Disciplining Someone? Consider These Areas Of Concentration

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One: Engage him in the Scriptures to discover Christ and apply His truth.

Teaching him to meditate upon and apply God's Word is generic to knowing Christ.

"He who has My commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves Me; and he who loves Me shall be loved by My Father, and I will love him, and will disclose Myself to him." (John 14:21)

Two: Disciple him life-on-life.

Both Jesus and Paul believed in the worth of the individual, and so should we:

Jesus: "The next day Jesus decided to leave for Galilee. Finding Philip, he said to him, 'Follow me'." (John 1:43)

Paul: "We dealt with you one by one, as a father deals with his children… " (1 Thessalonians 2:11b neb)

Three: Equip him to multiply his life:

• By helping him develop consistency in (1) Daily time with God, (2) Scripture memory, and (3) Bible study.

"The Scriptures are the comprehensive equipment of the man of God, and fit him fully for all branches of his work." (2 Timothy 3:17 – J.B. Phillips Translation)

• By helping him discover and utilize his gifts. (1 Corinthians 12-14)

Four: Maintain the centrality of Christ.

At the very core of the discipling effort must be the emphasis on developing intimacy with Christ.

"By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as an expert builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one should be careful how he builds. For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ." (1 Corinthians 3:10, 11)

QUESTION: Since example is the most powerful teacher, developing intimacy with Christ is better "caught" than taught. Is your disciple picking up the fact that knowing Christ is your primary passion?

"Follow my example as I follow the example of Christ." (1 Corinthians 11:1).  "Enjoy Your Coffee"

Michael Stanley

Facts of the Matter: Daily Devotionals.

Four Simple Reasons Your Product Is Not Selling

You've done your homework. You've looked into the best ways to market your small business' new product and present it to your customers. You've spent hours coming up with a strategy for how to set yourself and your product apart from what your competitors have to offer. So, where are the new customers, and why aren't your sales through the roof? Sometimes it can be hard to take a step back and see the larger picture, especially after having been so focused on the minor details for so long. Here are four simple reasons your product might not be going over well with consumers:
1. Your Audience Doesn't Care
Even if your market research, marketing, advertising and promotion techniques have all been spot on, there is one vital flaw that will prevent any small business from striking it rich with its new product: your audience simply doesn't care. Maybe you're trying to sell them something they don't need. Maybe you're attempting to convince them to move away from a product they are comfortable purchasing, or from a brand they already trust. Maybe the thing you are proposing they buy is too radical, uncertain, or not practical for their daily life. Whatever the case may be, before you spend your time and money investing in presenting a new product to the public, make sure they are going to want it in the first place.
2. You're Targeting the Wrong Audience Altogether
If you're sure that someone out there really, truly will want your product - but you are still hitting a wall when it comes to actually selling it - there could be another problem at work: you are promoting yourself to the wrong people. Although all the resources out there that provide advice to small business owners claim that there are general, blanket rules for the marketing strategies small business owners should practice, not every small business is the same. Make sure that the places you choose to place your ads are places your audience will actually see. Furthermore, make sure you aren't missing out entirely on other potential marketing locations where your audience can actually be found.
3. You're Trying too Hard
Sometimes, heavy advertising campaigns intended to reign customers in to buying a new product can work to have the opposite effect: they can turn your customers off from your product as well as your brand. Why is this? It's one of the fundamental rules of life: instead of trying hard to convince someone they need you, sometimes it's best to sit back and let people come to their own conclusions that you have something to offer them. Don't try too hard to persuade your customers that your product would be of use to them. If it really is that useful, just trust that their own word of mouth will help spread your reputation and bring in more money for your business.
4. You Aren't Using Marketing Tools Effectively
Maybe you've set out to implement a social media marketing campaign to show off your new product. Maybe you've chosen to stick with billboard or magazine advertisements. Maybe you've bought into the QR Code craze, and have stuck your business' code on fliers and posters everywhere. Whatever the case may be, remember that there are proper ways to use these marketing techniques, and there are ways to use them incorrectly. Make sure your artwork is well done, your spelling and grammar is correct, and there is nothing offensive or otherwise odd about your ad copy. If you're using Facebook and Twitter, don't overuse them; focus more on writing quality posts that are informative and fun. Your customers are already inundated with ads during their day to day; make sure your ad is something that will make them smile, or at least make them think.   "Enjoy Your Coffee"  

