Category: Decide
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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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THRIVE: What it means! What could it mean?
Let’s reflect this morning on what it means to THRIVE. Remember that image included the last couple of days with the definition? To THRIVE is an action, it means something actively happening, it’s a verb. To THRIVE means to grow vigorously! Not slow growth but rather strenuously, with great vigor, strongly, powerfully, potently, forcefully, with…
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THRIVE: Team up! Listen up! Step up!
As I begin this morning and consider all that has taken place in 2022 already and how fast the year is seeming to go, I wonder what is going to happen and how God is going to use it for His glory and my good. As I prepare for today and the big need to…
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THRIVE: Turn to God! Find the joy in every situation!
After a great day with my family, dinner out with my wife, watching my daughter play some basketball, even in the midst of the blow out God is good and provides joy through it all. Joy of helping take down the tree. Joy of helping get the couch back in place. Joy of dinner with…
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THRIVE going into today. Are you living with purpose, for a purpose, and on purpose?
As you begin today, who are you? Where does your identity come from? Who do you say you are? Who does God say you are? Are you ready to live according to who God says you are rather than being defined by what you do, how you do it, or what others think? Are you…
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Happy New Year’s Eve
It’s the day before a year that will be filled with lots of change. It’s the day before a year when one daughter who has been raised up in the way she should go will be leaving home to pursue God’s purpose, passion, and plan for her life. It’s the day before a year when…
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Decision time… How do you know what to do?
I read a message this morning and triggered thoughts of a year gone by. When you go through a tough year, how do you decide if the challenges, the struggles, the trials, the tests, the pain, and the suffering are signs to move on or a time to build your faith strength? In my case,…
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What is your source? What fuels you?
Where does your power come from? Where does your hope come from? What allows you to keep going? What is the foundation that helps you stand firm? What is the ground you are allowing your roots to grow into? What is feeding you? What is filling you? What is it helping you to become? Don’t…
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Ever gotten a message from someone checking in because you came to mind?
It is interesting to me the things that have happed and the lives that have been touched or changed when the Spirit prompts me to check in on people. Some people may get a message on SLACK. Some people may get a message on LinkedIn. Some people may get a text message. Not matter the…
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Ever messed up? made a mistake? missed the mark? Ever needed a second chance?
We are all human and as such none of us are perfect. We’ve all made mistakes! We’ve all done or said something incorrectly! We’ve all done or said something inaccurately! We’ve all missed the mark when trying to achieve something. So what does that mean, how will we respond, and how will others respond? Are…
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Considering what will last, will you spend your time on what will impact them?
So what will last, you may be asking yourself? Souls and Faith, Hope, and Love with the greatest of the 3 being LOVE. So people’s souls will last and their destination is the difference, the opportunity, and the focus point. So as we begin today are you ready to spend your time investing in what…
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Top 3…All things considered what are yours?
Ever been at a point in your life where you had to go back and reprioritize things? Ever gotten to the breaking point where your health was starting to suffer and as such, you needed to make a change? Ever gotten to a crossroads where you needed to make a choice? I know I have.…
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Would you ever mess with perfection?
Do you have one of those recipe cards from your grandmother, great-grandmother, or mother with a recipe that works every time and isn’t worth messing with? Have you ever experimented and found that it ruined the dish? the desert? the meal? Ever had something so good and when you asked the person for the recipe…
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The Power of light!
Ever been in a dark room with a little candle? Ever lit that little candle, keeping it low and seen what it shows or reveals? Ever lit that little candle, lifting high and noticing how much more you can see? That little light source can penetrate all that darkness and help you to see. Ever…
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Ever been in a car when a song comes on and when you hear the lyrics you change it and everyone else is like WHAT?
That is the thought that came to mind as I saw today’s topic. I made me think of being in the car and when I heard the lyrics to a song I changed the station and everyone was like “Dad, we were listening to that”. I asked them if they heard what was being said…
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Would you rather keep trying to measure up or come under authority?
Life is an interesting thing and people choose to live out their lives differently based on their perspective. Some aim for the star and keep pressing in and pressing on trying to measure up to a standard that is nearly impossible to reach. Others have found that living under the right authority is a better…
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Will it last or end? Will it remain the same or evolve?
As I start today and consider these questions I look to grasp the things that will last and what is important. Our souls will last. The suffering for the believers won’t last. God’s love will last. Riches won’t last forever. The truth aka God’s Words will last. God’s faithfulness will last. So will you put…
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We each have baggage we carry around with us.
What are you carrying with you today? Does it cause triggers in your life based on past experiences? Are you carrying too much? Have you been able to learn from the painful experiences and move on or are you carrying them around and weighing yourself down and holding yourself back? Do you realize that carrying…
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Where are you at today?
Do you feel like you are out there somewhere? Do you feel like you are too far gone? Do you feel like you are on your own? Do you feel like you have nowhere to go and nowhere to turn? Where are you at today? Are you in a good place? Are you in a…
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