Category: Purpose
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How to make the most out of your today.
You need a plan. You need a purpose. You need a direction. So turn to God first to help you to put first things first! Invite God into your day before it starts and allow Him to help you with your schedule and be willing to have it changed in order to accomplish His will.…
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Being busy doesn’t mean you are focused. You need to be focused!
Focus: Ever heard the idiom, keep your eye on the ball? Are you on a treadmill that is keeping you busy or are you moving forward focused and moving purposefully towards what God has planned for you? Are you focused so that you notice things and are able to collect the wisdom and knowledge from…
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How to serve and be who God created you to be…
As I got up this morning and started study the verse of the day from the Bible App about “If God is for us, who can be [successful] against us?” some thoughts about Be The Dads came to mind like business plans and the 501(c)(3) process. The reality of needing to be the dad for…
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Tough times bring people together and God can use for good!
Sometimes like in the story of Job, tough times come as a test where the devil tries to trip us up and make us turn away from God and yet God is able to use that time and turn it around and use it for good! Sometimes like in the story of Joseph, tough times…
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God’s calling you to do something new for His purpose
As I start today and consider pivot or turning points in my life, I reflect on a few years when big changes took place. Be it 1994, 1997, 2000, 2004, 2013, and 2022 and how each of them required stepping out of my comfort zone and stepping into something new. When I think of what…
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Choose to find your purpose and live it to the full
As this morning starts I remember when we did a series on purpose many years ago at church that used the resources of The Purpose Drive Life by Rick Warren. I remember how we aren’t accidents, even if our parents may not have planned for us because God created us on purpose! I remember how…
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THRIVE: Serve others within your circle of influence…
You do realize that you are where you are on purpose and for a purpose right? You do realize you have a circle of influence first in your home and then in your community right? You realize that you are to serve others for the glory of God right? You realize a key element of…
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THRIVE: Make the most of your day by living with purpose, on purpose, and for a purpose!
Purpose, ever tried to do something without it? Ever struggled to do something because you didn’t understand or see the purpose? Ever thrived because you understood the purpose and were able to live with, on, and for it? Is purpose a thing or an action for you? Looking up the definition we find the following:…
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THRIVE: Living on purpose, with purpose, and for God’s purpose!
Why are you here? It’s not by accident! It’s not a coincidence! It’s not by mistake! God created you on purpose, with purpose and for a purpose! So don’t be robbed of this truth and be devalued or diminished from being able to become everything God purposed and planned for you! Let’s turn to God…
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THRIVE: Created on purpose, with purpose, and for a purpose. By Design.
Last night my wife and I went to a Marriage Conference. It was interesting to hear and learn through the presentations about some design principles God had when He created us. There are things even in the garden that God designed men to be and the biology and research into the brain as well as…
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THRIVE: Just getting by? Remember why Jesus came!
Well, it’s midweek and lots of excitement has already taken place to get us to this point working together have been able to deliver on some asks. But are we just getting by or are we living up to the expectations God created us for? Remember why Jesus came? Are you just getting by because…
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THRIVE: What will be your part?
During COVID I started working out more and reading more. During that time one of the books that I read was about finding my purpose by Matthew Barnett titled “The Cause Within You Finding The One Great Thing God Created You To Do In This World“. We have all been created on purpose, with purpose…
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THRIVE: We need to follow the path and direction of Paul…
It was interesting last night hearing and reading from Philippians 1, Acts 9, and Acts 13 and seeing what could be learned and how it can help us to thrive for the glory of God! We see how Paul’s relationship with the church in Philippi was different, it was closer and seemed more personal, it…
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THRIVE: Time Management is key.
Ever used the quadrant method to try and help you with decisions around time management? Ever considered how often the urgent tries to come in and derail you from God’s plan and purpose for you? Ever tried to allow God’s plan and purpose to help you from getting distracted by the urgent (or what appears…
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THRIVE: Day 2 for me but 3 for others. Either way we at the middle.
As I prep for today and realize it is already Wednesday, I reflect on yesterday’s attempt to catch up and intake information and consider today the need to be caught up in order to race towards the weekend and finish the work week strong! I lift up my daughters as they continue to thrive in…
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THRIVE: It’s a new day!
Happy Today! What an incredible weekend and God definitely knows what He is doing. When you have a set of volunteers with a given set of experience, priorities, and purpose God sends the right people to be ministered to. It was evident in the way this summer’s camps went that God’s camp was under His…
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THRIVE: Still rough night of sleep with coughing…
Great news from the girls and how they are doing to close out the week and head into a new week. God’s got great plans for them and is working in and through them in their two locations and purposes. It’s great to hear how things are coming together for my younger daughter and her…
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THRIVE: Home with a cough…
What a great week of getting to see our oldest daughter. What a great week of sending off our younger daughter. What an incredible trip home. Now what to do about this cough… Thinking it might be time to get it checked out by a doctor. I’m not sure if it was allergies, the different…
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THRIVE: Will you align or resist the move of God?
Let’s be the people who choose to move in alignment with God’s will and purpose! Let’s be the people who choose to walk in the Spirit of God so that His perfection can be accomplished! Let’s be the people who pursue God’s will and plan and purpose for our lives! Let’s do all of this…
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THRIVE: By being prime today…
What comes to mind when you think of the word prime? My math background brings the idea of prime numbers and how today’s date is prime (19). Every month there are between nine and eleven days that are prime (2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31). In a leap year, there…
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