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Good morning!
Here is today's communion meditation.
It seems like every year around this time of the year God reminds me that he's not looking for us to maintain where we are... He's looking for growth and multiplication.
In the parable of the talents, the guy that only maintained the talent that was given to him had it taken away and given to the guy who grew his.
In today's communion we are asking God to help us be amazing stewards that grow and multiply all that he's entrusted to us.
Today's Health and Fitness Tip
Through the years of working in the gym I've seen a lot of people who have a goal to maintain where they are, but it is usually a sure fire wire to go the wrong direction. Setting a new or bigger goal is a better way.
I am praying for you.
Daniel
P.S. Remember the Master is with you, he loves you, and nothing is impossible for him.
Have the Daily Communion Meditations made a difference for you? If so, feel free to reply and let me know...
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Good morning!
Here is today's communion meditation.
2 Corinthians 13:11 says, " Finally, brothers and sisters, rejoice! Strive for full restoration, encourage one another, be of one mind, live in peace. And the God of love and peace will be with you."
I like the phrase, "strive for full restoration." This can be translated as completeness, perfection, or bring into proper condition.
In today's communion we are asking God to help us strive or aim for full restoration the way he desires.
Today's Health and Fitness Tip
Our bodies have an amazing ability to be restored to health, and one of the best things we can do for this is create the environment or culture that allows the body to be restored, and our emotional environment is one of the biggest keys to this.
I am praying for you.
Daniel
P.S. Remember the Master is with you, he loves you, and nothing is impossible for him.
Have the Daily Communion Meditations made a difference for you? If so, feel fr...
Hey everyone!
Here is this week's Yearly Cycle update.
We are in a time of the year when it is important to have clarity and develop a more efficient strategy.
An important principle to remember is that order always leads to clarity.
Several years ago, one of my gym clients was a scientist who had done a lot of work with liquid crystals. When you think of liquid crystals, think of LCD displays on a phone or TV screen. These crystals have some amazing properties that allow us to see clear pictures on the screen.
Our bodies, as well as all organizations or communities, are actually forms of liquid crystals. Regular crystals are rocks that have a fixed order, but liquid crystals are a combination of liquid and solid that have the ability to adapt and create order.
When the crystals are ordered, they create a clear picture. When they are disordered, they become cloudy and do not produce a clear picture. We all need clarity in life, especially mental clarity, s...
Good morning!
Here is today's communion meditation.
Recently I've come across some verses about the cup in the hand of the Lord. There are several scriptures that refer to the cup that is in God's hand.
Psalm 75:8 says, "For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup with foaming wine, well mixed, and he pours out from it, and all the wicked of the earth shall drain it down to the dregs."
The cup in God's hand usually refers to the cup of his wrath. But when before Jesus went to the cross he prayed asking God "to let the cup pass from him."
He was willing to have the cup of God's wrath poured onto him so that we can have the cup of blessing and of participation in the New Covenant.
Today's communion is a time of gratitude that through the obedience of Jesus we are righteous, and that we can now have the cup of the New Covenant.
Today's Health and Fitness Tip
Spending time stretching before bed makes a big difference in your workouts, sleep, joint health,...
Good morning!
Here is today's communion meditation.
The other day I felt like God showed me that there is a connection between boundaries and authority. Think of a police man, governor, or president, they have authority within their jurisdiction or borders but once they are outside of their boundaries, they lose their authority.
We all need boundaries in every area of our lives and when we either don't have well defined boundaries or we cross them we lose our authority and power.
As an example, a boundary in our finances could be to set aside a certain amount of money every time we get paid. When we don't stay within that boundary, we can lose authority/power over our finances.
While seeking the Lord about this the fall of Adam and Eve in Genesis 3 came to mind.
When they crossed the boundary that God had set for them, they lost their authority and gave it to Satan.
But the good news is that Jesus got all the authority back.
Today's communion is a ti...
