Latest / Marketplace Proverbs and Coffee with Ernie-A Proverb Per Day Keeps Stinking Thinking At Bay / Marketplace Proverbs & Coffee With Ernie

Transcript

Marketplace Proverbs & Coffee With Ernie · Marketplace Proverbs and Coffee with Ernie-A Proverb Per Day Keeps Stinking Thinking At Bay

• 0:00
  SPEAKER_00: Like me,
• 0:01
  SPEAKER_00: are you old enough to remember the famous television commercials for
• 0:05
  SPEAKER_00: the brokerage firm E.F. Hutton?
• 0:09
  SPEAKER_00: Now, recall the scene always began with a crowded restaurant or a party full of conversations.
• 0:17
  SPEAKER_00: Then someone quietly said,
• 0:19
  SPEAKER_00: well, my broker E.F. Hutton, and then instantly the entire room became silent.
• 0:25
  SPEAKER_00: The commercial ended with one unforgettable line.
• 0:30
  SPEAKER_00: When E.F. Hutton speaks, people listen.
• 0:47
  SPEAKER_00: Welcome to Marketplace Proverbs and Coffee with Ernie,
• 0:50
  SPEAKER_00: where a proverb a day keeps stinking thinking at bay.
• 0:54
  SPEAKER_00: I'm Ernie Lansford.
• 0:56
  SPEAKER_00: After more than 60 years in sales and leadership,
• 1:01
  SPEAKER_00: I've learned that Biblical wisdom is the most valuable asset we can carry into
• 1:07
  SPEAKER_00: the marketplace.
• 1:08
  SPEAKER_00: Each time I read Proverbs,
• 1:11
  SPEAKER_00: Scripture reveals practical insight for leadership,
• 1:15
  SPEAKER_00: service, and building relationships that far outlast the last transaction.
• 1:22
  SPEAKER_00: So pour yourself a cup of your favorite brew and let's explore today's proverb together.
• 1:30
  SPEAKER_00: Today we are in Proverbs 10, verse 11, using the NKJV, the New King James.
• 1:37
  SPEAKER_00: The mouth of the righteous is the well of life, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.
• 1:46
  SPEAKER_00: That's Proverbs 10, verse 11, using the New King James Version.
• 1:53
  SPEAKER_00: You know, as I mentioned in the opening that when E.F. Hutton speaks, people listen.
• 2:00
  SPEAKER_00: I've often wondered,
• 2:02
  SPEAKER_00: but what if that could be said about gospel-centric customer success masters?
• 2:11
  SPEAKER_00: Not because we're louder,
• 2:14
  SPEAKER_00: not because we're smarter, but because our words consistently bring life.
• 2:22
  SPEAKER_00: And I feel that that's exactly what Solomon describes in Proverbs 10, 11.
• 2:30
  SPEAKER_00: Now, he didn't say the mouth of the righteous occasionally gives life.
• 2:37
  SPEAKER_00: He said it is a well of life.
• 2:41
  SPEAKER_00: And a well doesn't suddenly produce water when someone lowers the bucket.
• 2:46
  SPEAKER_00: Long before anyone arrived, fresh water has been quietly collecting beneath the surface.
• 2:54
  SPEAKER_00: And I suppose our words work the same way.
• 3:00
  SPEAKER_00: What comes out of our mouths during moments
• 3:02
  SPEAKER_00: of pressure has usually been filling our minds and hearts long before
• 3:09
  SPEAKER_00: the pressure arrived.
• 3:12
  SPEAKER_00: Jesus confirmed this truth when he said,
• 3:15
  SPEAKER_00: quote, Out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks, end quote.
• 3:21
  SPEAKER_00: Our mouths simply reveal what our minds and our hearts have been rehearsing.
• 3:30
  SPEAKER_00: And possibly that explains why two people can experience the same problem
• 3:35
  SPEAKER_00: and respond in completely different ways.
• 3:39
  SPEAKER_00: One complains, the other encourages.
• 3:44
  SPEAKER_00: One magnifies the obstacle, the other recognizes God's provision.
• 3:51
  SPEAKER_00: The difference isn't the circumstance.
• 3:55
  SPEAKER_00: The difference is the well.
• 3:58
  SPEAKER_00: Suppose we spill coffee on our shirt ten minutes before an important presentation.
• 4:04
  SPEAKER_00: One response could be that, wow, man, nothing ever goes right.
• 4:09
  SPEAKER_00: My whole day is ruined.
• 4:12
  SPEAKER_00: Possibly another person pauses and says, thank the Lord I have another shirt.
• 4:18
  SPEAKER_00: Thank the Lord I have time to change.
• 4:21
  SPEAKER_00: Thank the Lord, thank God I wasn't burned.
• 4:25
  SPEAKER_00: Same coffee.
• 4:27
  SPEAKER_00: Same shirt, different well.
• 4:31
  SPEAKER_00: Or imagine discovering a flat tire or having a flat tire on your way to work.
• 4:39
  SPEAKER_00: The natural reaction is frustration.
• 4:42
