https://gotpotential.org You bet you do. You were created for a unique and eternal purpose. Mon, 23 Jan 2017 14:35:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://gotpotential.org/gods-purpose/jesus-and-the-third-grader https://gotpotential.org/gods-purpose/jesus-and-the-third-grader#respond Tue, 13 Apr 2010 20:13:31 +0000 https://gotpotential.org/?p=533 Last week I told you about my friend Roger and that Roger’s son, Eric, died as child, unexpectedly. That was twenty-five years ago; Roger hasn’t ‘gotten over it’ but he has learned to live with it. The promise that has allowed him to come to terms with the tragedy is that he knows he will, […]

The post Jesus and the Third Grader first appeared on Got Potential?.]]> https://gotpotential.org/gods-purpose/jesus-and-the-third-grader/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/suffering/why-god-part-2 https://gotpotential.org/suffering/why-god-part-2#comments Sat, 03 Oct 2009 10:05:39 +0000 https://gotpotential.org/?p=394 Last week I wrote about why God would allow bad things to happen to people. Whether bad things were initiated by another person or by nature – like a tsunami or an earthquake. I also mentioned David Pawson’s book, Why Does God Allow Natural Disasters. The book came from a three hour TV series in […]

The post Why Did God Allow This to Happen? Part 2 first appeared on Got Potential?.]]> https://gotpotential.org/suffering/why-god-part-2/feed 1 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/peace/forget-about-tithing https://gotpotential.org/peace/forget-about-tithing#comments Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:10:37 +0000 https://gotpotential.org/?p=190 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You give a tenth of your spices—mint, dill and cummin. But you have neglected the more important matters of the law—justice, mercy and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former. You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow […]

The post Forget About Tithing first appeared on Got Potential?.]]> https://gotpotential.org/peace/forget-about-tithing/feed 19 https://gotpotential.org/gods-purpose/remembering-your-citizenship https://gotpotential.org/gods-purpose/remembering-your-citizenship#respond Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:41:19 +0000 https://gotpotential.org/?p=186 “… but our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.” (Philippians 3:20) Since this is the last week of our Thriving in Tough Times series, I’ve been reading over the last ten letters (the whole series) in order to review what we’ve covered and come […]

The post Remembering Your Citizenship first appeared on Got Potential?.]]> https://gotpotential.org/gods-purpose/remembering-your-citizenship/feed 0 https://gotpotential.org/suffering/light-shines-better-in-the-dark https://gotpotential.org/suffering/light-shines-better-in-the-dark#comments Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:03:25 +0000 https://gotpotential.org/?p=183 Thriving in Tough Times Part 10 “For the sun rises with scorching heat and withers the plant; its blossom falls and its beauty is destroyed. In the same way the rich man will fade away even while he goes about his business.” (James 1:11) There’s nothing pleasant about tough times. Employment is better than unemployment. […]

The post Light Shines Better in the Dark first appeared on Got Potential?.]]> https://gotpotential.org/suffering/light-shines-better-in-the-dark/feed 1 https://gotpotential.org/purpose/surviving-the-next-three-days https://gotpotential.org/purpose/surviving-the-next-three-days#comments Wed, 20 May 2009 15:51:16 +0000 https://gotpotential.org/?p=177 Thriving in Tough Times Part 9 “Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places, and famines. These are the beginning of birth pains.” (Mark 13:8) I saw on the morning news that we’ll be into hurricane season next week. We live in the Southeast so hurricanes are […]

The post Surviving the Next Three Days first appeared on Got Potential?.]]> https://gotpotential.org/purpose/surviving-the-next-three-days/feed 1 https://gotpotential.org/community/thriving-in-tough-times-part-8 https://gotpotential.org/community/thriving-in-tough-times-part-8#respond Wed, 13 May 2009 16:01:05 +0000 https://gotpotential.org/?p=175 Living in Community “If one falls down, his friend can help him up. But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up!” (Ecclesiastes 4:10) When I left home on Friday morning the grass needed cutting; when I returned home that night it was cut. It’s my job to cut the […]

The post Thriving in Tough Times Part 8 first appeared on Got Potential?.]]> https://gotpotential.org/community/thriving-in-tough-times-part-8/feed 0 https://gotpotential.org/suffering/thriving-in-tough-times-part-7 https://gotpotential.org/suffering/thriving-in-tough-times-part-7#comments Tue, 05 May 2009 21:48:55 +0000 https://gotpotential.org/?p=171 Tempering Your Faith in World Systems “What he trusts in is fragile; what he relies on is a spider’s web.” (Job 8:14) I was eating lunch at a restaurant in Orlando one summer day a few years back when a thunderstorm knocked out the electricity. Power outages from lightning aren’t uncommon in the Southeast in […]

The post Thriving in Tough Times Part 7 first appeared on Got Potential?.]]> https://gotpotential.org/suffering/thriving-in-tough-times-part-7/feed 2 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/gods-purpose/would-you-condemn-me-to-justify-yourself https://gotpotential.org/gods-purpose/would-you-condemn-me-to-justify-yourself#comments Tue, 13 Jan 2009 22:34:33 +0000 https://gotpotential.org/?p=114 “‘Would you discredit my justice?  Would you condemn me to justify yourself.'” (Job 40:8) I received a sad comment this weekend. It was a response to a Purpose Weekly letter “Has God Forsaken You?” You can read the letter and the comment (feel free to comment yourself) at: https://gotpotential.org/gods-purpose/has-god-forsaken-you. Here’s the comment from John: Bull____. […]

The post “Would You Condemn Me to Justify Yourself?” first appeared on Got Potential?.]]> https://gotpotential.org/gods-purpose/would-you-condemn-me-to-justify-yourself/feed 1 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/purpose/got-potential-2008-05-05-145100 https://gotpotential.org/purpose/got-potential-2008-05-05-145100#respond Mon, 05 May 2008 14:51:00 +0000 Purpose Vol. 2 Issue 18 May 2, 2008 The Weekly Newsletter of True Potential Publishing Courage Part 3 “In those days Israel had no king; every one did as he saw fit.” (Judges 17:6) “We have met the enemy, and he is us” – Pogo We’re going to hang with the Judges for one more […]

The post Courage Part 3 first appeared on Got Potential?.]]> https://gotpotential.org/purpose/got-potential-2008-05-05-145100/feed 0 https://gotpotential.org/gods-purpose/got-potential-2008-05-05-144100 https://gotpotential.org/gods-purpose/got-potential-2008-05-05-144100#respond Mon, 05 May 2008 14:41:00 +0000 “Let me die with the Philistines!” (Judges16:30) Purpose Vol. 2 Issue 17 The Weekly Newsletter of True Potential Publishing Courage Part II What Makes a Hero? Remember last week? Gideon fought the bad guys, the Midianites, and won. He was a Judge, remember? There was another Judge in old Israel, a few Judges down from […]

The post Courage Part 2 first appeared on Got Potential?.]]> https://gotpotential.org/gods-purpose/got-potential-2008-05-05-144100/feed 0 https://gotpotential.org/site-news/got-potential-2008-04-23-143100 https://gotpotential.org/site-news/got-potential-2008-04-23-143100#respond Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:31:00 +0000 Purpose Vol. 2 Issue 14 April 7, 2008 The weekly newsletter of True Potential Publishing Money Part 3 Thanks for your patience while I was away. Elaine and I were out all of last week at an “equipping the saints” conference. It wasn’t really named “equipping the saints,” but you know what I mean. It […]

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