A new week begins the search for what’s next and sickness is in the forefront. Still in the middle and knowing God is going to meet me here, I am looking for His strength in my weakness so that He can receive the praise, the honor, and the glory in Jesus’ name. Will a door … Continue reading W4D1: Sickness in the midst of moving forward, what to do?
Here we are back on what some call Humpday, the day that is halfway through the week and encourage them to press on to a strong finish. There have been many of these days that have felt more like mountains than speed bumps and yet God has enabled me to get around, over, or through … Continue reading W2D3: God’s Timing is Perfect and He will provide, what to do in the middle?
This morning as I went out to walk the dogs all was clear as we headed out but by the time I was going to head home, it made me wonder in relation to where things are at and what’s going on if there might be a parallel. It was foggy and the question came … Continue reading Day 4: You know where you are headed but what to do when you are in the midst of fog?
As today begins and the path forward looks like going back, it’s important to be leaning in and trusting God to help in the journey. When God calls us to it, He will get us through it. So today as we begin the journey back, we seek God’s wisdom and discernment to make sure we … Continue reading When going back is what’s next…
Last night I went to the Wednesday night service for Inspire and got to hear a powerful message from Banning Liebscher. He shared scripture with us from Haggai and then into 2 Kings to emphasize how faith looks like something. Faith requires work that looks like something ‘on the twenty-first day of the seventh month, … Continue reading INSPIRE: What an incredible evening, faith looks like something!
This morning the two words that came to me were focus and prayer, so I put them together with focused prayer. When we put our focus on God rather than wasting time and energy focusing on everything else, we can find peace in the midst of storms. When our focus is on God and being … Continue reading Focused Prayer: When you put your focus on God, it keeps the right perspective.
As the last week closed out strong (Lead with love to finish the week strong!), and allowed me to step into the weekend praising God (God is so good and faithful, finished strong!) and pursuing His will and stepping up to be the dad by having some quality father-son time (Seek first the kingdom of … Continue reading New start to a new day of a new week and keeping the main thing the main thing.
Well, yesterday started early with father-son trip out to through the islands on an adventure to see if the toy-car could be found. I got to spend a lot of fun time with him there and back and having him there and seeing his excitement about the car helped in the decision. For me God’s … Continue reading Seek first the kingdom of God and see what He is going to do.
Out sick on Monday was a setback filled with lots of rest. Better Tuesday but it didn’t last the full day. Today feeling better as I am up and preparing for today with the reality of so many things ahead of me along with the daunting task of putting together a plan. Yes, this is … Continue reading Let’s use today to help us launch and finish the week strong.
Yesterday was an interesting day as we had planned to go somewhere and meet with someone in the morning and yet we weren’t able to connect and confirm a time till the afternoon. To some that could be upsetting or frustrating and yet for some reason God gave me peace about it. With the plan … Continue reading Just because it didn’t like you planned doesn’t mean it didn’t go as it was supposed to be.
Ever had an idea of what you wanted? Ever wondered how long it might take to get it? How much searching will it take? How many places will you have to look? What if it shows up somewhere you wouldn’t have thought to look? What if it required others looking and pointing out the opportunities? … Continue reading Could it be the day? Could it be the time?
Yesterday I knew would be a big one because we has a long weekend which meant any spaces would be filled up with catch up time. God was with me through it all and I got to see experience His blessings as I had to Lean into God more when you don’t have the strength! … Continue reading Wow God is so good. It was full, productive, and had His hands all over it.
Two things brought the theme of needing to do the right thing in spite of what life throws our way. First is the current weekend series at church in the book of Daniel about Unwavering Faith and this week how Daniel kept doing what was right in the sight of God in spite of the … Continue reading Do it the right way in spite of…
Here we go, into Monday, and so what is your mindset? How did your weekend go? How is it impacting your mindset as you start today? Will you allow your brain to run free or will you take every thought captive rather than immediately reacting to it and make it submit to God? We all … Continue reading Mindset for today: how will impact your first step?
As the weekend is in the rearview mirror, a new beginning is ahead of each of us. The list already exists and now we need to step into working as unto the Lord to get the right things done on time. Yesterday was a day to celebrate my youngest’s birthday which was fun to get … Continue reading New Beginnings: Here we go again, into a new work week…
Do you have breath in your lungs and woke up this morning? God’s not done with you yet and you can do more. Imagine knocking out a bunch of things yesterday and realizing the TODO list isn’t done, you can do more. We only have 24 hours in a day and so we need to … Continue reading You can do more! When your TODO list never ends…
Well, there was a lot of progress during the week but it didn’t really end with the feeling I would have hoped for. It allows the voice of the enemy to try and get into my head which then starts negative self-talk too. But then it hit me, and I turned God and started to … Continue reading Where to turn when things aren’t going your way?
Ever caught the messages in the Bible about being a tripping hazard? How we are to live lives that won’t cause others to stumble because of what we say or do? Did you receive the warnings? Had you caught the consequences? Let’s take a moment to consider this more. Tread with care and be mindful … Continue reading Tripping Hazard: Be mindful of the impact your actions!
As we learned yesterday, when pressure comes it is too late to start making sure we have the right stuff in us. When the pressure comes the inside comes out! So let’s make sure we dig deep and fill our spiritual well so that what’s in us is good so that under pressure the right … Continue reading Dig deep to make sure you have the right stuff in you?
Yes, we’ve made it over the Humpday and are on the eve of Friday, but are we ready, prepared, physically, emotionally, and spiritually for Jesus to come back? Have you accepted Him into your heart yet? Could today be the day you invite Him to be your Lord and Savior? Do you think you have … Continue reading How ready are you today for the return of the King?
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