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Financial Trust

Uncategorized Sep 05, 2022
 

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In September we are starting a new focus with The Financial Stewardship Challenge...

We are focusing on becoming great stewards who manage, multiply, and greatly increase all that God has entrusted to us.

Stewardship means we are managing God's resources, and he wants his will done with his resources. One of the tests I believe we must pass is learning to walk in love consistently even when people wrong us financially. Emotions are one of the strongest drivers of emotions for most people. If you mess with people's money, they will usually let you know pretty quickly.

But, as stewards of God's resources he has called us to a higher standard of walking in love consistently. When someone wrong's us financially, we can let it go and forgive, because we trust that God will make it right. 

In today's communion we are asking God for wisdom and understanding of why walking in love by trusting God is so important. And we are asking him to help us walk in this at highe...

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Build in Margin

Uncategorized Sep 04, 2022
 

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In September we are starting a new focus with The Financial Stewardship Challenge...

Over the next month we are going to focus on becoming great stewards who manage, multiply, and greatly increase all that God has entrusted to us.

An important step in finances is to build some margin into our budget, where things are not so tight all the time. Something I have learned is that when we build margin into the budget, God's grace seems to flow. Margin allows you to handle the unexpected in a graceful way. 

In today's communion we are asking God to help us understand the connection between margin and grace. And we are asking for his help to build margin into our budgets consistently. 

Today's Health and Fitness Tip

We can also build margin into our workouts. Do your best and make your workouts beautiful but leave a little margin.

I am praying for you.

Daniel

P.S. Register for the Financial Stewardship Challenge Here - If you are already a partner you don't need...

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Partnership Turns the Tables

Uncategorized Sep 03, 2022
 

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In September we are starting a new focus with The Financial Stewardship Challenge...

We are going to focus on becoming great stewards who manage, multiply, and greatly increase all that God has entrusted to us.

Our first step was taking accounting by listing out all of your current assets, liabilities(debts), and expected expenses and income for this month. 

Yesterday we talked about taking quick action on the things we know to do because... Money Likes Speed.

But how we make decisions with our finances is very important. I view partnership as the table turner for finances. It is the one thing that can turn finances around faster than anything else. But this means that all financial decisions need to be made in full agreement with all of the partners. 

Our first partner is God. If you are married, your spouse is the next partner that must be in agreement with all decisions. If you have business partners, partners in ministry, etc then decisions need to also ...

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Teshuva - What Do You Know To Do?

Uncategorized Sep 02, 2022
 

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Here is this week's Yearly Cycle Update.

We are almost a week into the 40 Days of Teshuva. Teshuva = turning or repenting. This is an amazing time of year for answered prayer and making adjustments. 

These 40 days are a reminder to make adjustments and course correct any areas that are off track. It's also a reminder to DO WHAT YOU KNOW TO DO. What are you procrastinating on? This is the time to take action

One of the areas of focus on taking action is in the area of finances. This month our focus is on financial stewardship. Are there any financial steps that you know to take... specifically any relationships that are being strained because of financial reasons. If so, how can you take a step to make it right?

Here is this week's filter(reminder) to write at the top of our journals each day... Teshuva - What do you know to do?

I am praying for you. 

Daniel

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

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Money Likes Speed

Uncategorized Sep 02, 2022
 

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In September we are starting a new focus with The Financial Stewardship Challenge...

Over the next month we are going to focus on becoming great stewards who manage, multiply, and greatly increase all that God has entrusted to us.

One of our first steps is to take an accounting of what has been entrusted to us. 

Here is an action step to take sometime over the next couple of days...

List out all of your current assets, liabilities(debts). Then list your expected expenses and income for this month. 

We will talk more about what to do with these this month. 

While we are working on this step, here is an important principle for Financial Stewardship... Money Likes Speed.

Having had the opportunity to spend a lot of time with millionaires and a few billionaires these people make fast decisions when they know what to do. They don't drag their feet.

This month we are going to be looking at the Parable of the Talents and the Parable of the Minas as examples of s...

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An Accounting

Uncategorized Sep 01, 2022
 

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n September we are starting a new focus with The Financial Stewardship Challenge...

