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This week our Yearly Cycle filter is to relax into the stretch. The other day we talked about a golfer starting with a backswing and about how the deeper the golfer can stretch into the backswing the more power is available to transfer into the ball and target. But, once the golfer has completed the backswing, it's not good to release all of the potential energy right away. He wants to begin to move toward the ball while keeping the club in the stretched position lagging behind his body. This creates torque and club head speed. If he were to release all of the energy at once he would lose a tremendous amount of power. 

In a similar way, I think God stores things up in Heaven for us, and sometimes it seems like he is slow in releasing them. But he knows the perfect timing and sequence to release what he has for us that it has the optimal impact at the point where we need it. 

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This week our Yearly Cycle filter is to relax into the stretch. Yesterday we talked about becoming elastic by pulling into and embracing those times when God is stretching us so that we build potential energy that can be released. And there is a balance to this of both pushing and pulling. At times we must pull into what God is doing and at other times we must push or press toward the high calling of God. Think of your biceps and triceps. They move the arm in opposite directions, but they are meant to work together as one to allow with arm to move with strength, power, endurance, speed, flexibility, etc. The arm wouldn't move the same with only biceps and no triceps. 

In today's communion we are asking God to help us understand the push and pull of life, and how to walk in it at greater levels in our life. 

Today's Health and Fitness Tip

Our workouts are a great opportunity to practice exercising push and pull.  As an exa...

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This week our Yearly Cycle filter is to relax into the stretch. At times God stretches us to expand our capacity and build potential energy on the inside of us. And I think there are three ways we can respond to the stretch: We can resist the stretch, do nothing and allow God to stretch us, or we can actively pull into/embrace the stretch. When we move into the stretch, we store up energy and become elastic with the ability to release power when called upon. While thinking about this I was reminded of a passage from my book "The 8th Date." Here is the passage:

Think of a golf swing, where the golfer must swing back in order to then swing forward. The goal is to store up as much potential energy as possible before releasing into the ball. The storing of energy puts the golfer into a stretched or elongated position, and the body’s elasticity turns the golfer's body into a coil or spring that is ready to be released.

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In Matthew 20 is the parable of the landowner that hires workers for the day.

The master tells the first group of workers... " Go work in my vineyard and I will pay you a denarius." Notice they had an agreement.

The second group he tells... "Go work in my vineyard and I will pay you what is right." This group had to trust the landowner, because most people wouldn't take a job if the boss just said "I'll pay you what's right."

The third group he tells... "Go work in my vineyard." This group has no promise of pay at all. They simply obeyed and they ended up getting paid the most per hour. 

Then in Matthew 21 Jesus tells another parable of a Father who has two sons. He tells both sons to work in his vineyard, but only one goes, even though the other said he would. 

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Malachi 4:2 says, “But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and leap like calves from the stall."  

In today's communion we are asking God to help us understand and consistently walk in this verse. 

Today's Health and Fitness Tip

Our filter for this week is to relax into the stretch. When we are stretching our bodies it's important to relax into the stretch. Also, whenever we are doing weightlifting it's important to pull or relax into the stretched portion of the exercise rather than resist it. When this is done properly your body become elastic and springier, which makes me think of a calf leaping from the stall. 

I am praying for you.

Daniel

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Here is this week's Yearly Cycle Update.

This is a time of year when God often transitions us to the next level. But moving to the next level can often feel like we are getting stretched. The stretch is expanding our capacity so that God can work more powerfully in our lives. When we are getting stretched it's important to learn how to relax into the stretch rather than fighting it. 

Here is this week's filter(reminder) to write at the top of our journals each day... Relax Into the Stretch

I am praying for you. 

Daniel

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

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 This month we have asked God to help us lay out the path for our program the Abundant Life Blueprint with the milestones along the way. And an important part of our journey is celebrating the wins. 

In today's communion we are asking God to help us consistently celebrate the wins in life the way he intended us to.

Today's Health and Fitness Tip

Think back over the last year in your health and fitness. What were the wins that can be celebrated/

I am praying for you.

Daniel

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2 Timothy 2:15 says...

NKJV -  Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

ESV -  Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.

Part of our walk with God is learning to rightly divide or handle his word. Something I have learned about God's word is that we can learn great truth's by taking the reciprocal of a verse. As an example, 1 Corinthians 11 says that many people were weak, sick, and had fallen asleep because they didn't examine or judge themselves before taking communion. The reciprocal of this would be that many people were strong, healthy, and lived long lives because they examined and judged themselves before taking communion. 

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 In the books of 1st, 2nd, and 3rd John the phrases walking in the light or walking in the truth are often used. 2 John 4 says, "I rejoiced greatly to find some of your children walking in the truth, just as we were commanded by the Father."

I view the phrases walking in the light, walking in the truth, or walking in love as the same. 

Lately we have been examining ourselves to see if we are walking in the light, but this could also be phrased walking in the truth. 

In today's communion we are asking God to help us understand how to walk in the truth, and to help us walk in it consistently at increasing levels. 

Today's Health and Fitness Tip

Let's do a little checkup in our fitness today. Have we been consistent? Are we showing each day with presence and bringing our best or have we been inconsistent or just going through the motions. 

I am praying for you.

Daniel

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1 Peter 3:18 says "But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ."

Recently we have been talking about examining ourselves before taking communion and taking some time to celebrate the moments we have been walking in the light while also taking note of the times when we lost our position in the light. 

Something I have learned is that when our buttons get pushed and we lose our position in the light if we will bring those areas to God and make the adjustment, it will lead to knowing Jesus and his grace that much more. 

In today's communion we are asking God to help us grow consistently in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. 

Today's Health and Fitness Tip

Let's take a moment to examine our progress in our health and fitness for the year. In what ways did we do well? In what ways did some buttons get pushed that tried to derail us? Let's bring these areas to God and cele...