T.G.I.F. (Today God Is First), with Os Hillman Archives

• Marketplace Meditations 4/11  (April 11, 2012)
  Defining Your Life Satan always defines your life based on your past; God defines you by your future.
• Marketplace Meditations 4/10  (April 10, 2012)
  The Fertile Pasture Are you willing to use your staff to be a shepherd to those in the fertile pasturelands?
• Marketplace Meditations 4/9  (April 9, 2012)
  Balance the Natural and the Spiritual Even many Christians promote the importance of identifying our strengths and encourage us to move in them to accomplish God's will.
• Marketplace Meditations 4/8  (April 8, 2012)
  Can Your Boss Say This About You? God has uniquely gifted you to bring His presence and power in the area of your calling.
• Marketplace Meditations 4/7  (April 7, 2012)
  The Integrity Test Lack of integrity is nothing new. The Bible is full of examples.
• Marketplace Meditations 4/6  (April 6, 2012)
  Asa, a Model King Until... Whenever we place our trust and obedience in the Lord, God becomes our source for security and prosperity.
• Marketplace Meditations 4/5  (April 5, 2012)
  4 Types of Christians The following four categories provide an excellent tool for self-assessment...
• Marketplace Meditations 4/4  (April 4, 2012)
  The Real Deal The apostle Paul was the real deal. God began using Paul in amazing ways as recorded in the book or Acts.
• Marketplace Meditations 4/3  (April 3, 2012)
  The Gospel of the Kingdom When the Gospel of the Kingdom comes into a life and a community, everything in its wake is transformed.
• Marketplace Meditations 4/2  (April 2, 2012)
  Speak to Your Mountain What type of mountain might God want you to speak to today?
• The Spiritual Life - Marketplace Meditations 4/1  (April 1, 2012)
  Elisha then left his oxen and ran after Elijah (1 Kings 19:20). There is a man in my life who I consider my mentor.
• Marketplace Meditations 3/31  (March 31, 2012)
  The Religious Spirit at Work As we begin to express the life of Christ in our work lives, we need to be aware of another set of Satan's deceptions, namely, the religious spirit.
• Marketplace Meditations 3/30  (March 30, 2012)
  Live As Though You Are Dead "How will I know when I am going to come out of my adversity pit?" said the woman sitting across from me...
• Marketplace Meditations 3/29  (March 29, 2012)
  Becoming the Head Joseph knew God had a destiny for his life...
• Marketplace Meditations 3/28  (March 28, 2012)
  Kingdom Economics I used to determine whether I would meet with a person based on my perceived return on that investment...
• Marketplace Meditations 3/27  (March 27, 2012)
  Hearing the Voice of God - Even on the Job A friend of mine told me a story about an experience he had in Israel that demonstrates how sheep know their shepherd's voice...
• Marketplace Meditations 3/26  (March 26, 2012)
  The Black Hole If you've ever been through a major crisis, you probably know what a communications "black hole" feels like.
• Marketplace Meditations 3/25  (March 25, 2012)
  Thinking Big What might God want to do through your life? It begins with being obedient to the small things and exercising your faith to believe God can do it.
• Marketplace Meditations 3/24  (March 24, 2012)
  Mourning for Your City God is calling forth men and women from the marketplace today to be catalyst to impact their cities.
• Marketplace Meditations 3/23  (March 23, 2012)
  Receiving Only What God Can Give John understood that we receive by understanding our purpose and what God desires us to receive in light of our purpose.
• Marketplace Meditations 3/22  (March 22, 2012)
  Team Building Building a good team is key to the success of any enterprise.
• Marketplace Meditations 3/21  (March 21, 2012)
  Thinking Outside the Box It is when we come to the end of our resources that God comes in with His resources.
• Marketplace Meditations 3/20  (March 20, 2012)
  Do Not Reach for the Power Act like you have the authority, but do not reach for the power.
• Marketplace Meditations 3/19  (March 19, 2012)
  Hanging Out With Sinners Jesus modeled four things when He lived on the earth that allowed Him to impact other people's lives. I call them the Four B's of transformation.
• Marketplace Meditations 3/18  (March 18, 2012)
  Two Types of People Are you living a life based on a future reward, or short term reward?
• Marketplace Meditations 3/17  (March 17, 2012)
  Receiving Bad News Have you ever had someone bring you really bad news?
• Marketplace Meditations 3/16  (March 16, 2012)
  Power Repentance Are you playing Christianity or having an encounter daily with the living Christ?
• Marketplace Meditations 3/15  (March 15, 2012)
  Shepherd Your People You and I are called to be shepherds in the workplace. Your "staff" (vocation) represents your calling to your work life ministry.
• Marketplace Meditations 3/14  (March 14, 2012)
  3 Phase Obedience When we first begin our journey we often make decisions from convenience.
• Marketplace Meditations 3/13  (March 13, 2012)
  Knowing the Risk and Reward We must determine if God is leading us after we consider all factors. We also must consider if the timing is right to proceed.
• Marketplace Meditations 3/12  (March 12, 2012)
• Marketplace Meditations 3/11  (March 11, 2012)
  Failing Forward Everybody fails. It's part of the process that leads us to maturity and success.
• Marketplace Meditations 3/10  (March 10, 2012)
  Discipling the Nations Today, God is raising up a new breed of Christian workplace leader...
• Marketplace Meditations 3/9  (March 9, 2012)
  Comforting Others Although adversity may never be a blessing, God in His grace can bring blessing out of our adversity.
• Marketplace Meditations 3/8  (March 8, 2012)
  Finding Jewels in the Desert An ancient Arabian fable tells of three merchants who crossed the desert...
• Marketplace Meditations 3/7  (March 7, 2012)
  Going Without Jesus We can walk away from fellowship with Jesus. Do not let this happen to you.
• Marketplace Meditations 3/6  (March 6, 2012)
  Appearing to the Little Child Over the centuries, there have been reports of personal appearances of Jesus to both believing and unbelieving individuals.
• Marketplace Meditations 3/5  (March 5, 2012)
  Learning to Receive One of the paradigm shifts every believer must learn is how to move from receiving by sweating and toiling to receiving by trusting and obeying.
• Marketplace Meditations 3/4  (March 4, 2012)
  Isn't This Joseph's Son? Ask Jesus to go into the workplace with you. The two of you just might be the team to bring someone out of slavery and bondage.
• Marketplace Meditations 3/3  (March 3, 2012)
  The University of Adversity The pathway to leadership almost always takes us through the valley of adversity.