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The Abundant Life BlueprintLike GrasshoppersGood morning!
Today is Thoughtful Thursday ( The Purpose & Community Accelerator)
(You can learn more about the 7 Accelerators here)
Today do something thoughtful for someone else. Connect them with something they need or do something to make their day.
This is the purpose and community accelerator.
We each have a unique gifting that is meant to serve the community of people around us, and one of the ways to do this is by looking for opportunities to help people with your gifts, talents, resources, network, etc.
Here is toda...2024-10-1006 minThe Abundant Life BlueprintWith God and PeopleGood morning!
Today is Work in the Flow Wednesday ( The Health & Time Accelerator)
(You can learn more about the 7 Accelerators here)
Wednesday is a reminder to work in flow with the Holy Spirit... Our indicators are peace and joy.
Health is a frequency, and working with peace and joy changes the internal environment.
Think about how much time we waste worrying, complaining, feeling down, venting, etc.
What could we accomplish if we reinvested that time into productive work with God.
Focus on the emotional state you...2024-10-0908 minThe Abundant Life BlueprintOur Conscience TestifiesGood morning!
Today is Memorial Monday - The Financial Accelerator. (You can learn more about the 7 Accelerators here)
Mondays are a reminder that a Memorial Portion, just one very small step of faith, can help you remember that God is with you and He's more than enough. One small step of faith can open up a supernatural flow of whatever you need.
When Jesus multiplied the fish and loaves, it started with just a little bit of bread and fish.
When the widow woman was down to her last meal Elijah had...2024-10-0706 minThe Abundant Life BlueprintPurpose From GodGood morning!
Today is Fellowship Friday - The Love Accelerator
(You can learn more about the 7 Accelerators here)
1 John 1:7 says, "But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin."
To walk in the light is also to walk in love, and the indicator is that we have fellowship with one another.
The shortcut to walking in the light is gratitude.
If there are any strained rela...2024-10-0406 minThe Abundant Life BlueprintMemorial of TrumpetsGood morning!
Today is Thoughtful Thursday ( The Purpose & Community Accelerator)
(You can learn more about the 7 Accelerators here)
Today do something thoughtful for someone else. Connect them with something they need or do something to make their day.
This is the purpose and community accelerator.
We each have a unique gifting that is meant to serve the community of people around us, and one of the ways to do this is by looking for opportunities to help people with your gifts, talents, resources, network, etc.
Here is toda...2024-10-0307 minThe Abundant Life BlueprintRefreshed With ApplesGood morning!
Today is Work in the Flow Wednesday ( The Health & Time Accelerator)
(You can learn more about the 7 Accelerators here)
Wednesday is a reminder to work in flow with the Holy Spirit... Our indicators are peace and joy.
Health is a frequency, and working with peace and joy changes the internal environment.
Think about how much time we waste worrying, complaining, feeling down, venting, etc.
What could we accomplish if we reinvested that time into productive work with God.
Focus on the emotional state you...2024-10-0210 minThe Abundant Life BlueprintFeast of Trumpets - Oct 2ndHey everyone!
Today is Speak Life Saturday (The Faith Accelerator)
(You can learn more about the 7 Accelerators here)
Focus on speaking life today... With the words that you speak and the tone you speak with.
Life and death are in the power of the tongue, and out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
Let your speech always be seasoned with grace.
Here is this week's Yearly Cycle communion meditation.
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The Fall Feasts start this w...2024-09-2808 minThe Abundant Life BlueprintFeast of Trumpets - Decisive ActionHey everyone!
Today is Speak Life Saturday (The Faith Accelerator)
(You can learn more about the 7 Accelerators here)
Focus on speaking life today... With the words that you speak and the tone you speak with.
Life and death are in the power of the tongue, and out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
Let your speech always be seasoned with grace.
Here is this week's Yearly Cycle communion meditation.
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We are currently in the 4...2024-09-2105 minThe Abundant Life BlueprintElohim YakolGood morning!
Here is today's communion meditation.
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Recently we've talked about the Hebrew the word "yakol," which means... to overcome, prevail, be victorious, or well able.
"Yakol," is used when Jacob overcomes while wrestling with God. And it's used when Caleb says that the people are well able to overcome the giants in the promised land.
Yakol is also a name for God that's used in Daniel 3:17 when the boys were going to be thrown into the fiery furnace. In this story th...2024-02-1506 minThe Abundant Life BlueprintSolving ProblemsHere is today's communion meditation.
In Daniel chapter 5 a hand appears and starts writing on the wall. The king is trying to understand what the writing on the wall means and someone tells him:
"There is a man in your kingdom who has the spirit of the holy gods in him. In the days of your father he was found to have insight, intelligence, and wisdom like that of the gods. Your father, King Nebuchadnezzar, appointed him chief of the magicians, enchanters, astrologers, and diviners. Your own father, the king, 12 did this because Daniel, the o...2023-11-0306 minThe Abundant Life BlueprintSheep Without a ShepherdHere is today's communion meditation.
There are several verses in the Bible, that talk about people being like sheep without a shepherd.
1 Kings 22:17 says, “I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd. And the LORD said, ‘These have no master; let each return to his home in peace.’”
