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One of my favorite scriptures is 2 Corinthians 9:6-12. This passage has changed the way I approach so many interactions with people, because we can trust that God's grace is abounding to us so that we can be generous in every way.
Here is the passage for us to meditate on today:
The point is this: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. 7 Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. 8 And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work. 9 As it is written,
“He has distributed freely, he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures forever.”
10 He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your righteousness. 11 You will be enriched in every way t...
Here is this week's Yearly Cycle Update.
We are in a season of the year where God likes to pivot, change directions, and reposition things—including people. If you are experiencing a shift or feeling a nudge that God wants you to make a shift, this feeling is probably from him. These shifts take place because God always wants to have people functioning in their highest capabilities. He will often shift things to bring out the best in us... but he will always give us a choice as to whether we will reposition or not. All along God’s path, there are forks in the road where we will be given the choice as to which direction we will go. This time of the year is a pivotal decision-making time. As decisions are made, follow a sense of peace on the inside.
One of the biggest keys to shifts and repositioning is free will. Once, I was on a field trip with my daughter to a historic plantation home, and one of the kids asked what happened to the slaves when they were freed....
One of my daughters is in my middle school and we have been talking about how to handle those times (which seem to happen a lot in middle school) when other people are not so kind. I told her that the only way I have found to put a stop to it is to respond by doing something good for them, which is very counterintuitive. If we retaliate it just adds fuel to the fire, and if we do nothing it will continue.
1 Peter 3:9 says "Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult. On the contrary, repay evil with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing."
When we bless those who wrong us it turns the tables, and we inherit a blessing.
In today's communion we are asking God to help us walk in blessing others continually so that we inherit a blessing.
Today's Health and Fitness Tip
Just a reminder today to be consistent. Even when it's not convenient show up with presence and bring your best.
I am praying for you.
Daniel
Sometimes on our journey with God, he will take us on the gentle path that curves around toward the target. For example, when he took the people to the promised land, he took them on a curved route rather than a straight line, because they would have had to fight a bunch of wars, they weren't ready for.
But other times on our journey with God there will be obstacles to overcome and giants we must defeat. God has also made us overcomers and more than conquerors, meaning we have some things to overcome.
I have been thinking about the duality of the path of least resistance. Sometimes the path of least resistance is the best path, but other times we must avoid taking the easy way out and be willing to embrace challenges.
In today's communion we are asking God to help us discern His path and the times when we are supposed to take the path of least resistance and the times when we have things to overcome.
Today's Health and Fitness Tip
The duality of the pat...
1 Peter 1:15-16 says... But just as He who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do, 16 for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”
This verse can seem a little daunting, which is why I think it's important to remember we don't become holy on our own... It is God who makes us holy and he has given us His Holy Spirit to make us holy
Leviticus 20:7-8 says... Be holy, because I am the LORD your God. 8 And you shall keep My statutes and practice them. I am the LORD who makes you holy.
Today's communion is a time of gratitude that God has given us the Holy Spirit and that he is makes us holy. And we are asking God to help us be holy in all we do as he is holy.
Today's Health and Fitness Tip
If something every is painful or restricted in your movement remember to ask the following question... What can I do? Many people do nothing when something hurts but I have found that if we will apply our faith by doing what we can do, it seems to accelerate the pro...
In the Old Testament God often commanded the people to create memorials of their victories and the miraculous things he did for them so that they would remember and not forget. This month we asked God to help us develop a systematic way to record our journey and I believe memorials are part of this.
Memorials can serve as a source of encouragement when we get down and to help us teach future generations what God has done for us.
In today's communion we are asking God to help us understand the importance of memorials and consistently apply memorials into our life the way he intended.
Today's Health and Fitness Tip
Recording our journey with health and fitness is one of the most important things we can do for success. And in today's communion we are also asking God to help us create memorials to remember breakthroughs in our health and fitness.
I am praying for you.
Daniel
Romans 2:4 tells us that God's kindness is intended to lead us to repentance. In our minds we often think that criticism, getting back at people, and discipline leads to repentance but when someone really needs a change of heart it is kindness, goodness, and grace that leads to a change of heart.
Then once we are willing to change.... Discipline can help us get it right.
Today's communion is a time of gratitude for God's goodness and kindness that leads us to repentance. And we are asking for his help to understand his grace and goodness to us and to help us keep being kind and good to others when they wrong us so that it causes a change of heart in them as well.
Today's Health and Fitness Tip
Sometimes our bodies have stubborn areas that don't want to lose fat, gain muscle, or change and the tendency for most people is to try to force these areas to change, but I have found these areas respond better to a gentle approach.
I am praying for you.
Daniel
Lately we have been talking about calling on the Lord. And this year we have also talked a lot about filling up the basket of praise. Something I feel like God has been showing me is a progression for how we fill up the basket of praise.
I think it starts with calling on the name of the Lord. He is love, light, our healer, our provider, more than enough, the God of all hope, the God of all peace, the God of all grace, and so much more. When we have a problem, we can start calling on the name of the Lord that aligns with whatever we are facing and praising him for who he is. For example, if we need help in our health, we can call upon the God who heals us. If we need help financially, we can call upon our provider who is more than enough. if we need help with a bad habit, we can call upon God who is our righteousness and the one who makes us holy.
Then we can start filling up the basket of praise for God's promises to us in Christ. For whatever problem we are ...
Here is this week's Yearly Cycle Update.
This is a time of year when God likes to shift things around. Shifting has to do with positioning. He may reposition us because he wants to move us into a role that uses a higher level of our gifting. If we have grown a lot over this last year, he wants to move us into a higher level of what he has called us to do.
When things shift, it can seem scary because of the uncertainties, but the changes are needed to bring out our potential. God will often shift us into a role that requires a higher level of self-management paired with serving people on a higher level. It will take courage to step into a higher level of our gift, because it will require a higher level of transparency of who we really are. It will take courage to really give our gift to the world.
If you are a leader of people, this is a time to be seeking God, to make sure that all of your people are positioned properly. All the people need to be in the right ...
Many people in the world view growing closer with God as isolating themselves from everything and getting still and quiet in a peaceful place. But recently I came across some Jewish teaching that had a much different perspective. Their goal was to go interact with the world and reveal God in the world... to reveal what he created things for. Their view is to reveal God in their marriage, parenting, health, business, ministry, finance, and every aspect of life. They want to reveal what God created everything for... its intended use.
As I was thinking about this Romans 8:18-21 came to mind. Here is the passage:
I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. 19 For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed. 20 For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope 21 that the creation itself will b...
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