Category: Respond
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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: Some may call it humpday, what do you call it?
So you are driving down the road, and you see the speed bump ahead sign with the suggested speed limit. What do you do? Does it matter how wide or tall they are? Does it matter how many of them there are? Does it matter if they show it’s a pedestrian area? Does it matter…
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THRIVE: How did God help you through your Monday?
Ever known someone who says Happy Monday? Ever seen the impact of having someone who says Happy Today, inserting the day’s name everyday day, not just Friday? Ever realized that Happy Today is global and so you don’t have to worry about where the other people are in the world since it is today for…
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THRIVE: Will you be slowed down or ramped up as we hit midweek or as some call it Humpday?
Imagine back-to-back to back weeks of 4-day workweeks and how that impacts your rhythm. Be it for the purpose of serving others or just a long holiday weekend, there is no real middle of the week. With no middle, how does that impact your flow, your rhythm, your plans, your direction, and your behavior? Does…
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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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Do you realize how much?
Do you realize how much God cares? Do you realize how deeply God cares? Do you realize the depth of God’s love for you? Do you realize how detailed God’s love is for you? Do you care? Let’s start with the reality that He loves you so much that He sent Jesus! For God so loved…
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Did you hear that sound? Do you know what it means?
Sounds, they are everywhere. Ever realized how many sounds you hear in a day? Have you been conditioned to some of them? Have you been educated on some of them? Do you block out some sounds? Do you prepare for some sounds? Do you respond to some sounds? What do you know when you hear…
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Let’s have a heart to heart…
As you read that title what came to mind? A deep and moving conversation? A serious topic to discuss? An open and honest conversation? A conversation that goes beyond emotions and feelings? A conversation where nothing is held back including emotions? A conversation where we don’t allow anything to get in the way of understanding…
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How do you talk with God?
Do you only talk to Him when you have a need? Do you talk with Him throughout your day? Do you talk to Him when you wake up? Do you talk to Him when you are going to bed? Do you pray over your dinners? How do you pray? How do you talk with God?…
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Ever been called to stop or step out? Ever been in a position of high visibility and effectiveness and then have it taken away?
As I ask these questions a few stories come to which each came with their own lessons. Once God called me to join a HOA that consisted of over ten thousand people and to get involved in the community I did. The He called me to step up into the role of president of the…
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When you see a need do you fill it?
As I was reading this morning from The Power of a Half Hour by Tommy Barnett, the need of people in the community was discussed and in particular the one that hit home for me was in relations to the kids in the foster care system who age out. Imagine having been in a system…
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Ever noticed how combining great and attitude tends to create gratitude?
Do you realize how important your attitude is to both yourself and the world around you? Do you realize the value it brings into every situation that you will face? Do you realize the positive and negative impacts that come from your attitude? Are you bringing light or darkness into the situation? Are you bringing…
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Ever been in a hostile environment or been mistreated?
Walking into each day we know there is a chance that we will face troubles or trials because Jesus warned us of this and instructed us how to respond be it by taking heart or considering it pure joy. It wasn’t a might but it was a will have troubles. But the degree or severity…
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Are you able to control yourself?
As we start the second half of the work week are you able to live with self-control? If you have the power to be able to do something, are you able to have self-control in terms of how you use it? If you have the ability to do something, are you able to have self-control…
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It’s Tuesday, are you on track?
Were you able to set a goal for the week or goals as the case may be? Do you know what it is that you want and need to accomplish by the end of the week? Do you know how to get there? Do you know where you are heading? Do you know who you…
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How do you respond to the times in the valleys?
Ever had a year where it felt like you were walking through a valley? Not sure what was going on? Not sure if you would ever get out? Not sure the exact purpose? For me in 2020 there was a lot of that type of time but fortunately as I walked thru the valley of…
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Shhhhhh… Did you hear that?
We have two ears and one mouth so we should listen twice as much as we speak right? But how often do we actually hear to listen rather than hear to be prepared to speak? Are you listening to understand? Are you actually listening at all or just preparing for the moment you are going…
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Extended time to make it work.
Ever had to extend the day to make it work? What about starting earlier to join a meeting that will help in the businesses advancement? What about finishing the day later to join a meeting that will help the businesses advancement? What about being a global company and needing to be able to connect with…
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Are you willing to have the conversation?
What if you have a friend who is alone and going through something tough. Are you willing to pick up the phone to give him a call and hear his heart and to speak love, truth, life, and hope to them? Do you realize the catalyst you may be by being obedient to God’s prompting…
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What can you do today? Do that to the best of your abilities!
A new day with new opportunities. Be it a last doctor’s visit. Be it connecting with the team. Be it mapping out the road ahead. Be it understanding the gifts and talents that are available. Be it understanding the desires and the goals. Be it Mapping the road ahead. It all begins with today and…
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