Saturday, August 04, 2012

Smart Trust ... purpose of prayer

by Dale Shumaker
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Smart Trust by Stephen M. R. Covey is about creating prosperity, energy, and joy in a low-trust world. He outlines five trust actions

1. Choose to believe in trust. Believe in being worthy of trust, believe that most people can be trusted, and believe that extending trust is a better way to lead.

2. Start with self. When we don't trust others, the origin of the problem is that we don't trust ourselves.It is hard to see others trustworthy when I know I am not. The first step is to live yourself up with the trust principles.


3. Declare your intent and assume positive intent of others. Define your purposes and what you intent to do and assume positive intent in others. In other words, be clear on what you intend to do and why.


4. Do what you say you are going to do. Be honest with yourself and others and do exactly what you say, even if they don't see it directly.

5. Lead out in extending smart trust to others. Begin trusting all you interact with daily. If you hold it back, it will not develop in you and in others.


Basically, learn to trust yourself(be honest in all your dealings), let someone know what they will do, do it as you said, and let them know how and when you did it. Begin practicing it with everyone, and not be selective with whom you extend trust.

Check out Smart Trust and Franklincovey websites for more on Smart Trust.


Purpose in Prayer is a prayer classic by E. M. Bounds.
Man is looking for better methods. God is looking for better men. Man is God's method.
Prayer is deathless. They never die. Although we may die and our lips may be closed, prayer lives before God and God's heart is set on them. Prayers outlive the lives of those who utter them; outlive a generation, outlive an age, outlive a world.

The mightiest successes that come through God are created by prayer.

Ask of me, Jesus said. This one condition puts in the very advance and triumph of His cause. The secret to the success in God's Kingdom is the ability to pray. The one who can wield the power of prayer is the strong one.


More from the Purpose of Prayer by E. M. Bounds is online. Please read the introduction and first chapter.

http://www.ccel.org/ccel/bounds/purpose 

The Christian Classics library has more from E. M. Bounds on prayer. 

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