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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...
This week we are focusing on connecting with our community.
One of the verses that started off The Connection Challenge this month is 1 John 1:7 which says that if we walk in the light as he is in the light we have fellowship with God and with one another. One of the biggest shortcuts to walking in the light is simply to be thankful. But thankful for what?
Colossians 1:12 says we should be... Giving joyful thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of his holy people in the kingdom of light.
Today's communion is a time of joyful thanks to the Father for qualifying us to share in the inheritance in the kingdom of light. And we are as...
This month our challenge is to connect on a new level... With God, our purpose, our loved ones, and community.
So far, we have worked on bringing a new level of awe and presence to our time of connecting with God, connecting spirit, soul, and body, and connecting for our loved ones.
This week we are focusing on connecting with our community.
One of the verses that started off The Connection Challenge this month is 1 John 1:7 which says that if we walk in the light as he is in the light we have fellowship with God and with one another. We have talked a lot about walking in the light over the last year and one of the biggest shortcuts I have found to walk in the light is simply to be thankful.
Being thankful in all circumstances helps us stay positioned in the light so that we have fellowship with God and with one another. It takes a decision each day to stay positioned in thankfulness.
Today's communion is a time of thankfulness for the sacrifice of Jesus...
Here is this week's Yearly Cycle Update.
The 40 Days of Teshuva start tomorrow 8/27/22. Teshuva = turning or repenting. Teshuva is an amazing time of year for answered prayer and making adjustments.
The next 40 days are a reminder to make adjustments and course correct any areas that are off track. Something to pay attention to is anything that is knocking us out of thankfulness. If you find yourself stepping out of thankfulness turn it around quickly.
These 40 days are also a reminder of God's standard for our lives... To do good all the time.
We all have a tendency to retaliate, avoid people, or give others the silent treatment when others wrong us, but this time of year is a reminder that God has gave us grace even when we didn't deserve it and we are to do the same for others. We can turn tough situations around by choosing to handle them in a beautiful, graceful way.
Here is this week's filter(reminder) to write at the top of our journals each day... ...
This month our challenge is to connect on a new level... With God, our purpose, our loved ones, and community.
So far, we have worked on bringing a new level of awe and presence to our time of connecting with God, connecting spirit, soul, and body, and connecting for our loved ones.
This week we are focusing on connecting with our community.
One of the keys to effectively connecting with our community is developing our communication skills. Communication involves reading, writing, speaking, listening(probably the most important), and body language. Also, how we communicate is just as or more important than what is said.
One of the best ways I have found to develop communication skills is scribing and reading out loud from the Bible. Hand copying a paragraph or two of scripture every day helps us become better writers and thinkers. And it is ancient Jewish wisdom that the best way to become a better speaker is to read out loud from the Bible. It is also imp...
This month our challenge is to connect on a new level... With God, our purpose, our loved ones, and community.
So far, we have worked on bringing a new level of awe and presence to our time of connecting with God, connecting spirit, soul, and body, and connecting for our loved ones.
This week we are focusing on connecting with our community.
I always think of purpose and community being linked together, because our purpose is meant to serve our community, and our community helps to bring our purpose to pass... It can't happen in isolation.
One of the concepts in business, real estate, and investing is...The highest and best use. Often evaluations will be done to determine if there is a more optimal use of resources, time, energy, etc. In order for us to truly serve our community at a new level we need to be functioning in the highest and best use that God designed us for.
Today's communion is a time of gratitude for God's plan and design for our lives. A...
This month our challenge is to connect on a new level... With God, our purpose, our loved ones, and community.
Last night we started part 4, which is to connect with our community, and we started with a verse from Ephesians 3:10-11 about God's intent.
His(God's) intent was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms, 11 according to his eternal purpose that he accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord.
God's intent is that the church(the body working together in unity) would make the manifold or multifaceted wisdom of God known.
One of the ways this happens is through building a culture of unity and working together, and the key to culture is coming around the table, doing life together. When we work together we see the manifold wisdom of God show up, because we have access to other people's gifts, knowledge, experiences, and network and it becomes multi-faceted.
But the key...
This month our challenge is to connect on a new level... With God, our purpose, our loved ones, and community.
So far, we have worked on bringing a new level of awe and presence to our time of connecting with God, connecting spirit, soul, and body, and connecting for our loved ones.
This week we are focusing on connecting with others and our community.
Lately the phrase keeps coming to mind... The best and most beautiful.
Jeremiah 3:19 says...
How gladly would I treat you like my children and give you a pleasant land, the most beautiful inheritance of any nation.’ I thought you would call me ‘Father’ and not turn away from following me.
In Ezekial chapter 20 it also says that God searched out the best and most beautiful land in the whole world for his people. God's heart is to give his children the best and most beautiful.
Today's communion is a time of gratitude that God wants to give us the best and most beautiful. And we are asking for wisdom and...
This month our challenge is to connect on a new level... With God, our purpose, our loved ones, and community.
So far, we have worked on bringing a new level of awe and presence to our time of connecting with God, connecting spirit, soul, and body, and connecting for our loved ones.
This week we are focusing on connecting with others and our community.
I once heard a business coach say that the key to having full schedule or thriving business was to become a connector... or person who connects others to what they need. How can we become people who connect others with God, answers they need, or the right people? Becoming a connector means being present, listening, and developing understanding and then helping connect people to things that would be helpful for them.
In today's communion we are asking God to help us become amazing connectors for other people.
Today's Health/Fitness Tip
Something I have been thinking about with the workouts is having a s...
This month our challenge is to connect on a new level... With God, our purpose, our loved ones, and community.
So far, we have worked on bringing a new level of awe and presence to our time of connecting with God and on connecting spirit, soul, and body.
This week we are focusing on connecting with our loved ones.
As we seek to better connect with others there may be times when others don't reciprocate the connection, which can be frustrating because connection takes 2 sides working together. If others are connecting with you even though you are trying, watch out for frustration and magnifying the disconnect, because it can be easy to build this into something bigger in our mind.
Something I feel like God has shown me about this is to focus on our connection with God and bringing our connection with God to others. This way we are focused on our connection with God and building a bridge to others, rather than magnifying when others don't connect with us.
...This month our challenge is to connect on a new level... With God, our purpose, our loved ones, and community.
So far, we have worked on bringing a new level of awe and presence to our time of connecting with God and on connecting spirit, soul, and body.
This week we are focusing on connecting with our loved ones and a big key to connection is becoming better listeners. As we listen intently to our loved ones it will help us understand them better, which helps us be a blessing to them even more.
James 1:19 says, "My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry."
In today's communion we are asking God for help to be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry so that we better connect with others.
Today's Health/Fitness Tip
As you go through your exercises any time there is a weight in your hand grip the weight tightly. The hands were made to secure things and holding ...
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