In Mark 6:34 when Jesus was among the people it says, "When he went ashore he saw a great crowd, and he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. And he began to teach the...2023-09-1706 minThe Abundant Life BlueprintThe 10 Days of AweHere is this week's Yearly Cycle update.
We are getting close to the 10 Days of Awe... Which are the final days of the 40 Days of Teshuva.
The Feast of Trumpets is on 9/15/23, and it's typically celebrated by eating apples with honey, to symbolize a sweet new year.
The Feast of Trumpets starts the 10 Days of Awe, which lead up to the Day of Atonement(9/25/23), and during these 10 days we typically do a 10 Day Daniel Fast.
The 10 Days of Awe are a time to be taking action, getting things done, and increasing our...2023-09-0904 minThe Abundant Life BlueprintSeeing the InvisibleThe Day of Atonement starts tonight at sunset. This is a time of year when there is often an increase in pressure. The Day of Atonement is like the major deadline for the year, and whenever a deadline approaches pressure increases, and time slows down. This time of year, is a reminder for us to persevere. And in Hebrews 11:27 it says that Moses persevered because he saw him who is invisible.
In today's communion we are asking God to open our eyes to see the invisible. There is so much happening in the unseen world and Moses w...2022-10-0412 minThe Abundant Life BlueprintAngels are Ministering SpiritsHebrews 1:14 says "Are not all angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?"
Lately it seems that God keeps bringing to mind the concept of the spiritual world. In science it has been shown the visible spectrum of what we can see is only one billionth of the spectrum. We only see a tiny fraction of what is really happening in the world. Part of this unseen world is that God sends angels to minister to us.
Today's communion is a time of gratitude that God sends us his angels to minister t...2022-10-0310 minThe Abundant Life BlueprintAngels Ministered to JesusThis is a time of year when there is often a lot of pressure. We are getting close to the Day of Atonement(Oct 4-5), which is like the major deadline for the year. There were times in the Bible when Jesus was under a lot of pressure such as his temptations in the wilderness and in the garden before going to the cross. In these times angels came and ministered/strengthened him.
The other day I had a busy pressure filled day and I didn't record a communion video that day because, other stuff kept coming u...2022-10-0211 minThe Abundant Life BlueprintCommon UnionThe word communion makes me think of "common union." Something I feel like God has been showing me is that communion should be a time to celebrate our union with him, that we are one with him. 1 Corinthians 6:17 says whoever is united with the Lord is one with him in spirit.
One of the dictionary definitions of communion is the sharing or exchanging of intimate thoughts and feelings, especially when the exchange is on a mental or spiritual level.
1 Corinthians 10:16 says "Is not the cup of thanksgiving for which we give thanks a participation in th...2022-10-0110 minThe Abundant Life BlueprintThe Day of Atonement -Oct 4th-5thHere is this week's Yearly Cycle Update.
Today is day 5 of the Daniel Fast and the 10 Days of Awe that lead up to the Day of Atonement (evening of Oct 4-evening of Oct 5th).
The Day of Atonement is like a major deadline on the calendar. It was the one day of the year when the High Priest could go into the Holy of Holies and make atonement for the sins of the people. So a big emphasis was put on getting everything righted before that day. This time of year, is a reminder to...2022-09-3006 minThe Abundant Life BlueprintCreating Order Out of DisorderSometimes God puts us in disordered situations with the expectation that by his grace, power, and leading we can create order. Order is about being in the correct position at the correct time.
This time of year, I have found that sometimes we end up in some disordered situations, and as we take action and do what we know to do, God begins to put things in order. Things begin to fall into place, but we must take action.
In today's communion we are asking God to empower us by his grace to be people wh...2022-09-3010 minThe Abundant Life BlueprintBind Up the BrokenheartedThe other day I rolled my ankle really badly and I was in a fair amount of pain, so my wife suggested wrapping it in a bandage for compression before bed. After sleeping with my foot/ankle bound up I was woken up by these words running through my mind, " I came to bind up the broken hearted."
And thankfully my ankle was 80-90% better when I woke up in the morning.
Isaiah 61:1 says, "The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me, because the LORD has anointed me to proclaim good news to the po...2022-09-2917 minThe Abundant Life BlueprintTaking ActionIn September we are focusing on Financial Stewardship...becoming great stewards who manage, multiply, and greatly increase all that God has entrusted to us.
We started this month by looking at the parable of the talents where the guy who multiplied the most money took action immediately.
Today is day 3 of the 10 Days of Awe, and these days are a reminder to take action. I have found that these 10 days can be some of the most productive days of the year. God has a way of slowing time down during this season, allowing us to...2022-09-2807 minThe Abundant Life BlueprintRefresh Me With ApplesIn September we are focusing on Financial Stewardship...becoming great stewards who manage, multiply, and greatly increase all that God has entrusted to us.
Today is day 2 of the 10 Days of Awe. The other night as our family celebrated The Feast of Trumpets with apples and honey, I was reminded of a scripture from Song of Solomon 2:5 which says... Strengthen me with raisins, refresh me with apples, for I am faint with love.
During this time of year God wants to refresh us, and the apples with honey is a reminder of this. God...2022-09-2712 minThe Abundant Life BlueprintI Am Coming SoonIn September we are focusing on Financial Stewardship...becoming great stewards who manage, multiply, and greatly increase all that God has entrusted to us.