Michael Stanley

Using Banner Ads To Attract Traffic- They Still Work

There are many different ways on the internet to gain online traffic and sometimes it can be a daunting and confusing and you just aren't sure where to start. The internet is continually evolving and so too are the ways and methods for advertising a website.
Banner ads are one of the most effective ways to advertise your blog. Have a look around and you will see banner ads everywhere, on personal websites, on blogs as well as on the search engines.
The reason they are everywhere is they work and people are making the most of them and using them regularly to advertise their products or website. Banner ads are amazing and can be quite low cost if you set them up properly.
Banners ads were created specifically to promote certain products or services and are generally based on brand recognition. The ad uses its small space to describe the product or service with plenty of information to make it attractive to people that see the ad. They will have an appointment to action to persuade folks to click on the banner and visit their webpage.
When using banner advertising you should aim the banners toward targeted prospects so that you don't have hundreds of people exploring your ad when they really aren't thinking about the product or service you will be promoting. If you are paying per click that can get quite expensive so if you target specific people you will only pay for people that really have an interest in what you have to offer.
Targeted traffic = higher sales and better profits!
There are many different methods for using banner ad campaigns so there is no fixed campaign type. Google AdWords and Overture have many tools that you can use to enhance your strategy and your website.
Google and Overture can give you more insight on the type of campaign that will be most effective in your business. They can help to locate the most effective phrases and terms to use in your banner advertising campaign. They really are the best phrases, keywords and terms that you can use to get the most targeted traffic to your website. If about the catch using targeted keywords and phrases then you aren't wasting your time and efforts and you will not be paying considerably more than you should be.
Here are some tips that may increase the effectiveness of your banners efforts:
1. Banners have got a limited amount of space so you need to use that space wisely. You are require to use attention grabbing content so that the tiny amount of text will say a something that is going to grab the attention of those who see it.
2. Add a picture for the banner so visitors may have a visual of the product. Most people respond better when they see a picture of what's being offered.
3. Don't use over-sized banners. Large banners may fit read more about them but they won't enable you to get any more traffic. Large banners just manage to clutter the site where they are posted and for that reason they may actually get less clicks than just a smaller banner.
4. Help make your banner look professional. To have a professional looking banner you want it to be subtle but to bring the point across. Don't fill the banner with lots of colors and fonts, it just needs to appears like something a child created but not something professional. Keep it simple!
5. A banner must have a 'call to action' for your website visitors to be more inclined to select the ad. Although we know your ad is for clicking on, if one carries a 'call to action' like a 'Click Here' button you happen to be taking charge and directing the website visitors to click on the ad.
6. Ensure that your content is readable but not too cluttered. You want content that is definitely motivational to peak the visitors interest and entice these phones click on the ad.
7. Always test the links of the banner to make sure that and also go through to your site. It could be terrible to be paying for advertising and your visitors not being directed to the linking website.   
 "Enjoy Your Coffee"

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Michael Stanley

Symptoms Of A Hard Heart

"And when Jesus knew it, he saith unto them, Why reason ye, because ye have no bread? perceive ye not yet, neither understand? have ye your heart yet hardened?"        Mark 8:17

MATTHEW 16:1-12; MARK 8:11-21

Just a few days before this instance, hardened hearts caused Jesus' disciples to be amazed when they saw Jesus walk on the water to them. Here, Jesus' statements reveal some of the characteristics of someone with a hardened heart.

First, a hard heart keeps us from perceiving spiritual truths. This is why everyone in a church service hears exactly the same message yet, some will receive while others won't. It's not the Word that is the variable, but rather the condition of the hearts. A hard heart stops spiritual perception.

Second, a hardened heart stops us from understanding spiritual truth. When a person doesn't understand God's Word, Satan finds no resistance when he comes to steal it away.

