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Pat Mayo is today's guest on the "Success is a Choice" podcast. When it comes to fantasy sports, nobody combines information and entertainment quite like Pat Mayo.  He has built his brand into a media company. If you are into media, business, entrepreneurship, or fantasy sports, you won't want to miss this episode. Pat and host Jamy Bechler cover a wide array of topics during this conversation.  1:25 – Developing Style of Broadcasting 5:30 – Shows offered on Mayo Media Network 8:40 – Has Pat done any crazy bets? 10:00 – Greatest Sitcom Bracket episodes 13:00 – Betting on politics 14:30 – Life Hedging 16:00 – Advice on gambling/DFS 18:45 – Is he a fan of sports now? 20:15 – XFL, USFL, WNBA and predictive models 23:00 – Growing a loyal audience 25:30 – Evolving his business through the years and how he got started 33:00 – Running his business 38:30 – YouTube advice 42:00 – working with competitors 44:45 – Self Awareness 48:15 – An acquired taste 50:00 – Best Sitcom Ever Connect with Pat Mayo ... Personal Twitter:  @ThePME Business Twitter: @mayomedianet YouTube: @MayoMediaNetwork Instagram: @mayomedianetwork Podcast on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pat-mayo-experience/id593007235 Newsletter: https://substack.com/@mayomedia - - - - Each week, the SUCCESS IS A CHOICE podcasting network brings you leadership expert Jamy Bechler and guest experts who provide valuable insights, tips, and guidance on how to maximize your potential, build a stronger culture, develop good leadership, create a healthy vision, optimize results, and inspire those around you.  - - - - Please check out our virtual sessions for parents, coaches, students, and administrators at FreeLeadershipWorkshop.com. These sessions are free and cover a variety of topics. Also, if you like daily readers then you'll want to check out "Step by Step: 365 Daily Insights for Growth, Influence, and Success". This book is a great way to jump start each one of your days in 2025. Get your copy today at JamyBechler.com/store  - - - - Jamy Bechler is the author of nine books including "The Captain" and "The Bus Trip", host of the "Success is a Choice Podcast", professional speaker, and trains organizations on creating championship cultures. He previously spent 20 years as a college basketball coach and administrator. TheLeadershipPlaybook.com is Bechler's online program that helps athletes become better teammates and more positive leaders while strengthening a team's culture. As a certified John Maxwell leadership coach, Bechler has worked with businesses and teams, including the NBA. Follow him on Twitter at @CoachBechler. To connect with him via email or find out about his services, please contact speaking@CoachBechler.com. You can also subscribe to his insights on success and leadership by visiting JamyBechler.com/newsletter

March Madness is in full swing and the NCAA college basketball tournament has been great so far. We hope your bracket is still looking good. Clark Kellogg has been on your TV a lot lately if you're a college basketball fan so we thought this was a great time to re-release one of our most popular episodes. This is a replay of episode #149. Hope you enjoy it!   Clark Kellogg is one of the most respected voices covering college basketball today. The CBS Sports analyst was once a top college basketball player at Ohio State University, where he earned All-Big Ten Conference honors and won the Big Ten Most Valuable Player award in 1982. After his junior year at Ohio State, he declared for the 1992 NBA draft and was selected eighth overall in the first round by the Indiana Pacers, and named to the NBA All-Rookie first team in 1983 after averaging 20.1 points and 10.6 rebounds. But his NBA career was cut short after just four seasons due to knee injuries, and he was forced to retire in 1986 at the age of 25. Clark began his broadcasting journey with ESPN in 1990, and in 1993 he moved to CBS Sports, where he has worked since. In March 2010, Kellogg played a game of H.O.R.S.E. against U.S. President Barack Obama. The game, called “P.O.T.U.S.” for the occasion, was won by Obama.    In today's episode, we discuss... Playing basketball against President Obama What makes up a great leader Being the parent of athletes Working with Charles Barkley during NCAA Tournament How players can use their platform ... and so much more!!! Resources, Books, and Links  Twitter: @ClarkKelloggCBS Instagram: @cloggcbs Charitable Organizations mentioned ... United Way Fellowship of Christian Athletes Athletes in Action Ronald McDonald House United Negro College Fund Articles of Interest . . . CBS Sports Analyst Clark Kellogg Provides an Understanding Voice During Racial Tension Chris Holtmann and Clark Kellogg Speak in Favor of NIL Rights Clark Kellogg Says He Wants to Reflect Christ to Others Collected Wisdom: College basketball analyst Clark Kellogg prides himself on being more than a basketball star turned successful broadcaster - - - - Each week, the SUCCESS IS A CHOICE podcasting network brings you leadership expert Jamy Bechler and guest experts who provide valuable insights, tips, and guidance on how to maximize your potential, build a stronger culture, develop good leadership, create a healthy vision, optimize results, and inspire those around you. - - - -  Please follow Jamy on Twitter @CoachBechler for positive insights and tips on leadership, success, culture, and teamwork. If you like daily readers then you'll want to check out "Step by Step: 365 Daily Insights for Growth, Influence, and Success". This book is a great way to jump start each one of your days in 2025. Get your copy today at JamyBechler.com/store  Check out our virtual sessions for parents, coaches, students, and administrators at FreeLeadershipWorkshop.com. These sessions are free and cover a variety of topics. - - - -  The Success is a Choice podcast network is made possible by TheLeadershipPlaybook.com. Great teams have great teammates and everyone can be a person of influence. Whether you're a coach, athletic director, or athlete, you can benefit from this program and now you can get 25% off the price when you use the coupon code CHOICE at checkout. Build a stronger culture today with better teammates and more positive leaders.  - - - - Please consider rating the podcast with 5 stars and leaving a quick review on iTunes.  Ratings and reviews are the lifeblood of a podcast. This helps tremendously in bringing the podcast to the attention of others. Thanks again for listening and remember that “Success is a choice. What choice will you make today?” - - - -  Jamy Bechler is the author of five books including "The Captain" and "The Bus Trip", host of the "Success is a Choice Podcast", professional speaker, and trains organizations on creating championship cultures. He previously spent 20 years as a college basketball coach and administrator.  TheLeadershipPlaybook.com is Bechler's online program that helps athletes become better teammates and more positive leaders while strengthening a team's culture. As a certified John Maxwell leadership coach, Bechler has worked with businesses and teams, including the NBA. Follow him on Twitter at @CoachBechler. To connect with him via email or find out about his services, please contact speaking@CoachBechler.com. You can also subscribe to his insights on success and leadership by visiting JamyBechler.com/newsletter.