The Feast of Trumpets(also known as Rosh Hashana) was last night and today starts the 10 Days of Awe that lead up to the Day of Atonement. This feast is a reminder for us to live a resurrected life, by putting off our old ways and walking in newness of life. The Feast of Trumpets is a reminder that at the blast of the trumpet the dead in Christ will rise. Yesterday when...2022-09-2617 minThe Abundant Life BlueprintThe Feast of Trumpets TonightIn September we are focusing on Financial Stewardship...becoming great stewards who manage, multiply, and greatly increase all that God has entrusted to us.
The Feast of Trumpets(also known as Rosh Hashana) is tonight. This feast is a reminder for us to live a resurrected life, by putting off our old ways and walking in newness of life. Tonight the typical tradition is to eat apples with honey to symbolize a sweet new year because tonight is like New Year's Eve in the Jewish culture. The Feast tonight also starts the 10 Days of Awe, which are 10...2022-09-2510 minThe Abundant Life BlueprintVitally UnitedIn September we are focusing on Financial Stewardship...becoming great stewards who manage, multiply, and greatly increase all that God has entrusted to us.
Yesterday we talked about writing what you want. In John 15 AMP Jesus says that if we abide in him that we can ask for whatever we want, so that God would be glorified and our joy would be full. In the AMP version one of the phrases that is used for abide is... vitally united.
In today's communion we are asking God to help us stay vitally united with Christ.
H...2022-09-2411 minThe Abundant Life BlueprintThe 10 Days of AweHere is this week's Yearly Cycle Update.
The Feast of Trumpets (Rosh Hashanah) is coming up on the evening of September 25th. This night is like New Year's Eve in the Jewish culture and they typically celebrate with apples and honey to symbolize it being a sweet new year. Rosh Hashanah starts the final 10 days of Teshuva, which are called the 10 Days of Awe. It is during this time that I do a Daniel Fast every year.
Download the Guide for the Daniel Fast & 10 Days of Awe
This is a time of year t...2022-09-2305 minThe Abundant Life BlueprintWrite What You WantIn September we are focusing on Financial Stewardship...becoming great stewards who manage, multiply, and greatly increase all that God has entrusted to us.
Recently I was reminded of something God has taught me to do in the area of finances... which is writing out prayers. The process of writing out what we are believing God for helps us to clarify our thinking, and the written document creates a marker in time of our prayer.
Here are a couple of ways to apply this into financial stewardship...
At the start of the month review y...2022-09-2312 minThe Abundant Life BlueprintCast Your Bread Upon the WaterIn September we are focusing on Financial Stewardship...becoming great stewards who manage, multiply, and greatly increase all that God has entrusted to us.
Recently I feel like God has been prompting me to do a communion meditation on Ecclesiastes 11, where Solomon says to cast your bread upon the water. To be honest I am not sure what God is trying to show us in this passage, but many people relate these verses to investing.
In today's communion we are asking God for wisdom and insight into the following passage, and for help to walk o...2022-09-2211 minThe Abundant Life BlueprintMultiply Your AbilityIn September we are focusing on Financial Stewardship...becoming great stewards who manage, multiply, and greatly increase all that God has entrusted to us.
This week we are going to focus more on the multiplication aspect of stewardship. An important part of multiplying is multiplying our abilities to help, serve, and earn more. And the best way I have found to do this is to find a mentor. Find someone who is skilled in what you want to do and go learn from them. You can read their books, take their courses, spend time with them, or e...2022-09-2113 minThe Abundant Life BlueprintLearning to Walk It OutIn September we are focusing on Financial Stewardship...becoming great stewards who manage, multiply, and greatly increase all that God has entrusted to us.
As we spend time with God and get to know him, he's going to teach us a new way to live. But then we must learn how to apply what he teaches us and walk it out consistently. One of the biggest areas that I wrestled with this was in finances, and I have observed that many Christians wrestle with how to walk out God's ways in their finances. It took me several...2022-09-2014 minThe Abundant Life BlueprintYou Don't Have to Pay For ItIn September we are focusing on Financial Stewardship...becoming great stewards who manage, multiply, and greatly increase all that God has entrusted to us.
Sometimes God calls us to things that may look impossible financially, but he is not asking us to pay for it, he is asking us to trust him for it. Something I have learned is that when something is on God's plan for our life, God provides and will continue to provide to sustain it as well. So, a big question I have learned to ask, when facing bigger financial decisions is... Is...2022-09-1913 minThe Abundant Life BlueprintBe Bold and DecisiveHere is this week's Yearly Cycle Update.
The Feast of Trumpets (Rosh Hashanah) is coming up on the evening of September 25th. This night is like new year's eve in the Jewish culture and they typically celebrate with apples and honey to symbolize it being a sweet new year. Rosh Hashanah always starts the final 10 days of Teshuva, which are called the 10 Days of Awe. It is during this time that I do a Daniel Fast every year.
Download the Guide for the Daniel Fast & 10 Days of Awe
Teshuva = turning or repenting. This i...2022-09-1607 minThe Abundant Life BlueprintThe Financial Stewardship Challenge Part 2Here is the replay from last night's zoom on the Financial Stewardship Challenge.
In September we are focusing on becoming great stewards who manage, multiply, and greatly increase all that God has entrusted to us.
Last night we discussed management or making the most of the resources we have. Here is some of what we discussed.