Good morning!
Here is today's communion meditation.
I think one of the most important areas of our walk with God is boundaries. Having boundaries in our spiritual life, purpose, health, family, finances, time, and especially our priorities.
Think of creating boundaries in your life as deciding on the main principles that you will operate by and making the commitment in your heart to them.
Boundaries can actually create freedom, because they keep us from having to make so many decisions. We can have freedom within boundaries.
But boundaries will be tested, and they must be defended.
Psalm 16:6 says, "The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places."
Today's communion is a time of gratitude that God has given us pleasant boundaries in Christ, and we are asking him to help us set these boundaries and keep them.
Today's Health and Fitness Tip
Spend some time seeking God on boundaries for your health and fitness. What will be your boundaries for f...
Good morning!
Here is today's communion meditation.
Lately I've been thinking about a verse in Isaiah 8:12-13.
“Do not call conspiracy everything this people calls a conspiracy; do not fear what they fear, and do not dread it. The LORD Almighty is the one you are to regard as holy, he is the one you are to fear, he is the one you are to dread."
In my book "Make Today a Masterpiece," I discuss the importance of paying attention to the things we are dreading, because it can give us clues to when our focus is off. In many cases when we are dreading something in the day it's usually because we forgot that the Master is with us, He loves us, and nothing is impossible for him.
But this verse says, God is to be the one we dread. The Hebrew word for dread can mean tremble or stand in awe of.
When we dread something, it usually causes us to procrastinate because we stand in awe of the problem. But we can change our focus to standing in awe of Him. To fear and dre...
Good morning!
Here is today's communion meditation.
This year our message for 2024 is "The Great Reset."
And I feel one thing to be resetting is a culture of rest. God has been teaching me a lot lately about the importance of having a rhythm of rest.
The promised land in the Bible is described as "God's rest."
While thinking about this 1 Chronicles 22:9 came to mind which where God speaks to David about his son Solomon.
God tells David, "But a son will be born to you who will be a man of rest. I will give him rest from all his enemies on every side."
I think there is a progression in this verse. First, Solomon was a man of rest, and then God gave him rest on every side.
Solomon was a man of rest first.
In today's communion we are asking God to help us be people of rest the way he desires.
Today's Health and Fitness Tip
Do you have a regular rhythm of rest in your life?
I am praying for you.
Daniel
P.S. Remember the Master is with you, he loves...
Good morning!
Here is today's communion meditation.
Psalm 51:12 says, "Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me."
The word salvation in the original Hebrew is Yeshua, which is the name for Jesus. Restore me to the joy of Jesus.
The originial Hebrew also reads something like, "And generously give me of your spirit to support and uphold me."
2023 was a very demanding year for me personally, and a mistake that I made was not really taking any time off during the year.
This led to some burn out, but also to some staleness in my relationship with the Lord. I was still seeking God but not with the joy I had when I first started walking with him.
Over the last couple of weeks I have taken some time off and it's amazing what some rest can do to restore the joy of Jesus in our lives.
In today's communion we are asking God to restore the joy of Jesus in our lives and to generously give us of his spirit so that we are w...
Good morning!
Here is today's communion meditation.
This year in 2024 our message is "The Great Reset."
While thinking about his I came across Romans 3:21 MSG. It says, "But in our time something new has been added. What Moses and the prophets witnessed to all those years has happened. The God-setting-things-right that we read about has become Jesus-setting-things-right for us.
Today's communion is a time of gratitude that God has set things right for us. He's given us a great reset, and we are asking him to help us walk in the resetting he has provided.
Today's Health and Fitness Tip
One of the most important parts of exercise is showing up with presence. Focus on getting the most out of each rep.
I am praying for you.
Daniel
P.S. Remember the Master is with you, he loves you, and nothing is impossible for him.
Have the Daily Communion Meditations made a difference for you? If so, feel free to reply and let me know the difference they've made.
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