Jason Romano (host of the popular Sports Spectrum podcast) is today's guest on the "Success is a Choice" podcast.  Jason talks with Jamy Bechler about a bunch of things including ... ✅ Hosting The Sports Spectrum podcast ✅ Working with great athletes and coaches ✅ Writing his books Live to Forgive and The Uniform of Leadership ✅ Learning how to forgive in life ✅ What makes a good leader ✅ Being a Christian in the world of sports Jason Romano is an author, speaker, and media professional with nearly 30 years of broadcasting and multimedia production experience. Jason is Executive Producer of Sports Spectrum and the creator of the popular Sports Spectrum Podcast. For 17 years, he was an Emmy-Award winning Producer and Senior Manager at ESPN. He has produced content for shows such as SportsCenter, NFL LIVE, Mike and Mike in the Morning, Sunday NFL Countdown, ESPN First Take, College Gameday, Outside the Lines and many more. You can follow him online at JasonRomano.com or on Twitter @JasonRomano - - - - Each week, the SUCCESS IS A CHOICE podcasting network brings you leadership expert Jamy Bechler and guest experts who provide valuable insights, tips, and guidance on how to maximize your potential, build a stronger culture, develop good leadership, create a healthy vision, optimize results, and inspire those around you.  - - - - Please check out our virtual sessions for parents, coaches, students, and administrators at FreeLeadershipWorkshop.com. These sessions are free and cover a variety of topics. If you like daily readers then you'll want to check out "Step by Step: 365 Daily Insights for Growth, Influence, and Success". This book is a great way to jump start each one of your days in 2025. Get your copy today at JamyBechler.com/store  - - - - Jamy Bechler is the author of nine books including "The Captain" and "The Bus Trip", host of the "Success is a Choice Podcast", professional speaker, and trains organizations on creating championship cultures. He previously spent 20 years as a college basketball coach and administrator. TheLeadershipPlaybook.com is Bechler's online program that helps athletes become better teammates and more positive leaders while strengthening a team's culture. As a certified John Maxwell leadership coach, Bechler has worked with businesses and teams, including the NBA. Follow him on Twitter at @CoachBechler. To connect with him via email or find out about his services, please contact Team@CoachBechler.com. You can also subscribe to his insights on success and leadership by visiting JamyBechler.com/newsletter

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Adam Johnson (aka "The Lectern Guy") is today's guest on the "Success is a Choice" podcast. Johnson is one of the more infamous individuals from the protests at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021 when he was photographed carrying the Speaker of the House's lectern in the rotunda. We talk about a bunch of things from January 6th, including ... ✅ Why he went to the Trump rally that day ✅ What made him go to the Capitol after the Trump rally ✅ What he did when he entered the Capitol ✅ When he knew he was going to be in trouble ✅ In what ways this has affected his life ✅ How the legal process played out  ✅ Takeaways from the situation Adam "The Lectern Guy" Johnson is from Florida and is a stay-at-home dad to his five boys. He has been married for 14 years to a doctor. For his role in the January 6th protests, he was sentenced to 75 days in prison, a year of supervised release, 200 hours of community service and ordered to pay a combined $5,525 after pleading guilty to entering and remaining in a restricted building. He is also not able to profit financially in any way off of his name, image, or likeness for five years. You can follow him on Twitter @LecternLeader  - - - - Each week, the SUCCESS IS A CHOICE podcasting network brings you leadership expert Jamy Bechler and guest experts who provide valuable insights, tips, and guidance on how to maximize your potential, build a stronger culture, develop good leadership, create a healthy vision, optimize results, and inspire those around you.  - - - - Please check out our virtual sessions for parents, coaches, students, and administrators at FreeLeadershipWorkshop.com. These sessions are free and cover a variety of topics. If you like daily readers then you'll want to check out "Step by Step: 365 Daily Insights for Growth, Influence, and Success". This book is a great way to jump start each one of your days in 2025. Get your copy today at JamyBechler.com/store  - - - - Jamy Bechler is the author of nine books including "The Captain" and "The Bus Trip", host of the "Success is a Choice Podcast", professional speaker, and trains organizations on creating championship cultures. He previously spent 20 years as a college basketball coach and administrator. TheLeadershipPlaybook.com is Bechler's online program that helps athletes become better teammates and more positive leaders while strengthening a team's culture. As a certified John Maxwell leadership coach, Bechler has worked with businesses and teams, including the NBA. Follow him on Twitter at @CoachBechler. To connect with him via email or find out about his services, please contact speaking@CoachBechler.com. You can also subscribe to his insights on success and leadership by visiting JamyBechler.com/newsletter

Welcome to Scheduling Fate…Check out what Oct 11th -13th has in store for you…Please keep in mind that all transits are like sunrises and sunsets. Though they are perfect on the days we speak about on this podcast, you may sense them a few days before or after. 

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Explore the transformative power of AI in business leadership in this engaging episode of Intel on AI. Join hosts Ryan Carson and Tony Mongkolsmai as they interview Nathaniel Whittemore, renowned AI thought leader, founder and CEO of Super Intelligent, and host of the AI Daily Brief. Learn how executives can implement artificial intelligence solutions in their daily operations to drive significant improvements and strategic outcomes. Nathaniel provides actionable advice on starting with non-controversial AI deployments that optimize productivity and mitigate the challenges of rapid AI innovation. Tune in for invaluable insights on leveraging Intel's AI technology in leadership roles. Subscribe and stay updated with the latest in AI applications and technology advancements.  #IntelAI @IntelAI

Good morning from Pharma and Biotech daily: the podcast that gives you only what's important to hear in Pharma e Biotech world. The FDA recently approved a biosimilar of Stelara from Alvotech and Teva, set to launch early next year. Johnson & Johnson reported mixed sales performance for new multiple myeloma drugs, with Tecvayli sales exceeding expectations and Carvykti underperforming. Roche also released survival data for a new lymphoma drug, potentially giving it an edge over a competitor. The US government sued Regeneron for allegedly falsely reporting prices on the blockbuster eye drug Eylea. Other topics covered in the newsletter include drug pricing trends, diversity in clinical trials, and the weight loss drug market.In order to successfully execute health advertising campaigns, marketers need to take a proactive approach by targeting health audience segments online. Actionable insights are provided to maximize the impact of media investment through tips such as implementing a test and learn strategy, scaling results quickly, and asking tough questions to potential health targeting partners. Veeva Crossix is highlighted as a company that implements these tactics to reach consumers throughout the patient journey.Abbott CEO Robert Ford highlighted new and upcoming products during an earnings call, emphasizing the recently approved Triclip valve as a significant opportunity for growth. The FDA issued a warning to Soulaire for selling a device outside of authorized uses. Lilly's obesity drug showed benefits in a sleep disorder study, indicating potential new uses. Johnson & Johnson's $30 billion spending spree on companies like Abiomed, Laminar, and Shockwave Medical may continue. Additionally, Philips entered into a consent decree with the FDA, where the agency will use rare powers to require repairs, replacements, or refunds for recalled respiratory machines.Eli Lilly's weight-loss drug Zepbound has shown effectiveness in treating sleep apnea, leading the company to prepare for a label expansion. Amylyx faced a setback with the failure of its ALS drug Relyvrio, leading to layoffs and market withdrawal. Despite this, the company saw success in treating Wolfram syndrome. Sage Therapeutics also announced the discontinuation of its Parkinson's disease program after disappointing results in phase II trials, shifting focus to Huntington's and Alzheimer's diseases.The medical device industry is increasingly incorporating AI and digital health technologies to improve performance and outcomes. Overall, the medtech sector is evolving rapidly with new products and technologies driving growth and innovation.