The key is to steward our resources together with God and our partners. Steward in agreement with one another.
One of the first steps is to protect with emergency funds, insurance, business entities, and estate planning.
How can i...2022-09-1419 minThe Abundant Life BlueprintIdeas and RelationshipsIn September we are focusing on Financial Stewardship...becoming great stewards who manage, multiply, and greatly increase all that God has entrusted to us.
One of the ways we steward what God has entrusted to us is by increasing income and the best way I have found to increase income is through ideas and relationships. There is a saying in the business world that you are just one idea and/or relationship away from a breakthrough.
As we spend time with God every day, he is going to give us creative ideas and our relationship w...2022-09-1411 minThe Abundant Life BlueprintBuy Without CostIn September we are focusing on Financial Stewardship...becoming great stewards who manage, multiply, and greatly increase all that God has entrusted to us.
Isaiah 55:1 says, "Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost."
This phrase "Buy Without Cost," has always intrigued me. How do we buy without cost? One way is that Jesus paid for us. We get to buy what he paid for. The other way we can buy w...2022-09-1306 minThe Abundant Life BlueprintGold Refined by FireIn September we are focusing on Financial Stewardship...becoming great stewards who manage, multiply, and greatly increase all that God has entrusted to us.
Revelation 3:17-18 has a passage that has always been interesting to me. Jesus tells the church of Laodicea...
You say, ‘I am rich; I have grown wealthy and need nothing.’ But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked. 18 I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may become rich,
Notice he doesn't give it to us...2022-09-1223 minThe Abundant Life BlueprintEnduring WealthIn September we are focusing on Financial Stewardship...becoming great stewards who manage, multiply, and greatly increase all that God has entrusted to us.
Proverbs 8:18 says, with me(God and Wisdom) are riches and honor, enduring wealth and prosperity.
Part of stewarding well is having the longer term in mind. There are many people who have come into a lot of money, only to lose it all a few years later. But God has enduring wealth, that lasts.
Today's communion is a time of gratitude that with God and Wisdom are ri...2022-09-1119 minThe Abundant Life BlueprintFinancial GiantsIn September are focusing on Financial Stewardship...becoming great stewards who manage, multiply, and greatly increase all that God has entrusted to us.
In my book "Pockets of Prosperity," one of the concepts is that in all of the different areas of life we need a personal breakthrough that progresses into the community so that it benefits others. But, often for this to happen there are some giants to take down.
There can be financial giants in the way of us stewarding well. These can be limiting beliefs, opposing forces, or tough circumstances.
To...2022-09-1011 minThe Abundant Life BlueprintTeshuva -Times of RefreshingHere is this week's Yearly Cycle Update.
We are in the 40 Days of Teshuva. Teshuva = turning or repenting. This is an amazing time of year for answered prayer and making adjustments.
These 40 days are a reminder to make adjustments and course correct any areas that are off track.
Acts 3:19 says, Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord.
When we repent and make adjustments it leads to refreshing from God's presence. This is a...2022-09-0906 minThe Abundant Life BlueprintLove ProtectsIn September we are starting a new focus with The Financial Stewardship Challenge...
We are focusing on becoming great stewards who manage, multiply, and greatly increase all that God has entrusted to us.
One of the keys to financial stewardship is protecting what God has entrusted to us, because love always protects.
As we look over what God has entrusted to us an important question to ask is... What risks are there in my finances?
Do you have insurance in place such as health insurance, car insurance, umbrella policies, life insurance...2022-09-0918 minThe Abundant Life BlueprintYield to the AnointingIn September we are starting a new focus with The Financial Stewardship Challenge...
We are focusing on becoming great stewards who manage, multiply, and greatly increase all that God has entrusted to us.
When I was writing my book 7 Dates With Jesus, there was a time when the word "Yield," kept jumping out at me for several days. And then one day I heard these words... Yield to the anointing for wealth.
Yesterday God reminded me of this. The reminder came in the form of one of my daughters resisting my wife and I...2022-09-0818 minThe Abundant Life BlueprintThe Financial Stewardship Challenge Part 1Here is the replay from last night's zoom on the Financial Stewardship Challenge.
In September we are focusing on becoming great stewards who manage, multiply, and greatly increase all that God has entrusted to us.
Here is what we discussed last night...
Part of stewarding with God is using our money according to His will... which is to do good, build others up, and build relationships.
Money is relational... We can't buy, sell, give, or receive alone.
Jesus tells us to use money to make friends.
In all financial transactions (including giving), how we ma...2022-09-0727 minThe Abundant Life BlueprintThe Flow of FinancesIn September we are starting a new focus with The Financial Stewardship Challenge...
We are focusing on becoming great stewards who manage, multiply, and greatly increase all that God has entrusted to us.
An important key to stewarding finances is understanding the flow of money. There are several levels of financial flow to consider...
When people are fearful, they tend to hoard money and hang onto it which slows down the flow of money in the economy because money is relational. We must learn to keep circulating money out of faith and trust in G...2022-09-0707 minThe Abundant Life BlueprintTransactions Require TrustIn September we are starting a new focus with The Financial Stewardship Challenge...
We are focusing on becoming great stewards who manage, multiply, and greatly increase all that God has entrusted to us.
