Jeff's Musings

I have to give credit for this creative use of words to my good friend Steve Sjogren. In our several conversations, we’ve come to the agreement that many Christians, leaders or not, suffer from “toxic-callogy.” Some people have not heard God’s calling but go ahead and do things anyway. As yo...

These are the steps I used when I asked God to give me an expansion of the dream and further clarification.  I get Polaroid Vision.  Have you ever taken a Polaroid picture and you stand there seeing it developing and as time goes on it gets clearer and clearer.  I think there are very few [&helli...

A large majority of leaders play and function to their strengths. Rarely do you find a leader who will lead from their weakness, as we are afraid it will make the look bad to those they lead and to those who lead them. Vulnerability is a weakness that can be used as a strength when […]...

Our faith is not determined by what we do, it is demonstrated by what we do. In a very real sense that’s what God says to you. Talk is cheap. Put your money where your mouth is. “I believe in Jesus!” Prove it. Our faith is demonstrated by our actions. Actions speak louder than word...

Give yourself away through some kind of service. I’m convinced that to be spiritually and emotionally healthy and balanced, that everybody needs some form of service on at least a weekly basis, where they voluntarily give themselves away without receiving any personal benefit in return. I thin...

This is an excerpt from a book I am writing on vision. When we neglect the necessity of prayer in our lives, spiritual clutter will continue to pile up trapping us under it’s weight and burden. Spiritual prog- ress is made on our knees. Prayer fuels spiritual growth and infuses God’s people with...

Since the ultimate mission of writing is to share a story or spread a message that will make a difference in someone’s life, the task of writers who are missionary is to see as many people as possible read their story. You are going to have use the missionary mindset of how this will happen. [&hel...

A lot of TV evangelists have had lots of charisma, but they’ve bombed out because they had no character. They had major character defects. The foundation of leadership is character, not charisma. Charisma has nothing to do with it. You don’t have to have charisma to be a leader. You do h...

Are the plans you have ones that you just think up and then ask God to bless? Or are you getting your plans from God? How do you know the difference? If you’re getting your plans from God they’ll be big enough for Him to fit in them. Someone said: “Make no small plans for […...

Leadership has absolutely nothing to do with titles or position. It has to do with influence. This is a mistake a lot of bureaucracies make. A guy thinks, because he has a title, people are going to automatically follow and that’s not necessarily true at all. There is a big difference between ...