Category: Decide
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How will you respond when your family needs you?
It’s Friday and so we need to decide to finish the week strong! Are you listening and hearing the hearts of your spouse, kids, and extended family? What are you going to do? Are you ready to respond to their needs and be the person God created you to be and the person they need…
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THRIVE: Be Inspirational
How will you choose to live your life as this work week begins? Could you make a difference this week by being someone who provides or shows to the world around you creative or spiritual inspiration? Could today be the day you start to be motivational, encouraging, incentivizing, stimulating, spark-generating, fueling others to do the…
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THRIVE: Don’t give up! Finish Strong!
As we’ve passed the halfway point of the week, it’s time to press in and press on, not giving up so we can cross the finish line strong. Whether you consider Wednesday a hump you need to get over to head for the weekend or a launch pad to help you get there finishing strong,…
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THRIVE: So yesterday is behind us now, how will we choose to move forward?
It’s today again and yesterday is gone and tomorrow isn’t guaranteed. It’s today again and so what did we learn from the experience of yesterday? It’s today again and so how will we be present and live out today to the full because today will have enough to worry about without us worrying about tomorrow.…
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THRIVE: Will you do it God’s Way?
So the day gets started after a great yesterday thanks to God who filled my heart with hope and encouragement. So I come into today encouraged, hopeful, and leaning in on God rather than my own understanding because I know and my trust is in His plan which is for good and not for evil,…
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THRIVE: What will you do when you don’t know what to do?
So you have a day to live and want to make the most of it. You don’t have a schedule beyond watching your daughter play her game, streaming on tv. So what about the rest of the day? How can you make the most of it for the glory of God? What good works has…
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THRIVE: How will you choose to make the most of your today?
It’s today, the day that the Lord has made, so let’s make the most of it, rejoicing and being glad in it! It’s Labor Day weekend and so today is an extra day off, how will you choose to use it for your good and God’s glory? It’s today, do you have a routine to…
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THRIVE: Purposeful living makes for a great day.
So yesterday realizing the short time left I chose and offered up family time to my wife and kids. We considered the location and then made a selection and spent the afternoon together playing and having fun. It was fun and getting to watch and see them all play was great. When time is fleeting…
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THRIVE: How will you finish the week strong?
What is on your list of things to get done this week? What is on your list for finishing strong in your marriage? What is on your list for finishing strong as a parent? What is on your list for finishing strong as a child? What is on your list for finishing strong as a…
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THRIVE: How will you serve? How will you rest?
As we kick off today what are your plans? Will you take time to serve others? Will you take time to rest? How will you spend your today? Will you spend time with God? Will you spend time with others? Will you choose to live your today in a way that will glorify God? Will…
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THRIVE: To make it so means you have to choose!
So the week is coming to a close and we get to choose how we will do it. For some, they may consider coasting across the finish line. For others, they may consider finishing strong. Some may think they don’t have to choose but will let whatever happens. To thrive for the glory of God,…
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THRIVE: We are all producing fruit. What type of fruit are you choosing to produce?
Do you realize that your way of life and living is producing something, fruit? The way you live is planting seeds, watering, and making them grow with the outcome of some type of fruit. Do you know the kind of fruit you are producing? Do you realize if it is good fruit or bad fruit?…
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THRIVE: The middle, the beginning, press towards the finish.
Well, it’s time again to decide how you will handle your midweek situation. Will it be a speed bump? Will it be a ramp to get you ahead? Will it be a blocker holding you back? The decision is up to you. Today is the beginning of ECNL Girls National Championship play with the opportunity…
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THRIVE: Ramping things up…
Yep, it’s Wednesday or as some call it hump-day but I prefer to think of it as ramp day as it helps launch me forward as long as I choose to press in and press on, accelerating towards it. This week the high school graduation celebrations will be wrapping up too as my daughter has…
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THRIVE: What’s on your calendar? Who gets to choose?
Ever looked at your calendar and wonder how your day got so filled up? Do you give your calendar up to God to manage or do you just pretend your calendar is like Tetris and look to fill it up and knock out the lines? Do you allow time to be led and directed by…
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THRIVE: It’s today so make it count!
We each get 24 hours to live out our today! We each get to choose how we will steward and use the time! We shouldn’t use it worrying about tomorrow! We should allow ourselves to get stuck or paralyzed in or by yesterday! Let’s learn from the past! Let’s hope for the future! Let’s live…
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THRIVE: Making the most of the time we have.
Today I woke up with an interesting perspective on how important it is to make the most of the time we have if we want to thrive for the glory of God! Be it sending my wife with my daughter on a trip so that neither of them will need to go it alone and…
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THRIVE: What do you see? How does it look? Can you explain it?
What do you see when you look in front of you? Do you see visions and dreams? Do you see plans and purposes? Do you see hope and a future? How does it look when you see what is before you? How does it make you feel? How do you explain it to others? How…
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THRIVE: What to do today in order to thrive regardless of your circumstances. How will you choose?
Do you remember what the definition of THRIVE is? That’s right: To vigorously grow; to flourish; to take new ground in your life regardless of the circumstances. So what can you do in spite of your circumstances to thrive? Are you in the right place to be able to vigorously grow? Are you in the…
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THRIVE: What will today bring?
We need to leave yesterday where it belongs, in the past. We can take the lessons with us but leave anything and everything else behind. We can’t think about or worry about tomorrow because we aren’t guaranteed tomorrow. We need to focus on today! This is the day that the Lord has made and so…
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