christmas Story (part 1) first appeared on Got Potential?.]]> https://gotpotential.org/gods-purpose/widows-mite-a-christmas-story-part-1/feed 0 https://gotpotential.org/gods-purpose/the-path-of-god https://gotpotential.org/gods-purpose/the-path-of-god#respond Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:12:59 +0000 https://gotpotential.org/?p=99 “Show me your ways, O Lord, teach me your paths;” (Psalm 25:4) One of my favorite movie scenes comes from “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.” It’s where Indy discovers the cave where the Holy Grail is supposed to be, but he’s separated from the chamber holding the Grail by impassable abyss. His guide book […]

The post The Path of God first appeared on Got Potential?.]]> https://gotpotential.org/gods-purpose/the-path-of-god/feed 0 https://gotpotential.org/gods-purpose/you-can%e2%80%99t-make-a-horse-out-of-horse-manure https://gotpotential.org/gods-purpose/you-can%e2%80%99t-make-a-horse-out-of-horse-manure#comments Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:11:36 +0000 https://gotpotential.org/?p=96 “For the foolishness of God is wiser than man’s wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man’s strength.” (I Corinthians 1:25) Purpose Weekly is a success newsletter. I know it doesn’t always appear that way. Sometimes it’s kind of preachy – talking about spiritual stuff more than practical success. Yeah, I know that […]

The post You can’t make a Horse out of Horse Manure first appeared on Got Potential?.]]> https://gotpotential.org/gods-purpose/you-can%e2%80%99t-make-a-horse-out-of-horse-manure/feed 1