Trust is one of the biggest keys to both finances and stewardship. All financial transactions require trust, and when trust is high money flows. When we exchange money with others, we want to know that they are going to do what they said, are skilled and knowledgeable, are not going to rip us off, and that they have good intentions. ...2022-09-0621 minThe Abundant Life BlueprintFinancial TrustIn September we are starting a new focus with The Financial Stewardship Challenge...
We are focusing on becoming great stewards who manage, multiply, and greatly increase all that God has entrusted to us.
Stewardship means we are managing God's resources, and he wants his will done with his resources. One of the tests I believe we must pass is learning to walk in love consistently even when people wrong us financially. Emotions are one of the strongest drivers of emotions for most people. If you mess with people's money, they will usually let you know pr...2022-09-0509 minThe Abundant Life BlueprintBuild in MarginIn September we are starting a new focus with The Financial Stewardship Challenge...
Over the next month we are going to focus on becoming great stewards who manage, multiply, and greatly increase all that God has entrusted to us.
An important step in finances is to build some margin into our budget, where things are not so tight all the time. Something I have learned is that when we build margin into the budget, God's grace seems to flow. Margin allows you to handle the unexpected in a graceful way.
In today's communion w...2022-09-0406 minThe Abundant Life BlueprintPartnership Turns the TablesIn September we are starting a new focus with The Financial Stewardship Challenge...
We are going to focus on becoming great stewards who manage, multiply, and greatly increase all that God has entrusted to us.
Our first step was taking accounting by listing out all of your current assets, liabilities(debts), and expected expenses and income for this month.
Yesterday we talked about taking quick action on the things we know to do because... Money Likes Speed.
But how we make decisions with our finances is very important. I view partnership as...2022-09-0310 minThe Abundant Life BlueprintTeshuva - What Do You Know To Do?Here is this week's Yearly Cycle Update.
We are almost a week into the 40 Days of Teshuva. Teshuva = turning or repenting. This is an amazing time of year for answered prayer and making adjustments.
These 40 days are a reminder to make adjustments and course correct any areas that are off track. It's also a reminder to DO WHAT YOU KNOW TO DO. What are you procrastinating on? This is the time to take action
One of the areas of focus on taking action is in the area of finances. This month our focus is o...2022-09-0206 minThe Abundant Life BlueprintMoney Likes SpeedIn September we are starting a new focus with The Financial Stewardship Challenge...
Over the next month we are going to focus on becoming great stewards who manage, multiply, and greatly increase all that God has entrusted to us.
One of our first steps is to take an accounting of what has been entrusted to us.
Here is an action step to take sometime over the next couple of days...
List out all of your current assets, liabilities(debts). Then list your expected expenses and income for this month.
We...2022-09-0225 minThe Abundant Life BlueprintAn Accountingn September we are starting a new focus with The Financial Stewardship Challenge...
Over the next month we are going to focus on becoming great stewards who manage, multiply, and greatly increase all that God has entrusted to us.
One of our first steps is to take an accounting of what has been entrusted to us.
Here is an action step to take sometime over the next couple of days...
List out all of your current assets, liabilities(debts). Then list your expected expenses and income for this month.
...2022-09-0108 minThe Abundant Life BlueprintThe Connection Challenge Part 5This month our challenge was to connect on a new level... With God, our purpose, our loved ones, and community.
Here is what we have worked on so this month.
Bringing a new level of awe and presence to our time of connecting with God
Connecting spirit, soul, and body
Connecting with our loved ones.
Connecting with our community.
Here are a few of my key takeaways from this month...
Connecting spirit, soul, and body helps to see God's beautiful solutions show up in our lives. His solutions are the perfect seamless fit.
Don't for...2022-08-3112 minThe Abundant Life BlueprintFinancial StewardshipIn September we are starting a new focus with The Financial Stewardship Challenge...
Over the next month we are going to focus on becoming great stewards who manage, multiply, and greatly increase all that God has entrusted to us.
Here is the schedule for our live zooms on Tuesdays at 7pm EST...
9/6/22 - Understanding Stewardship and Systemizing our Finances
9/13/22 - Money Management
9/20/22 - Multiplying Money
9/27/22 - Wrapping it Up & Sharing our results.
Today's communion is a time of gratitude for all God has entrusted to us. And we are asking for his blessing o...2022-08-3121 minThe Abundant Life BlueprintPeace and JoyThis month our challenge is to connect on a new level... With God, our purpose, our loved ones, and community.
Here is what we have worked on so far...
Bringing a new level of awe and presence to our time of connecting with God
Connecting spirit, soul, and body
Connecting with our loved ones.
This week we are focusing on connecting with our community.
Today's communion is a much shorter and very simple one... but also very powerful. Today we are focusing on peace and joy during our time of communion. Something I hav...2022-08-3005 minThe Abundant Life BlueprintHearts in RhythmThis month our challenge is to connect on a new level... With God, our purpose, our loved ones, and community.
Here is what we have worked on so far...
Bringing a new level of awe and presence to our time of connecting with God
Connecting spirit, soul, and body
Connecting with our loved ones.
This week we are focusing on connecting with our community.
At the start of The Connection Challenge a client shared some new research with me about how when we take a moment to think of other people our...2022-08-2922 minThe Abundant Life BlueprintJoyful Thanks to the FatherThis month our challenge is to connect on a new level... With God, our purpose, our loved ones, and community.
