by Manny Rivera | May 18, 2012 | Leadership, Motivation
I’ve always been a deadline person. Without deadlines I don’t think I’ll ever complete anything. Deadlines create in me a focus. Deadlines are finish lines and I love finish lines. I’ve come to realize that without deadlines, I slide into...
by Manny Rivera | May 17, 2012 | Leadership, Motivation
After twenty-two years of ministry, I’ve come to recognize the enemy’s most popular tactic used for bringing confusion and death – Deception through perception. Although I can write volumes about this subject, I’ll just share a few thoughts, after all this is only a...
by Manny Rivera | May 16, 2012 | Motivation
I know, it can be difficult… As a Pastor and leader, it’s our responsibility to be a voice of encouragement. Many of us (pastors) have a knack in seeing and sensing what God is doing and where He’s taking us. We speak it, proclaim it, profess it and declare it to...
by Manny Rivera | May 11, 2012 | Motivation
I’ve been challenged today between my getting and my giving. In our lives, we’ll always give more precedence to one above the other. The question we should ask ourselves daily, as believers, is, “Am I giving more than I’m getting?” Throughout the day, it’s natural...
by Manny Rivera | May 10, 2012 | Church, Motivation
“I can literally sense the power of prayer working on my behalf.” This is what I said to an individual last week regarding our prayer team. I felt it necessary to recruit about twenty-five people in the beginning of the year to form a prayer team. These people are...
by Manny Rivera | May 3, 2012 | Motivation
These last few days I’ve been studying paradoxes throughout the Bible. We’ll be teaching a four-part series on paradoxes in the months to come. Can’t wait! I love how paradoxes work in the Kingdom. When engaged, paradoxes cause us to flow in God’s river and not the...