Over the next month we are going to focus on becoming great stewards who manage, multiply, and greatly increase all that God has entrusted to us.

 

One of our first steps is to take an accounting of what has been entrusted to us. 

Here is an action step to take sometime over the next couple of days...

List out all of your current assets, liabilities(debts). Then list your expected expenses and income for this month. 

We will talk more about what to do with these this month. 

For some people looking at financial statements is not their thing.. so in today's communion we are asking God for help to become consistent in tracking our finances. 

Today's Health and Fitness Tip

Let's take an accounting of our health and fitness. How are we doing in our fitness... Where are we currently on basic things like ability to do pushups, pullups, squats, situps, endurance. Also, if your n...

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The Connection Challenge Part 5

Uncategorized Aug 31, 2022
 

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This month our challenge is to connect on a new level... With God, our purpose, our loved ones, and community.

Here is what we have worked on so this month.

  1. Bringing a new level of awe and presence to our time of connecting with God
  2. Connecting spirit, soul, and body
  3. Connecting with our loved ones. 
  4. Connecting with our community.

Here are a few of my key takeaways from this month...

  • Connecting spirit, soul, and body helps to see God's beautiful solutions show up in our lives.  His solutions are the perfect seamless fit. 
  • Don't force connection take a gentle natural approach.
  • Think of catching and throwing bids as playing defense and offense. When we catch bids from others, we are playing defense and defending them from hurt, frustration, anger, etc. We can play offense by proactively looking for a way to be a blessing.
  • A connected community takes the pressure off of one another and increases the capacity for more to be done. 

At the end of our s...

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Financial Stewardship

Uncategorized Aug 31, 2022
 

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In September we are starting a new focus with The Financial Stewardship Challenge...

Over the next month we are going to focus on becoming great stewards who manage, multiply, and greatly increase all that God has entrusted to us.

Here is the schedule for our live zooms on Tuesdays at 7pm EST...

  • 9/6/22 - Understanding Stewardship and Systemizing our Finances
  • 9/13/22 - Money Management
  • 9/20/22 - Multiplying Money
  • 9/27/22 - Wrapping it Up & Sharing our results. 

Today's communion is a time of gratitude for all God has entrusted to us. And we are asking for his blessing on this challenge and for his help to become highly skilled stewards who are very consistent and trustworthy.

Today's Health and Fitness Tip

Our bodies are another thing we can steward. As we meditate on financial stewardship, lets also take a moment to evaluate how we are doing in stewarding our health. 

I am praying for you.

Daniel

P.S. Register for the Financial Stewardship Challen...

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Peace and Joy

Uncategorized Aug 30, 2022
 

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This month our challenge is to connect on a new level... With God, our purpose, our loved ones, and community.

Here is what we have worked on so far...

  1. Bringing a new level of awe and presence to our time of connecting with God
  2. Connecting spirit, soul, and body
  3. Connecting with our loved ones. 

This week we are focusing on connecting with our community. 

Today's communion is a much shorter and very simple one... but also very powerful. Today we are focusing on peace and joy during our time of communion. Something I have learned is that when we are truly in faith, peace comes right along with it. The two go together. And when we are present there is joy. Therefore, peace and joy can be our indicators of taking communion with faith and presence. 

As we take communion today, let's ramp up our gratitude for the body of Jesus, which should lead to a great level of peace immediately during and after taking the bread. Then while taking communion let's rejoice ...

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Hearts in Rhythm

Uncategorized Aug 29, 2022
 

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This month our challenge is to connect on a new level... With God, our purpose, our loved ones, and community.

Here is what we have worked on so far...

  1. Bringing a new level of awe and presence to our time of connecting with God
  2. Connecting spirit, soul, and body
  3. Connecting with our loved ones. 

This week we are focusing on connecting with our community. 

 

At the start of The Connection Challenge a client shared some new research with me about how when we take a moment to think of other people our hearts begin to entrain with one another and beat on a similar rhythm.

There have been times where I would bring people I knew to mind while praying and it would start a chain reaction of bringing someone else to mind, then someone else, etc. 

And praying like this seemed to build a connection with those people because after praying our paths would often cross in unexpected ways. 

Today's communion is a time of gratitude that by thinking of God our hearts c...

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