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Devotional: Facing Risk Then and Now – Joshua Goes Off Grid

June 29, 2015
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Old Testament Characters and Their Strengths: Joshua If you’re facing a significant transition, you want a person like Joshua on your side to help navigate risk. Here is a guy who had survived four decades in the wilderness and then went on to lead a years-long, successful military invasion. Afterwards, he negotiated territory settlements for…

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Strengths in the Christmas Story, Part 4: Two Ways to Face Risk

December 23, 2014
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How God Used Mary and Joseph’s Strengths, Part 4 God specially selected Mary and Joseph to be Jesus’ earthly parents. He used their different strengths in processing information, solving problems, managing change, and facing risk – each in unique ways. The Christmas story reveals the value of those differences. Mary and Joseph balanced one another.…

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Different By Design, Part 6: Facing Risk Together

October 7, 2014
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Do You Color Inside the Lines or Outside the Lines? As the marriage conference presenter continued to speak, Darlene glimpsed over at her husband. Roger had flipped his conference booklet page to the next page and was busily filling in blanks. Darlene nudged him. “You’re not following the speaker’s directions,” she hissed. Roger stared at…

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FAQs: How to Customize Your Communication

August 5, 2014
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Each of us is wired differently to give and receive information in various ways. These differences in communicating are part of what makes each of us unique. What would happen if you could customize the way you go about communicating with others, personalizing it in the way they can best receive it? That’s one important…

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FAQs: The Energy Line on the Strengths Charts

July 15, 2014
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How It Works and What It Shows Your Leading From Your Strengths profile report (or your Marriage Insights profile report) includes two personalized charts: your Natural Strengths Chart and your Strengths Movement Chart. These charts are a visual representation of the data compiled from your questionnaire, arranged horizontally. They reveal your strengths in four areas:…

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Devotional: Ways Disciples Used Their Strengths, Part 4

May 5, 2014
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Outside the Box — or Work the System? Two Ways to Face Risk Ways Disciples Used Their Strengths, Part 4 In the aftermath of Jesus’ arrest, death, and resurrection, His disciples solved problems, processed information, managed change, and faced risk – each in various ways. Their different strengths were especially important as they work together…

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Ways a Certified Practitioner Can Help You, Part 3

March 17, 2014
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Four Ways You Are Unique Third in a series explaining how Certified Practitioners help you process profiles Your Leading From Your Strengths Profiles presents four areas of strengths in which you are unique: solving problems, processing information, managing change, and facing risk. Each person operates within these four areas each day. They are inescapable. A…

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Transitions, Part 5: Facing Risk

April 23, 2013
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By the Book or Out of the Box? Two Ways to Face Risk Every ministry adopts rules that are unique to its culture. Members of your team follow those procedures differently. Some embrace risk and break rules to press forward. Others showbox for android naturally follow established procedures. Facing risk – along with processing information,…

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