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With all that is going on in the world I think it is important to know where we are on Gods calendar. Here is what is coming in the upcoming weeks.
Passover is April 8th - Passover is a big communion meal where you look back at all the ways God has come through for you, and you tell your children your testimonies. Passover is also a reminder to live by faith in Jesus which means you are handling tough situations with gratitude and adaptability because nothing is impossible with God.
Unleavened Bread April 9th - 16th: Unleavened Bread is clean out time. It is spring cleaning and the old is cleaned out to make room for the new. It is a reminder that Jesus is your righteousness. God wants to help you because of Jesus and not anything you have done.
First Fruits April 11th - This is like Easter, a reminder that Jesus was raised from the dead and that God planted his spirit into our hearts. You now have the same power that raised Jesus from the dead living in you and it will bring life...
With kids being home from school and many people working from home many people are in a situation where they are home with their family more.
If this is you make the most of the time. Spend more time connecting with your family. Communication is important but connection is more important.
You can be sitting right next to someone and be in two different worlds.
Make it a priority to connect.
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We are in a time where fear and stress are swirling.
Emotions are contagious. They can easily be passed from one person to another, but there is good news to this. The Bible says that we can stir ourselves up. You can get to the point where you can be the one passing positive emotions to others, which also makes you immune to the negatives.
Right now it is very important to stir yourself up every day. Stir up your faith, peace, trust, joy, courage, and love. If you stir these up strong enough your positive emotions will become contagious and rub off on others.
If negative emotions start spinning in your system change what you are focused on. Emotions can change in an instant by changing your focus. Instead of focusing on the problem focus on how big God is. Fix your eyes on him.
The other big key to emotions is your imagination. If your mind starts playing negative videos you must cast them down and replace them.
Here are some practical ways to stir yourself up...
The world is an interesting place right now because of the Coronavirus.
We are battling an invisible enemy that we can't see.
I think we should be taking the proper precautions such as washing our hands, etc but our most powerful weapon against an invisible enemy is faith.
Just like computers have firewalls that block viruses God has built firewalls for protection in your body. In Zechariah 2:5 God promises that he will be a firewall for his people.
The first firewall is faith - faith is your first hedge of protection. Two of the greatest expressions of faith are prayer and gratitude. Praying in gratitude is one of your greatest weapons. At this time we should also be praying for our leaders and governing authorities. Pray that God would give them wisdom for how to handle this situation. We should also be submitted to our leaders so that we make their jobs easier.
The second firewall is peace - the Bible says let peace be the umpire. I don't have research on this but I belie...
I was once giving a baseball lesson to a 10 year old kid I had been working with for a few months. As we were going through the lesson I noticed how much his swing had improved. However, as we were hitting he started to struggle.
He began to hit every ball straight into the ground and became very frustrated. After several swings like this I stopped and showed him how to fix the problem. His swing was good but at the point of contact he was releasing his hands too early which was causing him to hit every ball straight into the ground.
Then I showed him how to make the adjustment. It took about 2 minutes but when we were done he proceeded to hit about 20 of the best balls I had ever seen him hit. Now the ground balls turned into line drives and maybe even home runs.
Sometimes it is just a small adjustment at the point of contact that can make all the difference in your results. In life we can have physical points of contact where the spiritual ...
The other day I had the opportunity to have a discussion with Brian Waters from Providence Church on what we call the forgotten fruit of the spirit, gentleness.
Recently Brian was working out with me and he brought up Psalms 18:35 where David says God's gentleness made him great, which prompted a discussion on gentleness.
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Gentleness and courage/boldness must be balanced.
In all decisions how can you use a more gentle approach.
Today a lot of people are promoting the harsh treatment of the body, but a gentle approach works better.
To be gentle means that we nourish and cherish.
A gentle answer turns away wrath.
Once in a small group Bible study we read a book about marriage called Cherish by Gary Thomas. One of the concepts in the book he calls catching bids. A bid is anytime your spouse makes an attempt to connect with you. He said that catching bids is one of the best predictors of a healthy marriage. Strong marriages usually catch around 80% of the bids while marriages heading for divorce are closer to 20-30%.
A bid could be they start a conversation, try to give you a hug/kiss, ask you to do something with them, or initiate intimacy. The goal is to catch whatever bids your spouse throws to you.
The reason this is so important is because of honor. If you truly honor and cherish your spouse you will catch their bids even when it is not convenient for you.
One of the examples given in the book was a husband who was working on a major project worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. His wife entered the room and started a conversation that he had no interest in. He had a big choice in thi...
The feet are one of the biggest keys to joint health. I used to massage the bottoms of my feet before every workout with a lacrosse ball but recently I had gotten out of the habit. When I began to implement this again I noticed a nice improvement in the way my joints feel. The feet contain reflexology points for your whole body.
The other thing I encourage you to do for your feet is wash them at night before bed and then rub olive oil on them. This is a tip I learned from 114 year old Bernando Lapallo.
The knees are very sensitive to hydration levels and the balance of water and salt.
Every joint in the body is linked to a different systems and the knees are linked to your water, hydration, and stress levels.
If you are having knee pain then make sure your hydration is good. Also, remember that hydration is more than water. If someone went to the emergency room for dehydration they would give them saline, not water.
For balanced hydration levels aim for 50-70 ounces of water per day and salt your cooked food to taste with a good sea salt.
It is possible to drink too much water and not have enough salt so make sure these are balanced.
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