As we conclude our 21-day manifestation challenge, remember that you hold the power to manifest your dreams into reality. Stay tuned for more empowering episodes on "Mom on the Verge"! Don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review the podcast on your favorite platform. Until next time, keep manifesting your desires with intention and alignment! Sign up for my newsletter using the link below to receive an outline of the challenge in my newsletter that you can try yourself at home! https://linktr.ee/momonthevergepodcast

Introduction: In this special episode, I chronicle my transformative journey inspired by Gabby Bernstein's 21-day manifestation challenge. Join me, as we dive into practical steps and daily practices designed to manifest our deepest desires. Day 1: Choose a Desire: Kickstart your manifestation journey by clarifying your desires. Today, we set the foundation for the next 21 days by defining our most heartfelt intentions. Day 2: Change Your Vibration: Elevate your energetic frequency and align with the vibrational match of your desires. Day 3: Claiming Feeling States: Embody the emotions associated with your desires as if they have already manifested. Day 4: Releasing Resistance: Identify and release any resistance or limiting beliefs. Day 5: Living as If: Practice living as if your desires are already a reality. Engage in daily actions and mindset shifts to reinforce your belief in the inevitability of your manifestations. Day 6: Remember When You Felt Like You Want to Feel: Reflect on past experiences of joy and abundance to align with the frequency of your manifestations. Utilize memory as a powerful tool to evoke the feelings of your desires. Day 7: Do I Believe that Good Things Come Easily?: Explore and shift any beliefs hindering your ability to manifest with ease. Day 8: Asking for a Sign: Open yourself to receive guidance and signs from the universe. Practice asking for signs related to your manifestations and trust in the synchronicities that unfold. Day 9: Surrendering My Desires: Release attachment to the outcome and surrender to the universe. Cultivate trust in divine timing and surrender to the process of manifestation unfolding. Day 10: Gratitude & 11: Cultivate gratitude for what you have and what is coming. Engage in daily gratitude practices to amplify your manifestation energy and align with abundance. Day 12: Nonnegotiable: Approach your desires with unwavering commitment. Declare your desires as non-negotiable, affirming your unwavering commitment to their manifestation. Conclusion: As we conclude our 21-day manifestation challenge, remember that you hold the power to manifest your dreams into reality. Stay tuned for more empowering episodes on "Mom on the Verge"! Don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review the podcast on your favorite platform. Until next time, keep manifesting your desires with intention and alignment! https://linktr.ee/momonthevergepodcast

Revival Revival Thank you for your continued support and encouragement in making the Daily Insights and reaching an average of 60 people a day with over 10000 total plays. I invite you to partner with us by supporting podcasts through monthly or one-time donations—your contributions to sustain the episodes' subscription and hosting platforms. My goal is to inspire and share insightful messages in our generation. We are empowering one person at a time each day to continue serving the purposes of God.Support the show

Great Men of DavidThank you for your continued support and encouragement in making the Daily Insights and reaching an average of 60 people a day with over 10000 total plays. I invite you to partner with us by supporting podcasts through monthly or one-time donations—your contributions to sustain the episodes' subscription and hosting platforms. My goal is to inspire and share insightful messages in our generation. We are empowering one person at a time each day to continue serving the purposes of God.Support the show

Good morning from Pharma and Biotech Daily: the podcast that gives you only what's important to hear in the Pharma and Biotech world. Diabetes device companies Dexcom and Abbott are increasing their direct-to-consumer marketing efforts as they compete for a larger share of the growing diabetes market. With insurers now covering continuous glucose monitors for more people, device-makers are adopting strategies commonly used by pharmaceutical companies to promote their products.Agilent Technologies has announced plans to wind down its Resolution Bioscience liquid biopsy unit. The company will discontinue operations at the business it acquired two years ago for $550 million.Tandem Diabetes Care's Chief Commercial Officer, Brian Hansen, is resigning ahead of the company's upcoming rollout of its new insulin pump, called the Mobi Pump.Google Cloud's Amy Waldron discussed the tech giant's ambitions in healthcare and the potential risks associated with generative artificial intelligence (AI) in the industry. Generative AI has the ability to create new content, such as images and text, but there are concerns about the ethical implications and potential biases that may arise.The Washington Post reports on the changing landscape of healthcare delivery, with state laws allowing non-doctors to treat patients. AP News highlights the mental health challenges faced by survivors of the Maui wildfire. The CDC is working to overhaul its lab operations following issues with COVID-19 testing. Medical Device and Diagnostic Industry explores the use of plastic in medical devices and its environmental impact.Gilead Sciences has faced another setback with its cancer drug, as the FDA partially halted leukemia studies of the drug. This drug was the center of Gilead's $5 billion acquisition of biotech company Forty Seven in 2020.Regeneron Pharmaceuticals rebounded by winning FDA approval for a longer-lasting vision loss drug called high-dose Eylea. The drug was cleared less than two months after it was initially rejected by the FDA. Additionally, the agency also approved a separate Regeneron drug for an ultra-rare disease.The FDA expanded the use of a neurocrine drug called Ingrezza to include Huntington's disease patients with a movement disorder known as chorea. This approval is expected to intensify the commercial battle between neurocrine and Teva Pharmaceuticals.Genesis, a California startup focused on AI drug discovery research, raised $200 million in a series B funding round. The total funding for Genesis now exceeds $280 million

“But forget all that— it is nothing compared to what I am going to do. For I am about to do something new. See, I have already begun! Do you not see it? I will make a pathway through the wilderness. I will create rivers in the dry wasteland.Isaiah 43:18‭-‬19 NLTThank you for your continued support and encouragement in making the Daily Insights and reaching an average of 60 people a day with over 10000 total plays. I invite you to partner with us by supporting podcasts through monthly or one-time donations—your contributions to sustain the episodes' subscription and hosting platforms. My goal is to inspire and share insightful messages in our generation. We are empowering one person at a time each day to continue serving the purposes of God.Support the show

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He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.Psalms 91:1 NKJVThank you for your continued support and encouragement in making the Daily Insights and reaching an average of 60 people a day with over 10000 total plays. I invite you to partner with us by supporting podcasts through monthly or one-time donations—your contributions to sustain the episodes' subscription and hosting platforms. My goal is to inspire and share insightful messages in our generation. We are empowering one person at a time each day to continue serving the purposes of God.Support the show

It would sound very outrageous if someone were to claim that they are too good for God. That they are too accomplished to need God. But the truth is, even while they may not always make public proclamations of it, people sometimes act as if they do not need God. As if God is for a certain class of people. Sometimes we do feel like we are “too good” in our minds; as if God should be the one levelling up to our standards and not the other way round. We approach God with an unconscious indifference. Almost as if we have forgotten that He is the living, Almighty God. That He deserves and demands absolute reverence from us.  We have been reading from Revelations 4 over the past one week, and from verse 6b-7, John tells us that around the throne, on each side of the throne, are four living creatures, full of eyes in front and behind: the first living creature like a lion, the second living creature like an ox, the third living creature with the face of a man, and the fourth living creature like an eagle in flight. Apostle John provides here a rather vivid description of the four creatures on both sides of God's throne: And beyond their physical appearances, John's description offers deep insight to the nature of these beings. He paints an image of super-intelligent creatures. Beings with great understanding given their heightened perception. This, on one hand, means that our worship must be reasonable and intelligent; that our worship must be informed by what we know about our God and that we must be willing to spend time in His courts. To understand and know Him more intimately so that our worship is not blind. On the other hand, this means that however excellent we, or anyone else, may consider us to be, there is no one among us that is too excellent to render worship to God. There is no created being so elevated that they are exempted from bowing before the living God.  John goes on to explain that one of the creatures had a face like a man, another like an ox, one like lion, and one like an eagle in flight, and all these creatures are representatives of their respective spheres of dominance. Each represents the magnificence of their kingdoms, yet all they take their place under the throne of God. Exalted as they are in the world, they recognize that there is a kingdom above all other kingdoms. With all their endowments, they discharge of their duty of worship before the living God. They acknowledge the majesty of God. They acknowledge God's divine command and governance over all intelligence and wisdom and His dominance and strength over all that exists.  There is not a created being that is sufficient by itself. However courageous, however patient however prudent or wise we might be, our place is before the throne of the Almighty. We are created to render our services to our God. We are called to render worship before the throne of mercy. Even at the height of our blessings. Even at the height of success, our place is before our God. Our blessings are for His glory. We are elevated in status so that we may have even more reason to worship Him. Our blessings should not drive us further away from God. They should be employed in the service of our God whose dominion is absolute; whose design of things is for the purpose of drawing us closer to Him.  And John goes on to say from verse 8-11 that the four creatures never ceThank you for your continued support and encouragement in making the Daily Insights and reaching an average of 60 people a day with over 10000 total plays. I invite you to partner with us by supporting podcasts through monthly or one-time donations—your contributions to sustain the episodes' subscription and hosting platforms. My goal is to inspire and share insightful messages in our generation. We are empowering one person at a time each day to continue serving the purposes of God.Support the show