Third, a hard heart keeps us from remembering. This isn't to say that we can't recall facts or scriptures. As related in Mark 8:19-20, the disciples remembered the facts of the two miraculous feedings, but they had forgotten any spiritual lessons they might have learned. Likewise, some people can quote scripture or remember what the sermon was about, but they can't perceive the spiritual life in the message or retain what they did perceive.

A hardened heart blinds us to any spiritual perception and keeps us thinking only in the natural realm. Small faith and a hardened heart are the same. Hebrews 3:12-13 parallels an evil heart of unbelief to a hardened heart. It takes great faith to keep our heart sensitive to God. Seek Him with your whole heart today.
"Enjoy Your Coffee"       by Andrew Wommack
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Michael Stanley

Ephesians 4:30 The Holy Spirit Of Promise

Good Morning All,

As I go through this mornings devotion I am reminded of the promises of God.  With that in mind I will share this with you.  My prayers are that you and yours be Blessed to capacity, with the Love of God.

Grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.

Ephesians 4:30 

The love of the Spirit. — The Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost. — In all their affliction he was 

afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he 

bare them, and carried them all the days of old. But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he 

turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them.

 Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit. — After   

that 

ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, which is the earnest of the inheritance until 

the redemption of the purchased possession. — This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil 

the lusts of the flesh. For the flesh lusteth against the spirit, and the spirit against the flesh: and these are 

contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.

The Spirit helpeth our infirmities.

Romans 15:30. John 14:26. Isaiah 63:9,10. 1 John 4:13. Ephesians 1:13,14. Galatians 5:16,17. Romans 8:26.

"Enjoy Your Coffee"

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Michael Stanley

Finding The Right Team Member

Sometimes companies and small business owners wonder whether it is wise to spend money for a consultant to come in and help them establish benchmarks when their own internal people can do the same thing and there won't be any consulting fees.
Keeping things simple, a hiring mistake with a minimum wage team member can cost an organization about $10,000. "WHAT? Are you nuts? At minimum wage? That can't be!" How does that happen? Simple.
Let's look at it this way. Right now, the US Minimum wage is $7.25 per hour. That represents a full-time equivalent investment of just over $15,000. Most experts agree that at minimum, even a minimum wage employee with no benefits to speak of costs an employer at least 30% in added costs, and it is more likely closer to 50%. For the sake of argument, let's use the lower number. That 30% brings the one year full-time equivalent cost of a minimum wage team member to $19,500 or just under $20,000 in the USA. (these added costs include unemployment insurance, worker's compensation insurance, employer contribution to Social Security and Medicare and the administrative overhead required to process their pay and to manage/lead them.)
What if the team member you bring on is mediocre. Not so bad you have to get rid of him or her, but not so good that you are glad you have them. They might be around for a long, long time, doing the job just half as well as it could be done. Every time you look at the team member you know the position could produce so much more.
You might let someone go fairly quickly if they are a really bad fit. So you keep the loss to a minimum. But what if the person is just plain average at the job, not good, not bad. They can be very hard to deal with because they aren't horrible, and as people they are even usually likeable. They just don't quite fit. You could be feeling the same way in 10 years. What you see is what you get and are going to get.
What about the person you hire who does not love their job? Perhaps they do it okay, but they are like a square peg in a round hole. The job may stress them out. If you asked them if they like your work the most positive thing they can say is "it's good to have a job." Perhaps behind the scenes these individuals are complainers and they can see everything wrong all around them you might call them a Debbie or a Donnie Downer. They show up every day and even do a decent job but they bring morale down wherever they go.
This is where a highly trained and highly skilled consultants may be worth many times his or her fee. When we sit down with your team and look together at why the job exists, the key accountabilities of the position and the characteristics of the person that would do well in the position we can help you get off to a very good start. Add in our research into people holding similar positions and other companies or people who have been very successful in your company. Then we look for those who have done poorly and looked at their characteristics. We develop a matrix. After the job has spoken as promising candidates present themselves we put them through a series of assessments and we can tell you the likelihood of fit with your benchmark. We can give you an excellent idea of how they will fit within your already existing corporate culture. A person might have the skills, credentials and training to be a bookkeeper, an accountant or even a chief financial officer. As we compare them to the benchmark we can tell that they are likely not to fit. Perhaps they are more people oriented applying for a position calling for a task orientation. Perhaps they are slow and steady wins the race and your environment is high-paced and fast-moving. They might do the job, but it will be stressful to the point of burnout and at some inopportune time down the road they will leave, and you might not be sorry to see them go.
When a consultant uses a sophisticated and accurate benchmarking process and candidate assessment suites he or she helps you to follow best practices and increase your chances of selecting and retaining team members whose behaviors, values, skills and emotional intelligence that the position. What would it be worth to you to have the right person doing the job in the right way? What would it be worth to your bottom line to cut turnover significantly and to help you avoid turnover you can only hope for?
This approach is based on thorough research and statistically validated assessments and processes. Still, it is intended to comprise approximately 1/3 of your selection process. The process needs all EEOC requirements for fairness. The other two-thirds of your selection decision is based on the candidate's resume of experience, impressions from the interview, references and experience.  Like I asked earlier, what would it be worth to your bottom line?  That's all for now, "Enjoy Your Coffee"
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Michael Stanley
 

