Motivation

Wow, what a day we had yesterday! We heard so many high caliber, in-demand speakers yesterday at the Sullivan Arena in Anchorage. Most I have heard of, Robert Schuller, Rudi Gulliani, Steve Forbes, Zig Ziglar, and Phil Town plus about that many I had not heard of but were also very outstanding and gifted speakers as well.

It was a day of surprises. The tickets to the event were almost free and to be honest, I had my doubts about the integrity of the event. I thought this must be a scam in some way, how would anyone get so many influential and powerful people to Anchorage, "live and in person" on one day for nearly free without charging people to attend? I was expecting a bait and switch sort of scheme. However, it was all as advertised. In fact the event organizer, Tamara Lowe, a great speaker in her own right gave the biggest surprise of the day. She is a Christian. Her "speech" was her testimony of once being a drug addict, drug dealer, and all the life that goes with those choices but delivered and saved by Jesus Christ. There in the Sullivan with several thousand people present, she gave a very bold, up front, no punches pulled invititation for people to give their lives to Christ and prayed a sinner's prayer with them. Wow! I might add, that during her talk she was strongly applauded many times for some of the statements she made. There are a lot of Christians in Anchorage!

All in all, it was a very inspiring and motivating day. Leadership, integrity and motivation are still the keys to success in any field. May God so use us!