Now is the Church’s Mordecai Moment! The Church can bring relief in deliverance to those suffering due to the pandemic, or diminish and die.
We read that Mordecai challenged Esther, saying “For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s family will perish. And who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a time as this?” (Esther 14:4). I believe God is saying to the Church today that it was created ‘for such a time as this’. We must not remain silent because we can bring relief and deliverance during this crisis. But if we do not grasp this opportunity, the Church’s relevance will diminish and die.
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“Did you know that in the UK, 80% of businesses fail within their first year of operating? And according to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics, only 42.4 per cent of businesses started in 2013 were still trading five years later.
Running a business is not easy and often business owners can feel sick of feeling sick and tired of not moving fast enough or moving in the right direction. If you could visualise where you would like to take your business, the next conundrum is what are the steps to get to there.”
From coaching many start ups and small businesses and also running her own businesses from ground zero to six figures, in this article Lisa Chee MBE shares some reflections that could help change the statistic of business failure to a more positive one.
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You may not have heard of Alfredo Moser, a Brazilian inventor, but his creation in now in way over one million homes. As the inventor of the Moser lamp, he has literally transformed the lives of millions. Using a simple plastic bottle, a little bit of bleach and some resin, he created a lightbulb that uses no electricity but develops the same output as a 40-60 watt lightbulb.
The inventor in a slum may have an incredible idea, but will most likely never get the opportunity to develop it… They will probably also have an abiding sense that no one believes in them.
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As the pandemic continues, we need an outbreak of something more powerful than a virus: the spirit of enterprise. It is if time for new business enterprises that create value and jobs to replace the hundreds of thousands being lost. We need initiatives that can create social glue, capable of bringing the disparate parts of our lonely and isolated society together.
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Now is the time to be bold and courageous. Now is the time to marketing your ministry.
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Jesus shows no interest in political nationalism.
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What can we learn from the experience of 2020 when it comes to achieving unity?
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The answer to the deep longing lies in a place we know, but which we have forgotten…
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Grace and forgiveness points us towards a future of change and hope.
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For us to live life well and love and care for ourselves and for others better, maybe we just need to slow down a bit.
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