  SPEAKER_00: But what if we trained our minds differently?
• 4:46
  SPEAKER_00: Thank God for having a dependable car.
• 4:49
  SPEAKER_00: Thank God I renewed that roadside assistance.
• 4:53
  SPEAKER_00: Thank God I have a spare tire.
• 4:55
  SPEAKER_00: Thank God I I have one of those portable air pump that runs on batteries.
• 5:03
  SPEAKER_00: Within a short distance of where we're sitting in that car with
• 5:10
  SPEAKER_00: a flat tire are people praying for the opportunity to even own a reliable vehicle.
• 5:19
  SPEAKER_00: Gratitude doesn't deny the inconvenience.
• 5:23
  SPEAKER_00: It simply refuses to let the inconvenience become the entire story.
• 5:29
  SPEAKER_00: Biblical optimism isn't pretending the problem doesn't exist.
• 5:35
  SPEAKER_00: It's remembering that not everything is lost.
• 5:40
  SPEAKER_00: There's always something that still works.
• 5:44
  SPEAKER_00: Urologists tell us that our brains naturally assign more attention
• 5:49
  SPEAKER_00: to what is missing than And what is that we already possess?
• 5:55
  SPEAKER_00: And if we aren't intentional,
• 5:57
  SPEAKER_00: our thinking becomes dominated by scarcity and disappointment and complaint.
• 6:04
  SPEAKER_00: Years ago, my life coach, Royce White, gave me some advice I'd never forgotten.
• 6:10
  SPEAKER_00: He said, Ernie, you already have everything you need to do with what you need to do.
• 6:16
  SPEAKER_00: Utilize what you already have.
• 6:20
  SPEAKER_00: You know, the more I read Scripture, the more I realize that that's often how God works.
• 6:27
  SPEAKER_00: To Moses, he said, he asked, what is that in your hand?
• 6:32
  SPEAKER_00: David already had a sling, and the widow already had a small jar of oil.
• 6:39
  SPEAKER_00: God frequently begins with what we already possess rather than what we think we lack.
• 6:47
  SPEAKER_00: And the Apostle Paul understood this principle clearly.
• 6:50
  SPEAKER_00: He wrote, quote,
• 6:51
  SPEAKER_00: whatever is true,
• 6:53
  SPEAKER_00: whatever is noble,
• 6:54
  SPEAKER_00: whatever is right,
• 6:55
  SPEAKER_00: whatever is pure,
• 6:57
  SPEAKER_00: whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable, think about such things.
• 7:03
  SPEAKER_00: Then in Romans 12, 2, he tells us to be transformed by the renewing of our minds.
• 7:13
  SPEAKER_00: Notice where transformation begins, not with our mouths, with our minds.
• 7:20
  SPEAKER_00: A renewed mind eventually produces a renewed conversation.
• 7:27
  SPEAKER_00: Whenever an unexpected problem interrupts our day,
• 7:30
  SPEAKER_00: well, frankly, I've learned to pause and say three simple words.
• 7:35
  SPEAKER_00: Thank God that.
• 7:37
  SPEAKER_00: Then I intentionally name three blessings that remain.
• 7:41
  SPEAKER_00: This isn't positive thinking.
• 7:43
  SPEAKER_00: It's biblical thinking.
• 7:45
  SPEAKER_00: It's training my heart to recognize God's faithfulness
• 7:49
  SPEAKER_00: before my mouth rehearses my frustration.
• 7:53
  SPEAKER_00: Over time, that practice fills the well.
• 7:56
  SPEAKER_00: And when life lowers the bucket during moments of stress,
• 8:00
  SPEAKER_00: encouragement rises instead of complaint.
• 8:05
  SPEAKER_00: Which brings us back to the old television commercial.
• 8:09
  SPEAKER_00: When E.F. Hutton speaks, people listen.
• 8:14
  SPEAKER_00: So imagine if your customers,
• 8:16
  SPEAKER_00: your co-workers, your spouse, your children, your friends felt that way about you.
• 8:24
  SPEAKER_00: Not because you always have the perfect answer,
• 8:28
  SPEAKER_00: but because every conversations leave them stronger,
• 8:33
  SPEAKER_00: wiser, and more hopeful than before.
• 8:37
  SPEAKER_00: I believe that's what Solomon meant.
• 8:41
  SPEAKER_00: When the righteous speak,
• 8:43
  SPEAKER_00: people Well,
• 8:44
  SPEAKER_00: thank you for joining me on this episode of Marketplace Proverbs and Coffee
• 8:50
  SPEAKER_00: with Ernie.
• 9:03
  SPEAKER_00: If this episode has been meaningful to you or adding significance to you,
• 9:08
  SPEAKER_00: please consider sharing it.
• 9:10
  SPEAKER_00: That's how we influence the marketplace for God.
• 9:14
  SPEAKER_00: We truly do.
• 9:16
  SPEAKER_00: And remember, chasing personal success is temporal.
• 9:22
  SPEAKER_00: Adding significance to others is infinite.