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Here is today's communion meditation.
On our journey with God there are milestones along the way. These milestones help us navigate, provide encouragement, and can be valuable for future generations. This month we have asked God to help us create a clear path for our program the Abundant Life Blueprint, and part of the path is the milestones. While thinking about this I have also been putting the finishing touches on our workbook/journal for 2023, and I think part of our yearly cycle checkpoints should be based around these milestones.
In today's communion we are asking God to help us understand the role that milestones play in our journey. And we are asking him to help us create a system for milestones that is coordinated with His yearly cycle.
Today's Health and Fitness Tip
One our health and fitness journey there are also milestones. For example, there are certain levels of exercises that are milestones along the path to becoming fit.
I am praying for ...
Here is today's communion meditation.
1 Corinthians 11:27-32 says, "So then, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord. 28 Everyone ought to examine themselves before they eat of the bread and drink from the cup. 29 For those who eat and drink without discerning the body of Christ eat and drink judgment on themselves. 30 That is why many among you are weak and sick, and a number of you have fallen asleep. 31 But if we were more discerning with regard to ourselves, we would not come under such judgment. 32 Nevertheless, when we are judged in this way by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be finally condemned with the world."
Lately we have been developing a workbook/journal for our program, and the other day our partners suggested a way to examine ourselves should be a part of the workbook. And I agree, especially since we are taking communion of...
Here is today's communion meditation.
Zechariah 11:12-13 says, "Then I told them, “If it seems right to you, give me my wages; but if not, keep them.” So they weighed out my wages, thirty pieces of silver. 13 And the LORD said to me, “Throw it to the potter”— this magnificent price at which they valued me. So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them to the potter in the house of the LORD."
Jesus was valued at only 30 pieces of silver. He was undervalued by his people, but God paid a huge price for us, and I think we wants us to see our value and not undervalue ourselves.
Today's communion is a time of gratitude that Jesus was undervalued so that we can be fully valued. And we are asking God to help us understand this and walk in our true value consistently.
Today's Health and Fitness Tip
One of the ways we can value ourselves is to invest into our health. Investing time, energy, and focus into our health is a way to value and honor our bodies.
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Here is this week's Yearly Cycle Update.
This is a time of year when some doors close and new doors open. What often seems like the end of something is really just a new beginning. As these shifts and transitions take place, we must watch our habits. We’ll be tempted to fall back into old patterns and habits. A good example of this in the Bible is Peter. After the death and resurrection of Jesus, Peter goes back to his old way of life and starts fishing again.
In times of change, there will be the temptation to return to old ways. God wants to make all things new, including our daily habits and patterns. If shifts are occurring, the key to successfully making these shifts is being willing to embrace a new way of life and making changes in our daily habits and routines. One of the reasons God built change into the world is to keep pushing us forward to a higher level. Why? Because he loves us too much to allow us to stay the way we are.
Here is this week's filt...
Here is today's communion meditation.
The other day I read the Beatitudes in the Amplified Version and it really blessed me to see all of the different definitions of 'Blessed," that are used in this scripture. Today's communion is a time of gratitude for God's blessing in Christ, and we are asking him to help us walk in the fullness of his blessing.
Here is the passage from Matthew 5:3-12(AMP)
3 “Blessed [spiritually prosperous, happy, to be admired] are the poor in spirit [those devoid of spiritual arrogance, those who regard themselves as insignificant], for theirs is the kingdom of heaven [both now and forever].
4 “Blessed [forgiven, refreshed by God’s grace] are those who mourn [over their sins and repent], for they will be comforted [when the burden of sin is lifted].
5 “Blessed [inwardly peaceful, spiritually secure, worthy of respect] are the [gentle [the kind-hearted, the sweet-spirited, the self-controlled], for they will inherit the earth.
6 “Ble...
Here is December's Message
Over the last couple of months, we have been working on developing our calendar and workbook/journal for 2023, and we are getting close to having them ready. This month Romans 11:33 keeps coming to mind, which says, "Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgments, and his paths beyond tracing out!"
This month we are asking God to help us develop a system to clearly define the path in our program the Abundant Life Blueprint so that we help people keep making progress on God's path. Something I have learned in my walk with God is that he has a path, I think we all have our own path, but there are certain milestones that are common to all of us. The goal this month is to clearly define the milestones in our program and help build in accountability to help all of us stay progressing on God's path.
God's paths are also beyond tracing out, in that there is always another level. We are also ...
Acts 4:32-33 says, "The multitude of believers was one in heart and soul. No one claimed that any of his possessions was his own, but they shared everything they owned. 33 With great power the apostles continued to give their testimony about the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And great grace was upon them all."
Not just grace was upon them...but great grace.
Today's communion is a time of gratitude for God's grace, and we are asking him to help us have great grace upon us all.
Today's Health and Fitness Tip
Great grace can be upon us in our health and fitness as well so that there is an ease and beauty to what we do. These days health and fitness has become stressful and overly complicated and great grace can make health and fitness simple.
I am praying for you.
Daniel
Convergence is a word that describes when everything God has prepared and called you to do comes together into one simplistic and beautiful thing. Pastor Lance Wallnau has researched this topic and found that a very low number of people, including those in ministry, ever step into convergence.
After years and years of research, Wallnau found that the No. 1 factor that determined whether people stepped into convergence was whether they endured the contradiction. The contradiction of feeling like you are doing all the right things, but life is pressuring you to quit, and things are going the wrong direction. The contradiction of doing all the right things, but not seeing a breakthrough. When a contradiction occurs, what do you do? One of the biggest keys to fulfilling our purpose is enduring the contradiction until we hit convergence and things break through.
In today's communion we are asking God to help us endure any contradictions and accelerate us stepping in...
The other day we watched the new Lion King movie as a family. During the movie the hero Simba is supposed to be the king, but after his father's death he fled to another place where he has "no worries," and he is enjoying life.
But then he finds out that his uncle who stepped in as king, has destroyed the land and made life miserable. The hero is faced with a choice, he can keep living for himself or he can go back and save his kingdom. When he has a vision of his father telling him to "remember who he is," he develops the courage to go back.
In Hollywood they call this the Heroes Journey, and it is one of the biggest keys that makes us like stories and movies. During the heroes journey it is said that the hero is on 2 journeys. One journey is the external journey to the goal and the other journey is the internal journey of growth in the hero as he moves to the goal. He/she must become the person who can get to the goal. When the internal and external become o...
The other day we watched the new Lion King movie as a family. During the main turning point of the story the "hero," hears his father tell him "Remember who you are!" This statement gives him the courage to do what he knows he needs to do.
In a similar way for us to fulfill all God put us here to do it's important for us to remember who we are. We've talked a lot this year about remembering who God/Jesus is and communion is supposed to be something that helps us remember, but it can also be a time to remember who he made us to be. He made us to be his children, righteous, holy, anointed, overcomers, more than conquerors, and so much more.
Today's communion is a time of gratitude for who God made us to be. And we are asking him to help us remember who we are.
Today's Health and Fitness Tip
As we remember who we are let that remembrance carry over into our health and fitness. Our identity and who we see ourselves as plays a big role in the actions we take.
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