Thank God For Believers Like This

Hello Everyone,

I came across this today.  It Blessed me, and I just thought I'd Bless you as well.  Enjoy this read, it's good.

 

Tennessee  Football
This  is a statement that was read over the PA  system  at the football game
at  Roane  County High School , Kingston , Tennessee   by school Principal,
Jody  McLeod

"It  has always been the custom at Roane County High  School football games,
to say a prayer and play  the National Anthem, to honor God and Country."

Due  to a recent ruling by the Supreme Court, I am  told that saying a
Prayer is a violation of  Federal Case Law. As I understand the law at  this
time, I can use this public facility to  approve of sexual perversion and
call it "an  alternate life style," and if someone is  offended, that's OK.

I  can use it to condone sexual promiscuity, by  dispensing condoms and
calling it, "safe sex."  If someone is offended, that's OK.

I  can even use this public facility to present the  merits of killing an
unborn baby as a "viable!  means of birth control." If someone is offended,
no problem...

I  can designate a school day as "Earth Day" and  involve students in
activities to worship  religiously and praise the goddess "Mother  Earth"
and call it "ecology.."

I  can use literature, videos and presentations in  the classroom that
depicts people with strong,  traditional Christian convictions as "simple
minded" and "ignorant" and call it  "enlightenment.."

However,  if anyone uses this facility to honor GOD and to  ask HIM to Bless
this event with safety and good  sportsmanship, then Federal Case Law is
violated.

This  appears to be inconsistent at best, and at  worst, diabolical.
Apparently,  we are to be tolerant of everything and anyone,  except GOD and
HIS Commandments.

Nevertheless  , as a school principal, I frequently ask staff  and students
to abide by rules with which they  do not necessarily agree. For me to do
otherwise  would be inconsistent at best, and at worst,  hypocritical. I
suffer from that affliction  enough unintentionally. I certainly do not need
to add an intentional transgression.

For  this reason, I shall "Render unto Caesar that  which is Caesar's," and
refrain from praying at  this time.

However, if you feel inspired to honor, praise  and thank GOD and ask
HIM,in the name of JESUS,  to Bless this event, please feel free to do  so..
As  far as I know, that's not against the  law----yet."

One  by one, the people in the stands bowed their  heads, held hands with
one another and began to  pray.

They  prayed in the stands. They prayed in the team  huddles. They prayed at
the concession stand and  they prayed in the Announcer's Box!

The  only place they didn't pray was in the Supreme  Court of the United
States of America- the Seat  of "Justice" in the "one nation, under GOD."

Somehow,   Kingston , Tennessee Remembered what so many  have forgotten. We
are given the Freedom OF  Religion, not the Freedom  FROM  Religion.  Praise
GOD that HIS remnant remains!

JESUS  said, "If you are ashamed of ME before men, then  I will be ashamed
of you before MY FATHER.."

If  you are not ashamed, pass this on .
I'm  not one bit ashamed to pass this on, Are  you?        "Enjoy Your Coffee"

Jody  McLeod
High School Principal

Michael Stanley