Fear Not, Just Believe. Faith is the antidote to fear. Allow love to overwhelm fear.
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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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The waves of the week, how will you handle them?
Will the waves raise you up? Will the waves lower you to touch bottom? Will it start, end, or rotate through the cycle throughout the week? Did your week start on a high? Is your week ending on a high? Was Wednesday humpday for you to get over? What does your week’s pattern look like?…
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Sometimes people need to hear it again to solidify what happened.
For the next generation to realize what they lived through may require some show and tell. Tell them about the challenges and the sacrifices. Tell them about the meaning of the monuments and memorials in our lives. Show them what happened and where it happened. Show them how it has impacted your life and how…
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To pass on what happened requires repetition.
If you want to pass the baton of faith to the next generation then you need share what’s happened. To pass on understanding and faith to the next generation requires repetition in different ways to help be seen, applied, and practiced. So today as we jump into Deuteronomy for our daily readings, let’s not only…
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Here and Now to live lives that praise God!
Of all the times and all the places, you could be right now, God put you right here and right now. He put your here and now on purpose, with purpose, and for a purpose, it wasn’t an accident! So you are here and now, in the middle of your life, have you receive the…
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Keys to running the relay race called life!
Some may wonder if life is a marathon and others may wonder if it is a sprint. To successfully run this race called life we need to realize it is a relay race and as such need to realize the leg we are running is in the middle and so we need to make sure…
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Do you realize the importance of the middleman?
Will you be the middleman for your family and stand in the gap? Choose to be the middleman that ensures the baton of the past will make it to the generation of the future in this relay race called life! If you won’t be the middleman to pass on the memories of the past to…
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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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Finish Strong! What needs to be done today?
As the week draws to a close, let’s choose to finish strong! Let’s get it done today so that we can finish the week on a high note! God’s prepared good works in advance for us to accomplish! Let’s be sensitive to the moving of the Holy Spirit so that we complete the good works…
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Hard hearted? Ready to make a trade?
To begin today, let’s consider the state of our hearts. Are we hard hearted and pushing God away or being disobedient to His calling or commands on our lives? Is your hardened heart keeping you from doing what God wants, similar to pharaoh in his encounters with Moses? Have things gotten to the point where…
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Is there a right time for the government to parent instead of the parents?
I woke up this morning and before getting started there was a text message about taking away parental knowledge and control of the children. The text was shocking but being political that didn’t surprise me at all and so wanted to check out the bill they were talking about. So I pulled the document from…
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Stewardship: Maximize God’s impact in and thru your life!
As I wake up today with so much to do, stewardship came to mind. It’s not mine to do with but I am to be a good steward of what I have been given. Furthermore, I need to do what I am given in a way that will maximize God’s impact in and through my…
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Are you interested in perception or actually making a difference?
Is your church filling up or just getting by? Is your church outreaching to invite everyone in? Is your church going to introduce people to Jesus so they can know Him rather than just about Him? Is your church helping others find their purpose and their calling? Is your church interested in keeping a perception…
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How to make the most of today and for the right reasons.
So, it’s Sunday morning and we will be going to church to praise God and celebrate who He is. We will hear an incredible message about living a Christ-centered life and the importance of waiting on the power of the Spirit. To the decision points of going to a movie with family after church, coming…
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Focus – as the list grows do you realize the impact?
When you have one thing to focus on you do realize how easy it is? How about when there are two or three items, are you able to focus? What if there are five, ten, or even more things to focus on, do you realize the impact it is having on you? Ever gotten distracted…
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Avoid stressing about your todo list and focus on today!
Are you worrying about stuff? Stressing because your todo list is too long? Worried about stuff that isn’t happening or going to happen today? Don’t worry about tomorrow but instead choose to focus on today! Focus on putting first things first! Don’t stress about it! There are some good options! Let’s be good stewards of…
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Too much to do. Too little time. How to choose?
Do you have a list? Do you have priorities? Do you have someone you can ask? Do you have deadlines? How do you choose? Is there a better way to choose? Where can you turn? Do you try to use prioritization matrix mapping out important vs urgent quadrants? Do you try to push through it…
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Turning from Wicked Ways
As we wake up this morning, we need to realize that we can’t control anyone else does but we can control ourselves. Are you living wicked ways? Are you participating in wicked ways? Do you see others moving in wicked ways? We need to realize that as people of God it will start with us.…
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Grateful Acknowledgment of God’s Daily Support and Salvation
As I get ready for today and consider the day ahead, I look to God with great thanks for being with me and helping me to make the most of the time I had this long weekend with my family. Getting to go to the gym with my son. Getting to chat with my daughters…
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Today is the present, cherish this gift from God!
Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow isn’t guaranteed. Cherish this gift of today from God! This is the day that the Lord has made so let us rejoice and be glad in it! Today is the present, a gift from God, so cherish it and make the most of every moment. As I slept in a bit…
God's story through my life from 2005 to eternity... 