In January it can often feel like time is moving really quickly. This is a reminder that God has given us the ability to speed up our results in life. A big key to accelerating results is becoming more and more efficient. 

There is the old story of a town that needs water and two guys take two different approaches to bring water to the town. The first guy grabs some buckets and runs down to the lake. He fills them up and carries them back. The second guy sits down and makes a plan to build a pipeline bringing the water to the town. After creating his plan he gets his friends to help him build the pipeline, and the town is forever grateful to him. The first guy worked a lot harder but the second guy got all the glory and probably put the first guy out of business because he used a more efficient way. 

God has placed an unlimited inexhaustible supply of everything we need already on the inside of us. This supply is a source of living water and it contains God's life, beauty, grace, p...

Sometimes our emotions need a checkup or tune up.

Galatians 5 says the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, gentleness, and self control. Many of these are emotions which means they have a spiritual root.

I believe the root that leads to a fruitful emotional state is our level of security in God's unfailing love for us and others. That he is present, willing, and able to help with anything we need.

How would we respond differently in life if we were very secure in the fact that God loves us and others, is with us and wants to help.

Here is what I believe our emotional standard should be...

Positive, grateful, peaceful, gentle, patient, hopeful, confident, decisive, encouraged, loving, and joyful consistently. And if something else pops up then we make quick adjustments.

This is our standard and life pushes our buttons to reveal areas of our hearts that need to be grounded and secured in God's love for us.

Here are some buttons that can ...

We are in a time of the year where it may seem like time is going by really quickly. This is a reminder that God has given us the ability to both speed up and slow down time. We need both the ability to slow time down by squeezing the most out of the moments we have while also accelerating our productivity and results. 

God has given us control over how we experience time, but sometimes it can feel like certain things can take forever. You may find yourself asking...God, what's taking so long?

Sometimes we must wait because God is teaching us to trust him and other times we must wait because there is a perfect timing and if God did it too early it may create a problem. 

However, assuming these are not the case here are some ways to accelerate results. These come from the Time Blueprint. 

The first thing to understand about time is that time and space are one. Any improvement in positioning automatically changes how we experience time. The first key to positioning is having our pr...

The new book Pockets of Prosperity: God's Blueprint for Thriving Communities is now available on Kindle and the printed version should be available soon. 

Pockets of Prosperity contains all of the practical strategies we use in the Abundant Life Blueprint for...

1. Finances
2. Family
3. Order
4. Health
5. Time
6. Purpose
7. Community

There is a section in the book on each of these areas. 

The goal of a Pocket of Prosperity is not just prosperity for yourself but for the entire community around you.

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Lately it seems like time is accelerating and moving faster. In the fall, it often feels like time is slowing down, but this is a time of year where time seems to move faster. The concept of time being able to speed up and slow down is a key element of what we teach in the Time Blueprint. 

The key to thriving during accelerated time is what I call the 4 P's...Praying, Playing, Praising, and People. Last week God reminded me of an event we used to host at my gym called Play Like a Kid Again Day. During this day we played games like dodgeball, hopscotch, and double dutch jumprope. When was the last time you truly played like a kid?

Jesus said kids hold many of the secrets to the kingdom of God. Playing like a kid and having fun is a key to accelerating results and making today a masterpiece. 

The Importance of Today

Legendary basketball coach John Wooden used to have a rule he lived by, which was to make every day a masterpiece. The concept of winning each day and making the most o...

When I was playing college baseball I missed a good portion of my senior season due to an illness. When I could finally play I put a lot of pressure on myself to perform well, but the more pressure I put on myself the worse I performed. Finally, I made a decision to simply have fun, and that simple mindset shift led to some of the best games of my college career. 

We have been talking lately about finding God's direction for our lives in this new year. Once we have found the direction we are supposed to be moving we must trust and find joy in the process. Any goal worth attaining is more than likely going to take a process or series of steps in order to walk it out, and it's important to trust the process and have fun along the way. Here are some keys to trust and find more joy in the process. 

Trusting the Process

We are not talking about trust in ourselves that we can figure it out. We are talking about trusting that God will guide us along the path, that he has a good plan for ...

Recently I learned that the 12 Days of Christmas start on Christmas Day and run through January 5/6th. The last day being symbolic of the day when the wise men brought Jesus gifts. That last day is called the day of Epiphany. 

Inside of this 12 day period is another important day, the 8th day after Jesus was born. In the Jewish culture it was tradition for baby boys to be circumcised and given their name on the 8th day after being born. 

In Luke 2:21 it says: "And at the end of eight days, when he was circumcised, he was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb."

Circumcision was a reminder of God's covenant with Abraham. Eight days after Christmas therefore is a reminder of our new covenant with God that he is doing continually good for us

It just so happens that New Year's Day, is the 8th day after Christmas. 

Today is a day to remember our covenant with God and to give a name to this year of 2021. 

My favorite way to remember our covenant...

Christmas is celebrating the day light came into the world. It is a reminder to wake up every day like a kid on Christmas morning, with joy and expectation. When Jesus was born the main message of the angels was peace and joy. 

Peace and joy are very powerful individually but when combined they are truly amazing. Peace and joy combined together leads to miracles. 

Last week we talked about peace being our indicator that we truly believe. Whenever we are in true faith there is always a sense of peace that comes along. Peace therefore, is our indicator that we are in faith and single minded in our beliefs. 

Joy is our indicator that we are focused on God's presence with us during the day. In God's presence there is fullness of joy. When we are present we are not stuck in the past or worried about an uncertain future. God is in the present moment, so as we get more present we connect with him and it leads to fullness of joy. When we have peace and joy together we have created the env...

Last night was the 8th night of Hanukkah. It was a reminder that God can take the little we have and do the miraculous with it, creating a new beginning. God still does miracles today. 

If you need a miracle today here is a formula to follow. 

Believe + Show Up Consistently = Miracles 

Believe

Believing starts with a firm decision in our heart. To decide means to kill something off. No more wavering. Believe and do not doubt. The believing we are talking about is confidence that God's grace and power are available to help. Our beliefs frame our perspectives on life. When we truly believe our faith is put into motion and it changes the way we speak and the actions we take. Jesus said that out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. 

Show up consistently 

The other half of the formula is showing up consistently. Once faith is put into motion we must take action and show up regularly in whatever we know to do. The first key to consistency is starting small with a focus on ...