I have heard so many people ask; is the God of the Old Testament the same God in the New Testament. You know, we believers say that our God, the God of Israel, is consistent. He is invariable in nature and the Holy Scripture speaks widely on this. But it is also irrefutable that in the Old Testament, God's presence inspired fear. His glory was nothing short of terrifying. Boundaries often had to be set to keep people off and safe when He came down to them. There was a section of the temple that only the serving high priest was allowed to enter because the glory of the Lord dwelt there. God's presence was almost always signified by lightning, thunders, thick clouds, fire, smoke, earthquakes, and loud trumpet sounds and this terrified people. Everyone who witnessed these manifestations trembled to their cores. The writer of the book of Hebrews in chapter 12:18-21 reflects on these manifestations when he says: For you have not come to what may be touched, a blazing fire and darkness and gloom and a tempest and the sound of a trumpet and a voice whose words made the hearers beg that no further messages be spoken to them. For they could not endure the order that was given, “If even a beast touches the mountain, it shall be stoned.” Indeed, so terrifying was the sight that Moses said, “I tremble with fear.”You have probably heard people say that our generation is living in the times of grace. Or that God is a little lenient with us than He was in the Old Testament times. But does this mean that God has changed over time? Our God is indeed a loving, patient God. But the absence of those dreadful events does not mean His presence is any less fearsome. His glory ought to be regarded with awe. He is still the Law Giver. He is still the eternal Judge. His power and holiness ought to terrify the hearts of men. It ought to inspire reverence for the majesty of God. And those who have beheld the highest physical manifestations of it understand that. This is why when the Israelites stood by the Mount Sinai and witnessed God in His full majesty they begged that no further word should be spoken to them directly. This is why Moses Himself says I trembled with fear!” They were terrified. Although the Gospel that was delivered to us is kind and we are encouraged to approach God's presence with boldness, it should never be lost to us that we are approaching the Almighty God. The mercy and resplendence; the sublimeness of the new covenant does not exempt us from the obligation of regarding the splendor and the power of the Lord with as much reverence as it deserves. The dispensation under the new covenant only gives us even more reason for allegiance and fidelity to God. The grace under the new covenant; the greater revelations following Christ should inspire more obedience in us than the law did for the Old Testament generations. It should win and hold our affections for God. It should prompt the deepest desires for righteousness. We may not have something palpable; something material like a tempest or a mountain surrounded with smoke; or thunder and lightning to call us to attention when the Lord is among us because we have the Spirit of God who is able to reach beyond our external senses to give us an even greater experience; a better knowledge and understanding of our God that would over-awe our hearts. But the glorious privileges bestThank you for your continued support and encouragement in making the Daily Insights and reaching an average of 60 people a day with over 10000 total plays. I invite you to partner with us by supporting podcasts through monthly or one-time donations—your contributions to sustain the episodes' subscription and hosting platforms. My goal is to inspire and share insightful messages in our generation. We are empowering one person at a time each day to continue serving the purposes of God.Support the show

We are surrounded by both the visible and invisible tokens of the glory of God. His presence is undeniable even to the ignorant mind and apparent to us believers whose faces have been unveiled by the salvation and grace of our Lord Jesus. We have been invited to behold and to share in the communicable, comprehensible splendor of the absolute divine perfection of the Lord God. The glory of He that is clothed in grace and truth. The glory of He that is faultless. We are invited to know the infinite God by His truth. To know His love in our hearts. To be in contact with and experience His gracious aura. To know the Lord with certitude. By the blood of Jesus we are invited across the bridge of the flesh so that there stands nothing between us and our God. So that our spirits are enjoined with His. So that our hearts may know His heart. God has revealed Himself to us so that we may know Him, and know Him intimately. It is in His nature to elevate His people. To lift them to levels where they can know and experience Him beyond man's surface understanding of God. This is why the Bible is filled with people who had extraordinary experiences with God. People who got to see a side of God not many people in their generation got to see. And over the past four days, we have been reading of such an experience from Apostle John in revelation chapter 4. In verses 5-6, John says: From the throne came flashes of lightning, and rumblings and peals of thunder, and before the throne were burning seven torches of fire, which are the seven spirits of God and before the throne there was as it were a sea of glass, like crystal. This is the extent of the power of God. And he invited a mortal. A mere man to bear witness to His glory in its fullness.And this is the God we serve. A god who does not alienate Himself from us by virtue of being God. He initiates relationships with mankind. He says come and I will show you who I am. Walk into my presence and I will show you the secrets of my dwelling place. We are not strangers to Him and this is why He took Apostle John to the throne room and displayed the very symbols of His righteous power to him. The very tokens of the power of God that adorn His throne and symbolize His righteousness and judgment. How majesty is He that sits on the throne! Imagine the sublime scene before Apostle John. The intense, glorious appearance of God. The Holy Spirit of God in His seven-fold dispensations. Imagine witnessing the omnipotence of the everlasting God firsthand! Both the manifestations of power and life. The awe and the fearful presence of the Lord and His calm, unremitting influences at the same time. I can imagine the overwhelming feeling in John's heart when he stood by the shores of that calm crystal-like sea. The very symbols of God's absolute counsel, His just, holy ways, and His pure love and righteousness. The manifest foundation of God's throne on grace. You know, these phenomenon communicates the virtual unapproachability of God. The lightning and rumblings are like warning signs. Symbols of the terrifying holiness of God. This is enough to keep anyone away. And yet the Lord says, come to me. Come and I will show you things never seen before by the eyes of man. And this is why we said at the beginning that God does not alienate us. He does not wish that we should remain as strangers with Him. In GeThank you for your continued support and encouragement in making the Daily Insights and reaching an average of 60 people a day with over 10000 total plays. I invite you to partner with us by supporting podcasts through monthly or one-time donations—your contributions to sustain the episodes' subscription and hosting platforms. My goal is to inspire and share insightful messages in our generation. We are empowering one person at a time each day to continue serving the purposes of God.Support the show