Here is what we have worked on so far...
Bringing a new level of awe and presence to our time of connecting with God
Connecting spirit, soul, and body
Connecting with our loved ones.
This week we are focusing on connecting with our community.
One of the verses that started off The Connection Challenge this month is 1 John 1:7 which says that if we walk in the light as he is in the light we...2022-08-2821 minThe Abundant Life BlueprintBe ThankfulThis month our challenge is to connect on a new level... With God, our purpose, our loved ones, and community.
So far, we have worked on bringing a new level of awe and presence to our time of connecting with God, connecting spirit, soul, and body, and connecting for our loved ones.
This week we are focusing on connecting with our community.
One of the verses that started off The Connection Challenge this month is 1 John 1:7 which says that if we walk in the light as he is in the light we h...2022-08-2720 minThe Abundant Life BlueprintTeshuva - Turn it AroundHere is this week's Yearly Cycle Update.
The 40 Days of Teshuva start tomorrow 8/27/22. Teshuva = turning or repenting. Teshuva is an amazing time of year for answered prayer and making adjustments.
The next 40 days are a reminder to make adjustments and course correct any areas that are off track. Something to pay attention to is anything that is knocking us out of thankfulness. If you find yourself stepping out of thankfulness turn it around quickly.
These 40 days are also a reminder of God's standard for our lives... To do good all the time.
W...2022-08-2607 minThe Abundant Life BlueprintCommunication SkillsThis month our challenge is to connect on a new level... With God, our purpose, our loved ones, and community.
So far, we have worked on bringing a new level of awe and presence to our time of connecting with God, connecting spirit, soul, and body, and connecting for our loved ones.
This week we are focusing on connecting with our community.
One of the keys to effectively connecting with our community is developing our communication skills. Communication involves reading, writing, speaking, listening(probably the most important), and body language. Also, how we com...2022-08-2623 minThe Abundant Life BlueprintHighest and Best UseThis month our challenge is to connect on a new level... With God, our purpose, our loved ones, and community.
So far, we have worked on bringing a new level of awe and presence to our time of connecting with God, connecting spirit, soul, and body, and connecting for our loved ones.
This week we are focusing on connecting with our community.
I always think of purpose and community being linked together, because our purpose is meant to serve our community, and our community helps to bring our purpose to pass... It can't happ...2022-08-2519 minThe Abundant Life BlueprintThe Connection Challenge Part 4This month our challenge is to connect on a new level... With God, our purpose, our loved ones, and community.
Last night we started part 4, which is to connect with our community, and we started with a verse from Ephesians 3:10-11 about God's intent.
His(God's) intent was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms, 11 according to his eternal purpose that he accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord.
God's intent is that the church(the bo...2022-08-2422 minThe Abundant Life BlueprintThe Best and Most Beautiful LandThis month our challenge is to connect on a new level... With God, our purpose, our loved ones, and community.
So far, we have worked on bringing a new level of awe and presence to our time of connecting with God, connecting spirit, soul, and body, and connecting for our loved ones.
This week we are focusing on connecting with others and our community.
Lately the phrase keeps coming to mind... The best and most beautiful.
Jeremiah 3:19 says...
How gladly would I treat you like my children and gi...2022-08-2419 minThe Abundant Life BlueprintBecoming a ConnectorThis month our challenge is to connect on a new level... With God, our purpose, our loved ones, and community.
So far, we have worked on bringing a new level of awe and presence to our time of connecting with God, connecting spirit, soul, and body, and connecting for our loved ones.
This week we are focusing on connecting with others and our community.
I once heard a business coach say that the key to having full schedule or thriving business was to become a connector... or person who connects others to w...2022-08-2320 minThe Abundant Life BlueprintConnection Has 2 SidesThis month our challenge is to connect on a new level... With God, our purpose, our loved ones, and community.
So far, we have worked on bringing a new level of awe and presence to our time of connecting with God and on connecting spirit, soul, and body.
This week we are focusing on connecting with our loved ones.
As we seek to better connect with others there may be times when others don't reciprocate the connection, which can be frustrating because connection takes 2 sides working together. If others are connecting with you ev...2022-08-2223 minThe Abundant Life BlueprintEating Meals TogetherThis month our challenge is to connect on a new level... With God, our purpose, our loved ones, and community.
So far, we have worked on bringing a new level of awe and presence to our time of connecting with God and on connecting spirit, soul, and body.
This week we are focusing on connecting with our loved ones and one of the best ways to do this is by eating meals together. There is something about eating meals together that helps build connection. I think it goes back to the principle of co...2022-08-2021 minThe Abundant Life BlueprintTake the Pressure OffHere is this week's Yearly Cycle Update.
The 40 Days of Teshuva are coming up soon starting on 8/27/22. Teshuva = turning or repenting. Teshuva is an amazing time of year for answered prayer and making adjustments.
August is a time of increased heat and pressure. You may notice an increase in pressure in your life, especially in the area of time, where it seems like a lot of demands are coming at you. The pressure helps to remind us that in Christ, God has taken the pressure off of us. The increased pressure is a reminder to s...2022-08-1907 minThe Abundant Life BlueprintThrowing BidsThis month our challenge is to connect on a new level... With God, our purpose, our loved ones, and community.
