by Manny Rivera | Jan 17, 2014 | Church, Motivation
Why do we seem to get stuck in our walk with Christ? Through my 28 years of knowing Him, I’m discovering that many times I’ve confused His ultimate intent for me with His initial intent for me. The pursuit of our God-given purpose should be our primary endeavor in...
by Manny Rivera | Jan 13, 2014 | Church, Motivation
At what speed does your life travel? For many, life seems to travel at the speed of light. The busier life gets, the faster it becomes. And the busier we become, the more results we’ll require. Requiring more results traps us in being consumers instead of...
by Manny Rivera | Jan 10, 2014 | Church, Motivation
In my efforts to keep my ONE GOAL for this year, I’ll have to practice ONE skill. Well, actually it’s ONE word… “NO.“ I’ve learned that before we can do what God has called and purposed us to do; we need to learn to say NO. I know the word “No” seems negative, but...
by Manny Rivera | Jan 7, 2014 | Motivation
Are you living life on purpose or are you living life by accident? I’m a firm believer that you can predict your future… well, at least have a good idea of it. And I’ve learned how to do this through much trial and error, actually, more error than trial. :-/...
by Manny Rivera | Jan 4, 2014 | Church, Motivation
After much prayer and meditation, I only have one ministry goal in 2014. I’ve realized, many times in the past, that this list has been overpopulated with unrealistic goals. I guess my thinking has been that “many goals” equated to big thinking. ...
by Manny Rivera | Jan 1, 2014 | Motivation
When I woke up this first morning of 2014, I reached for my phone to check the time. My Facebook app was open and I saw the following post from my pastor, Becky Hennesy: My goals for 2014: Give more Forgive more. Live more. Figuring out what that looks like will be...