We are talking about the splendor of our God's holiness: And two days ago, we said that we do not approach the throne of mercy to only receive but also to render to the Lord the glory that is due to Him. But what exactly do we mean when we talk about receiving? What do we seek to get when we go to that place of glory? Today we are going to continue with Apostle John's description of his vision of heaven. In verse 4 of Revelation chapter 4, John says that he saw twenty four thrones, and seated on these thrones were twenty four elders, clothed in white garments, with golden crowns on their heads.As you know, there were, or are, twelve tribes of Israel. And so someone might ask; ‘why twenty-four elders and not twelve?” My understanding of this is that the two sets of twelve allude to or represent the church of the Lord in its complete form. They represent both the past and the future. The union of the gentiles and the Jews. The patriarchs and the apostles. This is the united church that John was looking at. And the way John explains their sitting demonstrates a people who have been elevated to a state of honor. A people who have found their rest. A church that has found satisfaction in the presence of the Lord. It shows the relationship of this church to the Lord. Their closeness to Him and the joy they derive from the relationship. These are the fruits of our intimacy with the Lord. This is what we inherit from the Lord's presence. There is honor in our salvation. There is rest in the Lord Jesus. There is a satisfaction in Him that we cannot get from anywhere else. A level of contentment that can only be felt when you are in the presence of the Lord. When you dwell; when you worship Him in the splendor of His holiness.The next thing that Apostle John notices is how the twenty four elders are dressed. They were clothed in white garments. A symbol of both the attributed and inherent righteousness of that place and of those who dwell in the throne-room of the Lord. A symbol of not only how we should approach the splendor of God's holiness but also the attributes it bestows upon us. This is what we present before the Lord and also what is added upon, multiplied tenfold for us. And John goes on to say that the elders had on their heads crowns of gold; symbols of honor. Symbols of the authority and the glory that the saints have with the Lord. This is the greatness that we are called into. This is what we get when we walk with the Lord. This is what is promised those who dwell in the presence of the Lord. These are the gifts of this dimension and we have been made heirs of them with Christ. And not only in this life, but it is our inheritance in the everlasting kingdom of God.This is our inheritance when we pay homage to our God. This is the place of those who have walked in the footsteps of our Lord Jesus. A place of special service to our God. A place of blessing and favor. A dwelling place where Christ walks among us because when we walk into the splendor of His holiness, when we walk in the glory of the Lord, we become a part of it. His righteousness rubs off on us. When we seek to understand the ways of our God, he infuses us with understanding. He elevates us to the level of the saints. He crowns us with honor. He makes us stable and fixed under His shadow. This is the beauty of taking residence in the secret placThank you for your continued support and encouragement in making the Daily Insights and reaching an average of 60 people a day with over 10000 total plays. I invite you to partner with us by supporting podcasts through monthly or one-time donations—your contributions to sustain the episodes' subscription and hosting platforms. My goal is to inspire and share insightful messages in our generation. We are empowering one person at a time each day to continue serving the purposes of God.Support the show

Glorifying God, requires us to connect with Him and to understand His holiness and character, and the significance of these things in a believer's life. Exalting God's glory is indeed one of the core goals of our salvation. We are made to glorify and enjoy God forever. His infinite perfections, His greatness and worth are the manifest beauty of His holiness that set Him apart and He has them in superabundance. His glory is more than a mere reputation; it is a solid, substantial quality. An embodiment of His essential nature that exists independent of anything else. His splendor is the essence of who He is. The infallible beauty of His spirit. These are the qualities of our God that the Bible talks about when reference to His splendor is mentioned. And we are called to do more than envision or form a mental picture of it; we are meant to experience this beauty.  You know, if you read the descriptions of the people in the Bible who beheld this beauty, it is always a description of something surreal. A beauty out of this world that even the writers seem to struggle to find befitting words for it. John the revelator says in Revelation 4:2-3: At once I was in the Spirit, and there before me was a throne in heaven with someone sitting on it. And the one who sat there had the appearance of jasper and ruby. A rainbow that shone like an emerald encircled the throne. John, here, describes the majestic form and appearance of the Lord and the emblem of His glory and universal dominion. Symbols of the divine and excellent nature of our God. Emblems of His wondrous justice and eternal covenant.  If you have read the parts of the scriptures written by John, you notice that he is always very particular with his descriptions of what he saw and experienced. There is barely anything that is lost to him. He is totally engrossed in his experiences. He takes in every sight, every expression, like a man looking straight into heaven. You cannot be this involved in an experience and ever forget its details. If you behold God in His throne like John did, that is an experience that is permanently impressed on you. Whatever experience you may have after that moment, however difficult your trials might be, you will always remember that the heavenly throne is not empty. It is rightfully occupied and the one who sits on it reigns supreme over everything. This is the fundamental truth and the essence of the divine experiences that God exposes us to. To give us assurance that He is our God: That we are not orphaned. This is the reason He invites us to His throne room. For us to behold the self-evident truths of His glorious existence, and to remind us that He is at the center of everything. To elevate us to a new level of confidence and conviction in our faith.  You know, this text carries on further evidence to what we have talked about in the past two days: That everything about and around the Lord testifies to His nature. John says that the one that sat on the heavenly throne was like jasper and ruby. Jasper especially the green one is one of the gems regarded as being both beautiful and agreeable to the eye and is therefore considered a symbol of divine consolation. The fiery color of ruby communicates both judgment and the dazzling appearance of the Lord and so the divine nature of God in His glory, justice, holiness and righteousness is representedThank you for your continued support and encouragement in making the Daily Insights and reaching an average of 60 people a day with over 10000 total plays. I invite you to partner with us by supporting podcasts through monthly or one-time donations—your contributions to sustain the episodes' subscription and hosting platforms. My goal is to inspire and share insightful messages in our generation. We are empowering one person at a time each day to continue serving the purposes of God.Support the show

 In our God, lies all that is glorious and beautiful. All that is elegant and beautiful. His elegance and transcendent excellence ought to make us regard Him with the highest veneration. Honor and majesty accompany His presence. The whole universe displays His glory. Justice, holiness and mercy light His courts. He adorns Himself in holiness. His very nature diffuses a pleasantness, a gentleness over those that dwell in His presence. These are the symbols of His style. The uniqueness that testifies to His praiseworthiness. These are the qualities of our God that the Bible, almost in its entirety, calls us to acclaim, to resound and bless our God for.  This is the wisdom in the psalmists' words in Psalm 96:6-10 when he says: Splendor and majesty are before Him; strength and beauty are in his sanctuary. Ascribe to the Lord, O families of the peoples, ascribe to the Lord glory and strength! Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name; bring an offering, and come into his courts! Worship the Lord in the splendor of holiness; tremble before him, all the earth! Say among the nations, “The Lord reigns!  And this is a constant theme throughout the Bible: that our God is worthy of praise from every created being. That we must recognize and declare, not as a people conferring a new attribute to God, but a people acknowledging his glory and strength. This is an imperative call. A call demanding compliance from God's people to give Him both time and attention. To approach Him with absolute surrender and service. To present ourselves before Him, not just to receive, but to give the Lord the honor that is due His name and to acknowledge his just, holy and true nature.  The psalmist's words are a call to us to present to the Lord an offering befitting the one true and living God. A holy, living and acceptable sacrifice. A sacrifice of prayer, of praise and a broken heart. A token of our own submission. This is what it means to worship the Lord in the splendor of His holiness. To bring to Him what is due to Him because of His nature and perfection. To confess the Godness of our Lord Jesus and to worship God in the manner in which He Himself has prescribed. And how do we know what kind of worship the Lord demands of us? By being intimate with Him. By staying in constant contact with Him.  And this is why we said yesterday that we can never fully appreciate the splendor of His holiness until we have experienced it. And we cannot claim to have experienced it until we have lived in His presence. Until we immerse ourselves into the worship of the Lord without reservations. The testimony of our experience of the Lord's holiness and greatness makes the matter and the motive of our worship because it does not leave a heart that has beheld it empty. The divine presence invokes a profound reverence for the Lord. It makes hearts tremble with awe. It breaths a life into our hearts. It triggers a provocation in a believer that cannot be contained until all we want to do is proclaim it to the world. To shout for all to hear that we have seen the goodness of the Lord. That we have seen His favor and mercy. That we have tasted of the Lord and we know that He is good.  This is why the psalmist says in verse ten of the text we have read today; Say among the nations, “The Lord reigns! This proclamation comes after the peoplThank you for your continued support and encouragement in making the Daily Insights and reaching an average of 60 people a day with over 10000 total plays. I invite you to partner with us by supporting podcasts through monthly or one-time donations—your contributions to sustain the episodes' subscription and hosting platforms. My goal is to inspire and share insightful messages in our generation. We are empowering one person at a time each day to continue serving the purposes of God.Support the show