So far, we have worked on bringing a new level of awe and presence to our time of connecting with God and on connecting spirit, soul, and body.
This week we are focusing on connecting with those closest to us by honoring their attempts to connect with us. When loved ones ask you to do something with them or start a conversation with you these are bids(opportunities to connect). Our goal this week is t...2022-08-1916 minThe Abundant Life BlueprintGod Catches Our BidsThis month our challenge is to connect on a new level... With God, our purpose, our loved ones, and community.
So far, we have worked on bringing a new level of awe and presence to our time of connecting with God and on connecting spirit, soul, and body.
This week we are focusing on connecting with those closest to us by honoring their attempts to connect with us. When loved ones ask you to do something with them or start a conversation with you these are bids(opportunities to connect). Our goal this week is t...2022-08-1822 minThe Abundant Life BlueprintThe Connection Challenge Part 3 - Connecting With Loved OnesThis month our challenge is to connect on a new level... With God, our purpose, our loved ones, and community.
Last night we started part 3 of the Connection Challenge which is to connect with our loved ones.
Here are a few ways for us to better connect with our loved ones.
Share meals together
Spend a few minutes before bed imagining their day and looking for ways to be a blessing.
Catch 80% of all bids they throw your way. Bids are their attempts to connect with you such as asking you to do s...2022-08-1718 minThe Abundant Life BlueprintThe Light of God's FaceThis month our challenge is to connect on a new level... With God, our purpose, our loved ones, and community.
So far, we have worked on bringing a new level of awe and presence to our time of connecting with God and on connecting spirit, soul, and body.
This week we are focusing on connecting with those closest to us by honoring their attempts to connect with us. Catch at least 80% of all their bids and throw some bids their way.
Psalm 44:2-3 says...
With your hand you drove out the na...2022-08-1622 minThe Abundant Life BlueprintRemembering in ActionThis month our challenge is to connect on a new level... With God, our purpose, our loved ones, and community.
So far, we have worked on bringing a new level of awe and presence to our time of connecting with God and on connecting spirit, soul, and body.
This week we are working on connecting with our loved ones and those closest to us.
We are going to do this with remembrance and using our imagination to cherish them. The definition I use for cherishing is... To keep people from pain and give th...2022-08-1611 minThe Abundant Life BlueprintThe Lord Delivers From All TroublesThis month our challenge is to connect on a new level... With God, our purpose, our loved ones, and community.
This week we are connecting Spirit, soul, and physical body with 10 minutes each day of combining journaling, listening to music, praying in the Spirit, and physical movement all at the same time.
Some people believe that living a life of faith means we will never have problems, but this is not the case. Jesus said in this world we would have troubles, but to be of good cheer because he has overcome the world.
...2022-08-1528 minThe Abundant Life BlueprintRememberThis month our challenge is to connect on a new level... With God, our purpose, our loved ones, and community.
This week we are connecting Spirit, soul, and physical body with 10 minutes each day of combining journaling, listening to music, praying in the Spirit, and physical movement all at the same time.
Yesterday was a jam-packed day for me, so today's communion is a little simpler. Since it was a busy day, I did what I would recommend for anyone with a busy schedule. When life is busy it's important to take at leas...2022-08-1308 minThe Abundant Life BlueprintHow Do We Handle Pressure?Here is this week's Yearly Cycle Update.
August is a time of increased heat and pressure. You may notice an increase in pressure in your life, especially in the area of time, where it seems like a lot of demands are coming at you. The pressure helps us to remember to turn these areas over to God. This week we are focusing on connecting Spirit, soul, and body by taking 10 minutes each day to journal, put on music, praise, and pray in the Spirit, and move our physical body all at the same time.
This 10...2022-08-1206 minThe Abundant Life BlueprintA Fitting and Orderly WayThis month our challenge is to connect on a new level... With God, our purpose, our loved ones, and community.
This week we are connecting Spirit, soul, and physical body with 10 minutes each day of combining journaling, listening to music, praying in the Spirit, and physical movement all at the same time.
Lately the word "fitting," seems to keep standing out to me.
The other day we talked about how fitting it is to praise God(Psalm 147:1). And yesterday we looked at Proverbs 10:32 which says, "The lips of the righteous know what is fittin...2022-08-1228 minThe Abundant Life BlueprintThe Lips of the Righteous Know What is FittingThis month our challenge is to connect on a new level... With God, our purpose, our loved ones, and community.
This week we are connecting Spirit, soul, and physical body with 10 minutes each day of combining journaling, listening to music, praying in the Spirit, and physical movement all at the same time.
Proverbs 10:32 says, "The lips of the righteous know what is fitting, but the mouth of the wicked is perverse."
There are many scriptures talking about the lips of righteous.. for example the lips of the righteous nourish many and are like c...2022-08-1126 minThe Abundant Life BlueprintThe Connection Challenge Part 2: Connecting Spirit, Soul, & BodyThis month our challenge is to connect on a new level... With God, our purpose, our loved ones, and community.
Last night we started part 2 of the Connection Challenge which is to connect our Spirit, Soul, and Physical Body.
For many of us who are seeking after God in our lives there is often a disconnect. We see all of the amazing promises that have been given to us in Christ, but we don't see the result of these promises showing up in our lives.
