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God is always working...

In John 5:17 Jesus said, “My Father is always at his work to this very day, and I too am working.”

And Psalm 121:4 says that God neither slumbers nor sleeps.

Jesus was also working, but it wasn't him working. It was the Father in him doing the work.(John 14:10)

The same Father now lives in us and he is always working.

Today's communion is a time of gratitude that God neither slumbers nor sleeps and he is always working. And we are asking for wisdom and understanding to help us walk in this in our lives, so that we experience him doing the work through us. 

Today's Health/Fitness Tip

One of the best ways I know of to practice God doing the work is in our physical exercise. Physical exercise is an opportunity to practice allowing God to do the work rather than us doing the work. How do we do this? I think it starts with humility. Take a humble approach by doing less than you think you should be doing, then focus on God's presence wi...

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Here is this week's Yearly Cycle Update.

Yesterday was Ascension Day, which was the day Jesus ascending back up into Heaven. He spent 40 days with the disciples after he was raised from the dead. During the 10 days from Ascension Day until Pentecost (June 5-6) here is what he told his disciples to do...

Luke 24:49 -"I am going to send you what my Father has promised; but stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high.”

Acts 1:4-5 - “Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised, which you have heard me speak about. 5 For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.”…

This time of year is a reminder for us to wait for God's timing and the gift he promised. 

Here is this week's filter(reminder) to write at the top of our journals each day... Wait for God or Wait for the Gift God Promised

I am praying for you. 

Daniel

P.S. The Yearly Cycle Calendar for 2022 is down below.

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Something I feel God keeps bringing to mind lately is the topic of immersion. To truly walk in what God has for us requires immersing ourselves in his way of doing things. In anything we want to grow in, we usually start small by testing things out. But eventually to really accelerate our growth we must move to total immersion. Jesus said that if we would abide in him our lives would produce much fruit. To abide, means to be totally immersed. 

In today's communion we are asking God for wisdom and understanding of the concept of immersion. And we are asking him to help us immerse ourselves in his way of doing things the way he intended. 

Today's Health/Fitness Tip

In our Daily Communion Workouts we start pretty small with just one set of each exercise. The concept of immersion also applies to our workouts. To really accelerate our progress we will eventually need to immerse ourselves in fitness, where it is a part of our life. 

I am praying for you.

Daniel

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The other day I was talking with my daughter about the important of TODAY. About how this is the day that the Lord has made and we are to rejoice and be glad in it. I believe God has an amazing plan for TODAY, and he has all kinds of hidden opportunities in each day. But, unfortunately the day God has for us can be stolen away when we start focusing on the wrong things. Every day has both traps and opportunities.

Today's communion is a time of gratitude that God has a beautiful plan for today with all kinds of amazing opportunities. And we are asking for his help to understand the value of TODAY and to walk in his plan for us each day. 

Today's Health/Fitness Tip

One of the easiest ways to increase health is to have a song in our heart continually. This is part of rejoicing and being glad in today. Having a song in our heart creates a shift in the culture of our bodies.  

I am praying for you.

Daniel

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Recently I had a tree in my front yard with branches that were hanging down really low, making it hard to walk underneath. I felt like God kept nudging me to go out and prune the tree, so I went out and started pruning. I got started by cutting off some of the smaller branches and noticed that immediately the bigger branches began to lift up when the excess weight was cut off. And I was reminded of a Partners Training we did called Lifted Up By the Spirit.(this training was done almost exactly one year ago. This seems to be something God wants us to understand during this season)

On that call we discussed John 15:1-2 where Jesus says, "I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful." 

The Greek word for prune can also be translated as lift up. On the training one of our partners told a story of pruning and lifting up at t...

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Last week I was able to visit with my parents for the first time in a while. While visiting with them I was reminded that they are both great encouragers. I was blessed to have parents who have always been very encouraging. I understand that not everyone had parents who were encouraging, so I am very grateful for this. We all need courage every day, and when we encourage others, we are giving them courage. It is great blessing in our life to have people around us who will encourage us. 

Hebrews 3:12-14 says, "See to it, brothers, that none of you has a wicked heart of unbelief that turns away from the living God. But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called “Today,” so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.

Notice in this verse that encouraging others also keeps us from being hardened. 

Today's communion is a time of gratitude that God encourages us, and we can encourage ourselves in the Lord. And we are asking for his help to becom...

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Last week we traveled and went to a place on the coast that we had never been before. While we were driving, it was important to pay attention to the GPS because we had never traveled that way before. As we were driving I was reminded of Joshua 3:3-4 when God tells the people...

“When you see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God being carried by the Levitical priests, you are to set out from your positions and follow it. 4 But keep a distance of about two thousand cubits between yourselves and the ark. Do not go near it, so that you can see the way to go, since you have never traveled this way before.”

In my own experience, God's path for our life looks different than we expect, it is a way that we have never been before, which is why it is so important to stay tuned into his leading and direction. Imagine trying to go to a new place with no navigation. 

In Exodus 23:20-23 it says...

“See, I am sending an angel ahead of you to guard you along the way...

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Today we are going to be taking communion over Hebrews 12:18-24 which gives us some amazing insights into the difference between the Old Covenant and the New Covenant. In both covenants there was a sprinkling of blood that ratified(finalized) the covenant. In the New Covenant the sprinkled blood of Jesus speaks a word of grace, mercy, forgiveness, and unity with God. Today we are thanking God for these amazing promises and asking for wisdom and understanding of these scriptures. 

Here is Hebrews 12:18-24 AMP

18 For you have not come [as did the Israelites in the wilderness] to a mountain that can be touched and to a blazing fire, and to gloom and darkness and a raging windstorm, 19 and to the blast of a trumpet and a sound of words [such that] those who heard it begged that nothing more be said to them. 20 For they could not bear the command, “If even a wild animal touches the mountain, it will be stoned [to death].” 21 In fact, so terrifying was the sight, that ...

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1 John 1:6-7 says If we say we have fellowship with Him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. 7 But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.

Today's communion is a time of gratitude that the blood of Jesus cleanses us from all sin and gives us the opportunity to walk in the light. And we are asking God to help us practice the truth and experience increasing levels of fellowship with him and with one another. 

Today's Workout/Health Tip

Often people will tell me all the things they can't do when it comes to exercise. My question back to them is always... "What can you do?"

Can't do squats... what can you do?

Can't do pushups...what can you do?

Don't have equipment... what can you do with your own bodyweight?

Don't have time... what can you do?

I am praying for you.

Daniel

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When God took the Israelites from Egypt to the Promised Land there were steps, stages, and a process he took them through. He was taking them to a place that was better than they had imagined but they couldn't go straight into it, because they had to learn a new way of living. They had to learn God's way of doing things. I believe God still uses this process with us today. He takes us through a process to learn his ways, but this process is actually a gift because he gives us the gift of extended time to get it right. 

Here is the process he took the Israelites through...

1. Passover releases the people out of slavery and bondage in Egypt
2. They cross the Red Sea - which the New Testament tells us was their baptism.
3. They enter the Wilderness
4. While in the wilderness God gives them a glimpse of the Promised Land but most of the people reject it because it looks impossible to take.
5. Only the ones who believed in what God could do crossed over into the Promised Land
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