Our God, in His very nature, is infinite. He is an eternal, self-existing God and by nature, beyond our imagination and comprehension. His thoughts transcend our own. His power transcends our power, his ways eclipse our ways and His wisdom by far outmatches our wisdom. The fullness of His essence surpasses any human experience. This is the nature of our God that makes Him deserving of all adoration and the glory in our praises. Our association with this greatness places upon us a special responsibility to proclaim His name, to praise Him, to edify the world and to lead the people to adore Him.  His love and grace, His justice and majesty are nothing short of beautiful. It is, without doubt, a terror to the wicked, but to the righteous it is a treasure. An irresistible drawing power that calls us from the darkest of valleys into an endless admiration. A constant delight for the heart that has tasted of the beauty of the Lord's holiness. Our consciousness to the sublimeness and the splendor of His beauty becomes an invariable, a constant quality in our songs, in our lives, in what we say, and in the design of our worship.  It is this awareness that we see in David's words in 1 Chronicles 16:27-30, when he says: Splendor and majesty are before him; strength and joy are in his dwelling place. Ascribe to the Lord, all you families of nations, ascribe to the Lord glory and strength. Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name; bring an offering and come before him. Worship the Lord in the splendor of his holiness. Tremble before him, all the earth! The world is firmly established; it cannot be moved.  As we begin the series we're calling “The Splendor of His Holiness”, we are going to dwell pretty much on this aspect of the Lord's essence or nature and we will seek to understand what the Bible means by this phrase. You know, how does our own experience of this beauty influence our worship? How are we supposed to experience this beauty and how should this experience help us render to the Lord worship that is genuine and relevant, and transformative in our lives? How can we as believers transcend the mundane, fleshly realm of worship into the realm of the Lords splendor?  You see, we must rise above the realm of earthly blessings and realities. Above the visual and musical aspects of worship. Above the sounds and motions around us and into the realm of stillness where we can focus and behold the one on the seat of mercy in the fullness of His glory and strength. It's only when we dive that deep in our worship, deep enough that we feel light enough to let go of everything that tethers us to the world, only then do we experience the splendor of His holiness in full. It is only when we reach into this realm that our reservations are broken and the conflicts within us resolved and only then can we say with the conviction that David had, that splendor and majesty are before our God. That strength and joy are indeed in His dwelling place. Because it is no longer a rumor. It is no longer something we have heard someone say. It is no longer something we read in the Bible; it is something we have beheld, an intimacy we have experienced.  You know, sometimes we read the Bible and imagine that such intense intimacy and experiences with God are mysteries of the servants and prophets of old and apostles like John the revelator. But tThank you for your continued support and encouragement in making the Daily Insights and reaching an average of 60 people a day with over 10000 total plays. I invite you to partner with us by supporting podcasts through monthly or one-time donations—your contributions to sustain the episodes' subscription and hosting platforms. My goal is to inspire and share insightful messages in our generation. We are empowering one person at a time each day to continue serving the purposes of God.Support the show

I'm sure we've all gone through that time when people make unfair judgment about us. You, know, you've been months without a job and people assume you're just lazy, or you make a mistake and people assume it was intentional… it hurts. You wish people understood you. But are we any different from them?  We put people through the same thing every day. We make snap judgments and assumptions, we stereotype people even when we know nothing about what's going on in their lives.  We so often reduce people to a handful of characteristics. We label them without consideration for their circumstances. You see, there is enough pain and bitterness for every heart. The distress of the conscience and the anguish of mind can only be known by the person going through it. And this is why the Bible tells us in Proverbs 14:10 that only the heart can know its own bitterness and no stranger can share its joy.  You know, we can say that we understand because we've probable seen someone in a similar situation or we ourselves have been there, but people are as unique as snowflakes. It takes a lot of sympathy and open-mindedness to fully appreciate the depth of the pain and the height of the joy in the heart of another person. Our sorrows and joys are in their entirety beyond the insight of strangers. There is no one in so intimate a relationship with us that they can perfectly put themselves in our shoes to feel what we feel. It's only Jesus, who put himself up to bear our griefs and carry our sorrows has that capacity.  And so what does this mean for us as brethren, as people yoked together to Christ? How then do we deal with the ultimate solitude of each other's souls? You see, we need to develop a great deal of sensitivity and tolerance towards each other because there is always more than meets the eye. Hearts are breaking right in front of us. Someone is crumbling down in the midst of that brotherly after-church hug.  But are we close enough to feel it. Are we close enough to each other that they can share their burdens with us without fearing that we'll judge them? Have we ourselves established a relationship intimate enough with our brethren that we know we have someone to lean on? Someone we can share both the joys and the pains in our hearts? Has anyone gained your confidence enough that you have the desire and the courage to share your heart even to the very depths of it?  Yes, we may never fully grasp the burden of another's heart, but we must keep our hearts and arms open for them. We must practice sympathetic empathy with each other. We must learn to slow down and look deeper, to listen better, to care more about what's going on in the lives of our brethren. We must learn to open our hearts to the love of others. To reciprocate with love and trust when it is offered to us. May we strive to never censure the grief of others when we have not made any attempts to understand the heaviness of their blows.  We have a responsibility towards each other as parts of the same body. The Bible tells us in Galatians to carry each other's burdens, and in this way we will fulfill the law of Christ. The word of God obliges us to mutual forbearance and compassion towards each other. This is the law of love. It is the law of brotherhood. May we be one in our griefs as in our joys. May we reach out with open arms and open hearts. With trust, wiThank you for your continued support and encouragement in making the Daily Insights and reaching an average of 60 people a day with over 10000 total plays. I invite you to partner with us by supporting podcasts through monthly or one-time donations—your contributions to sustain the episodes' subscription and hosting platforms. My goal is to inspire and share insightful messages in our generation. We are empowering one person at a time each day to continue serving the purposes of God.Support the show

