The Power of Prayer

Each weekday morning all BE members receive (via email) current prayer requests from two other members.  Prayer requests can be about business or ‘life outside of business’. Prayer for a particular deal to eventuate or a family member who may have taken ill. There is also the opportunity for recipient members to drop an email/txt…

Are you the string holder?

A high flying kite is a beautiful thing to behold as it skims across the skys, ducks and dives and paints pictures of colour, freedom, and mesmerising elegance in a gentle breeze. We can admire from afar because it is high in the sky, but we do not see the effort , the running, the…

BE a Lifelong Learner

Trust you have had a good weekend and you’re refreshed and ready to take on the week! If not, I pray that you are strengthened as you read this and reflect on God’s purpose for your life today. I don’t know about you, but sometimes it’s easy to feel overwhelmed with all the information that…

Solitude

“This is the day that the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it ” !! Solitude            Don’t let the noise of the world block out the voice of the Lord !! We are fortunate at church to have some great Bible teachers and this mornings message…

Community of Faith.

Hope you had a great weekend. I read a great book recently called “Villages without walls” by kiwi Nigel Dixon. This really challenged me to think about what community means to me. He shares research from some psychologists in 1974 which suggests that “community” is made up of 4 elements: Membership (a sense of belonging) Influence…

Fruitfulness

Have you ever looked at a business person and thought, “Wow, look at how busy they are; they must be incredibly successful”? Busyness can often be mistaken for productivity. This is something I realised a few years ago in my business I ran in South Africa.  I was so busy that I was bursting at…

Changing Seasons

Here in New Zealand, we are noting the seasons changing, the days are getting shorter, the night temperatures are cooling, the leaves on the trees are turning. My grapeine is showing off her colours, before losing the leaves and regrouping for the next spring season. ‘First in the natural, then in the spiritual’ we often…

HOW TO SHARPEN THE WINNING EDGE

A few weeks ago I was invited by a Business Edge member to have a “man to man” or “heart to heart” chat with six of his Site Managers. I asked the member for a line of direction so that we could add value to his team. He asked if I could focus on improving teamwork. In…

Urgent – Important ?

Hope you had a fantastic Easter weekend, full of fun, food, family and even a bit of sunshine thrown in for good measure! Most importantly though, I hope you managed to make the effort to spend some time reflecting on the reason why we celebrate this event and the great sacrifice that was made for…