We live in a world where everyone is trying to maintain an image of themselves. Whether real or imagined, I think we all want to be known or to be remembered for something. And I think we could agree that under the right conditions, who or what we are eventually comes out. Whether you're a bad person pretending to be good or a good person pretending to be bad, the right circumstances, the right conditions eventually draw the real us out. The feelings and thoughts in our hearts eventually become evident through our words and actions. The truth is, we try as much as we do to maintain certain characters and images of ourselves because what others think of us matters to us.  But as believers, what we know about ourselves, our affections, our intentions, our thoughts and feelings also counts because that's what the Lord searches for. That is what He weighs us by. And this is why we're talking about matters of the heart because at the end of the day, this is what matters. But the fact is, sometimes we look inside and all we see is what we have painted and justified on that internal mirror as true. We put so many layers of paint on that internal mirror that it can no longer reflect back our real selves to us.  We flood our hearts and conscience with so much noise that it cannot echo back what really lies within us. We mask our intentions, our thoughts and feelings until we can no longer tell which ones are true. But the Bible tells us in Psalms 27:19 that as water reflects back a man's face, so does the heart reflect man to himself. And this is where I want us to focus our talk today. How do we examine and judge our own character? You know, how do we defog the looking glass that is our heart so that it does not reflect back a distorted image the way turbid or disturbed water does?  You know, when we become believers, when we let the Holy Spirit take possession of us, that is when the defogging process begins. Because we get a new standard, a higher standard, like we said the other day, to weigh ourselves against. The spirit of God, the word of the Lord, becomes the silver backing of our hearts, a medium of vision through which we can see our own true selves. A medium through which we can discern our sins and the plague of our hearts. The spirit of God sets a true light before our hearts.  You know, we said the other day that the human heart is wicked. Our wills are averse and our consciences defiled. And so it's only when we weigh ourselves against the word of God and the counsel of the Holy Spirit that we can really discern our sins. It's only by having the word of God as a standard that we can get a clear echo of the condition of our hearts. It's the only way we can get a true understanding of how our hearts are. And this understanding, this discernment is what underlies genuine, conscious repentance. It's my prayer that we may have the grace to open ourselves to the scrutiny of the Holy Spirit. That we may be able and willing to look deep into ourselves for what contradicts the will of the spirit of God. That we may be led by truth in our assessment of ourselves. In Jesus' mighty name. Amen. Thank you for your continued support and encouragement in making the Daily Insights and reaching an average of 60 people a day with over 10000 total plays. I invite you to partner with us by supporting podcasts through monthly or one-time donations—your contributions to sustain the episodes' subscription and hosting platforms. My goal is to inspire and share insightful messages in our generation. We are empowering one person at a time each day to continue serving the purposes of God.Support the show

Yesterday we read from the book of psalms where David prayed that the Lord creates for him a clean heart and a steadfast spirit. And we said that the reason for this prayer, was because he did not just want to simulate virtue or appear to do right before people. He wanted a genuine change of heart. That his morals and virtues may be founded in God. He wanted something we all wish we could have every time we mess up. A fresh start. A clean slate. And psalms 51:17 paints for us a picture of the heart that was making this request for a clean heart. David says that the sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart. And God does not despise such a sacrifice. You see, the kind of prayer that David made in verse 10 is not made in a vacuum. Just because we have that provision from God as His children to ask for a clean slate does not mean that God is just sitting there waiting to dish out new hearts every time we mess up. Such a prayer needs to be accompanied by a genuine desire for change. By a conviction of the heart. By humble and penitent faith.  A prayer for penitence or forgiveness is an offering; a sacrifice of the broken heart and remorseful spirit. Such sacrifice requires more than the external sacrifice of simply giving up the old ways. It is not just a formality. David offered his broken heart and a fully penitent spirit first, and only then did he follow up with external acts of penance. Internal repentance always comes first. The spirit must first be emptied of all vainglory confidence. It must be brought to acknowledge that it is empty without God. The inner man, the mind, and the will must be transformed first. They must be humbled. They must be drawn into submission before God, before He can remake them. The heart must first become tender and pliable to the word of God.  The soul must accept to bear the burden of conscious guilt until it is broken. Until it is melted down and subdued under the sense of God's displeasure. It must thirst for reconciliation with God. A broken heart mourns for its sinfulness. It does not seek to lessen its guilt. It acknowledges its sin. It calls it by its right name. It melts at the thought of the pardoning grace of the pierced and wounded savior. This is the kind of heart, the kind of sacrifice that the Lord says He does not reject. This is the kind of heart that mercy lifts up. The kind of heart that the Lord regards and accepts with pleasure. The kind that He binds up and mends. The kind of heart that He looks upon. The kind of hearts that the Lord looks to come and dwell among. This is the kind of heart, the kind of spirit that we should present before the Lord. He looks upon such hearts with favor. May we desire to have such hearts. To approach the Lord in our brokenness and bereft of our own self-importance that we may receive in full the joy and gladness of His salvation. That we may fall upon His tender mercies and grace knowing that He shall not turn us away. In Jesus' mighty name. Thank you for your continued support and encouragement in making the Daily Insights and reaching an average of 60 people a day with over 10000 total plays. I invite you to partner with us by supporting podcasts through monthly or one-time donations—your contributions to sustain the episodes' subscription and hosting platforms. My goal is to inspire and share insightful messages in our generation. We are empowering one person at a time each day to continue serving the purposes of God.Support the show

One of the reasons why we are talking about matters of the heart this month is so that we may develop a consciousness, a conviction that will lead us to see the impurity of our hearts and nature. We have said over the past couple of days that the affections, the feelings and thoughts of the carnal mind are corrupted. They alienate us from God. And to rid ourselves of this veil, we would need to have our affections and thoughts made right. We would need to have the crudeness of our hearts replaced by something better. Something that is firm in the purposes of righteousness. Something that is steadfast in the service of God that it will not yield to the temptations we have yielded to before. We need something new. A new heart. The kind of heart that David hungered for when he said in Psalms 51:10, create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a right and steadfast spirit within me.  You see, David looked back at his life and realized that he had been wrong all along. He had a wrong spirit. He had a wrong attitude. And he needed a new one. A new heart and spirit that would be more faithful to God than the inclinations that drew him away from the Lord. He needed a clean implantation of grace. A clean installation of faith. And this is why, after realizing how far away he had wandered from God, he sought a radical change of heart and spirit. He desired to have a heart that however hard it was assaulted by temptation, it would remain fixed and resolute in its allegiance to God. He prayed for a renovation of his inner essence. Of both his mental and moral nature.  He did not just ask that he be forgiven of his sins. He did not just ask that he be changed so that he does not follow his old path anymore. He desired something more. Something deeper than a mere change of heart. He did not just desire to be separated from sin, he wanted to be separated for God. To have a relationship with Him. To have the spirit of God dwell in him so that his would be a conscious devotion to God. You know, so often we seek after outwardly change. We stop doing the wrong things that we were doing. We so often seek after the constructs of human conduct and goodness or what we call morals or virtue without necessarily committing to God. But we see that David's plea was to be led back to the path of righteousness. That he does not just have a change of conduct. His prayer was that the Lord may lay a new foundation in his heart. A clean heart and a steadfast spirit!  David was yielding himself to be God's instrument. He understood that he could do what was right by men and simulate virtue the way irreligious moralists do. But the blossom of this would still be vain because the only true perfection of morals and virtue is that which is founded in the spirit of God. And this is what we pray for when we pray for a clean heart. This is what we plead for when we pray to be filled with the holy spirit of God. To be changed not just to appear right before the eyes of men, but that we may stand right and justified in the sight of God. To be possessed through and through by the spirit of God. To bear fruits that are evident of the gracious influences of the Holy Spirit. Thank you for your continued support and encouragement in making the Daily Insights and reaching an average of 60 people a day with over 10000 total plays. I invite you to partner with us by supporting podcasts through monthly or one-time donations—your contributions to sustain the episodes' subscription and hosting platforms. My goal is to inspire and share insightful messages in our generation. We are empowering one person at a time each day to continue serving the purposes of God.Support the show

  Have you ever talked to someone that just sucks at telling stories?   So they start meetings with random chit-chat about irrelevant s&*%. Weather. Sports. Gossip.   Even though it's lame, chit-chat is almost expected today.   In fact, most people will give you some time to talk weather to “warm up a call” or size up a room. But a pre-written call script might sound better than “how's the weather out there” …   … and yes, you are correct if you think scripts sound cheesy. They usually do. Sales scripts can take you out of the moment. And buyers can easily tell you're working with memorized material.   On the other hand - scripts are great because:   - Scripts keep your message focused + concise - Scripts make it easy to train your people - Scripts let you run A/B tests - Scripts make scaling simple   It's a Catch-22: Buyers hate scripts because you sound cheesy and inauthentic. But scripts keep you focused and on-point.   Over years of trial-and-error in dealmaking, I've figured out how to square these two positives and negatives. Some scripts work exceedingly well in a dealmaking situation if you know the right way to do it.   Sign up for the Daily Dealmaker: https://orenklaff.com/daily and get Daily Insights like these in your inbox.  

Fedra Fateh talks about The Lady Boss campaign, in the frame of the gender equality mission of the TFF. The post Daily Insights from the Torino Film Festival with Fedra Fateh – 27th November 2020 #TFF38 appeared first on Fred Film Radio.

Cinema can change the world and Fedra Fathe shows us how with the last two masterclasses she organized at Torino Film Festival 38. The post Daily Insights from the Torino Film Festival with Fedra Fateh – 26th November 2020 #TFF38 appeared first on Fred Film Radio.

An interesting long chat with Fedra Fateh; deputy director of TFF, about the inequality for women in film and in the world. The post Daily Insights from the Torino Film Festival with Fedra Fateh – 21st November 2020 #TFF38 appeared first on Fred Film Radio.

The choice of Isabella Rossellini as first recipient of the Stella Della Mole award and the tribute to her, told by Fedra Fateh Deputy Director of TFF. The post Daily Insights from the Torino Film Festival with Fedra Fateh – 23rd November 2020 #TFF38 appeared first on Fred Film Radio.

Daily Financial News & Insights Summary for Wednesday, May 27, 2020 Stocks continued to rise on Wednesday. The Dow Jones closed at 2.18% higher, the S&P 500 rose by 1.46% and the NASDAQ increased by 0.78%. Boeing laid off 6,770 employees on Wednesday. This is in addition to the approximately 5,520 voluntary layoffs who will soon be leaving the company. Those who agreed to the voluntary layoffs received a buyout package. Boeing had previously announced that it was planning on reducing 16,000 jobs due to the reduction of both air travel and customer demand. CEO of Boeing, Dave Calhoun said: “We have come to the unfortunate moment of having to start involuntary layoffs. I wish there was some other way.” Shares of the company increased 1% after the announcement. Marriott International has announced that they will be furloughing more staff and continuing their reduced work week. This reduction in hours started in March and is expected to last until October at least. Marriott representatives warned that there will likely be a large number of layoffs this year because they are expecting the effects of the pandemic on the hospitality industry to last until after 2021. The company stated that the coronavirus is impacting them more than the 2008 recession and 9/11 did, combined. Read more: https://callputstrike.com/2020/05/27/spacex-launch-grounded-daily-financial-news-summary-for-wednesday-may-27-2020/ Investing in Index Funds When you decide to invest in the stock market, you will likely start paying more attention to financial news and updates. At this point, you will start hearing about index funds. What exactly are index funds, and how do they relate to a market index? Read more: https://callputstrike.com/2020/05/20/investing-in-index-funds/ Copyright © 2020 by Call Put Strike a subsidiary of The Pony Group LLC. All rights reserved. All articles, images, product names, logos, and brands are property of their respective owners. All company, product and service names used in this website are for identification purposes only. Use of these names, logos, and brands does not imply endorsement unless specified. Stock recommendations and comments presented on CallPutStrike.com are solely those of the analysts and experts quoted. They do not represent the opinions of CallPutStrike.com on whether to buy, sell or hold shares of a particular stock. Investors should be cautious about any and all stock recommendations and should consider the source of any advice on stock selection. Various factors, including personal or corporate ownership, may influence or factor into an expert's stock analysis or opinion. All investors are advised to conduct their own independent research into individual stocks before making a purchase decision. In addition, investors are advised that past stock performance is no guarantee of future price appreciation. Opinions expressed here are author's alone, not those of any bank, credit card issuer, hotel, airline, or other entity. This content has not been reviewed, approved or otherwise endorsed by any of the entities included within the post. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/callputstrike/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/callputstrike/support

On this episode of the Linch with a Leader podcast, Mike sits down with one of his heroes, Dr. Dwight "Ike" Reighard. Ike has pastored the great New Hope Baptist Church in Fayetteville, GA and helped oversee their growth from a small country church to the 2nd fastest growing church in the Southern Baptist Convention. After his time at New Hope, he was at FBC Atlanta and then founded NorthStar Church in Kennesaw, GA where he served for six years. Ike then went on to become the Chief People Officer of Homebanc Mortgage Company in Atlanta. The company was voted for four straight years as one of Fortune's Magazines Best Places to Work. In 2006 Ike became the interim pastor of Piedmont Church where he still pastors today. Because of Ike's leadership, Piedmont went from a church in decline to a growing vital part of the East Cobb Community. In 2007 Ike became the President and CEO of Must Ministries, a non-profit ministry located in Marietta, GA. Ike has written four books: Treasures from the Dark, Discovering Your NorthStar, Discovering Your NorthStar Journal and co-authored a devotional with Zig Ziglar called Daily Insights. Ike is married to Robin and has two daughters, Danielle & Abigail and is the proud grandfather of Addison Ruth.Mike and Ike talk about Ike's story, his journey in leadership and how God has seen him through!

Our guest today is Dr. David Kelly, the Chief Global Strategist and Head of the Global Market Insights Strategy Team for J.P. Morgan Asset Management. Prior to joining J.P. Morgan Asset Management, David served as Economic Advisor to Putnam Investments, and as Senior Strategist/Economist at SPP Investment Management, Primark Decision Economics, Lehman Brothers and DRI/McGraw-Hill. David is a CFA® charterholder. He also has a Ph.D. and M.A. in Economics from Michigan State University and a B.A. in Economics from University College Dublin in the Republic of Ireland. Dr. Kelly discusses the Guide to the Markets, how he thinks investors should be positioned going forward, what his return expectations are, and how COVID-19 will make long-lasting changes to the economy. Follow the CFA Society of Orlando on Twitter at @CFAOrlandoFL (0:38)  —  Colby Donovan and Steve Curley introduce the podcast (3:00 ) —Introduce Dr. Kelly (3:55) – Why he pursued the CFA designation (6:05) – Background on the Guide to the Markets (10:44) – Reason they started the Insights Podcast a few years ago (12:05) – What he's learned from studying prior market crises (15:48) – Future return expectations (18:12) – What permanent changes will occur after COVID-19 is behind us (20:12) – Why he is pessimistic on the virus but optimistic on the economy (23:34) – Where to be positioned going forward (25:17) – Where to reach him: Daily Insights updated daily and his LinkedIn page (26:02) - What is the most egregious thing that you have seen in the investment management industry over the course of your career?