It is through connecting Spirit, Soul, and our P...2022-08-1023 minThe Abundant Life BlueprintThe Perfect FitThis month our challenge is to connect on a new level... With God, our purpose, our loved ones, and community.
This week we are connecting... Spirit, soul, and physical body. One of the best ways for us to connect spirit, soul, and body is through praise.
Psalm 147:1 says Praise the LORD. How good it is to sing praises to our God, how pleasant and fitting to praise him!
The Hebrew word for "fitting," in this verse can also be translated as beautiful, seemly, or lovely.
I believe something God is showing me...2022-08-1027 minThe Abundant Life Blueprint3 Part BeingThis month our challenge is to connect on a new level... With God, our purpose, our loved ones, and community.
Over the last week we have been prioritizing connecting with God. Tonight at 7pm EST on our live zoom in the Connection Challenge we are going to discuss how we are a 3 part being... Spirit, soul, and physical body, and how these three are meant to be connected and function as one.
1 Thessalonians 5:23 says, May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be...2022-08-0924 minThe Abundant Life BlueprintPerfect in KnowledgeThis month our challenge is to connect on a new level... With God, our purpose, our loved ones, and community.
This week we are prioritizing connecting with God.
In Job 36:3-4 a young man named Elihu is speaking to Job, and at the end of the book of Job, Elihu is the only who God doesn't rebuke for his words. Elihu says, "I get my knowledge from afar; I will ascribe justice to my Maker. 4 Be assured that my words are not false; one who has perfect knowledge is with you."
God is perf...2022-08-0827 minThe Abundant Life BlueprintWorthy of PraiseThis month our challenge is to connect on a new level... With God, our purpose, our loved ones, and community.
This week we are prioritizing connecting with God.
The other day one of our partners sent me a YouTube video with a song about the majesty of God. Then later that night I was reading Psalm 145 which is about the majesty of God. Majesty is beauty, dignity, or being worthy of praise. Here are a few verses from Psalm 145:3-6
Great is the Lord and most worthy of praise; his greatness no one ca...2022-08-0726 minThe Abundant Life BlueprintHonor Leads to ConnectionThis month our challenge is to connect on a new level... With God, our purpose, our loved ones, and community.
This week we are prioritizing connecting with God.
Romans 12:10-11 says... Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Outdo yourselves in honoring one another. 11 Do not let your zeal subside; keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.…
Honor leads to connection. When we have honor for God and other people it makes connection much easier, because pride and arrogance block connection.
As we seek to connect with God this week, let's...2022-08-0624 minThe Abundant Life BlueprintRefocusHere is this week's Yearly Cycle Update.
As we move into August, kids are going to back to school and new rhythms and routines often start. This is a time of new beginnings. Over the last couple of months there may have been the tendency to drift away from the fundamentals. This is a time to get back to the basics and refocus. All through this week if you find yourself drifting off track keep reminding yourself to refocus. it is a skill to learn to make fast adjustments. This month we are focusing on connection, so...2022-08-0505 minThe Abundant Life BlueprintConnecting vs Getting AwayThis month our challenge is to connect on a new level... With God, our purpose, our loved ones, and community.
This week we are prioritizing connecting with God.
In every opportunity for connection, we are either trying to connect or we are trying to get away. We have all probably had those times when someone is trying to connect with us, but we want to be doing something else, or our mind drifts, and we pretend to be listening even though we aren't present. We are there physically but we are really in another world. W...2022-08-0527 minThe Abundant Life BlueprintFear the Lord & Shun EvilThis week our challenge is to connect with God on a new level. Something I have been doing to help with this is to have a journal by my side while reading my Proverb every morning and taking notes. Yesterday I was reading Proverbs 3 and verses 7-8 really stood out. Here is what they say...
Proverbs 3:7-8 -Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and shun evil. 8 This will bring healing to your body and refreshment to your bones.…
This verse reminds me of James 4:7 which says, "Submit to God, res...2022-08-0423 minThe Abundant Life BlueprintThe Connection ChallengeThis month of August we will be doing the Connection Challenge. In the Connection Challenge we are going to pick one area each week to focus on taking our connection to a new level.
This week our challenge is to connect with God on a new level.
To connect with God on a new level we can do basic things like taking communion, reading his word, praying, praising, listening for him, and thinking about him throughout the day.
What I want us to focus on this week is the way we do these th...2022-08-0328 minThe Abundant Life BlueprintA Body You Have PreparedRecently a verse from Hebrews 10:5 keeps coming to mind. Jesus says, "Sacrifices and offering you did not desire, but a body you have prepared for me." I feel like God is trying to show us something about the phrase... A body you have prepared for me.
Here is Hebrews 10:5-7 for a little more context...
Therefore, when Christ came into the world, he said:“Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but a body you prepared for me;6 with burnt offerings and sin offerings you were not pleased. 7 Then I said, ‘Here I am—it is writt...2022-08-0324 minThe Abundant Life BlueprintThe End is BetterI used to have a baseball coach who was an excellent hitting instructor, and he would always teach that if the beginning and the end of the swing were in the correct place that everything in the middle would tend to workout. This is a Biblical principle, because Jesus is the beginning and the end. But Solomon says in Ecclesiastes 7:8 that the end of a thing is better than the beginning.
Finishing things is better than starting. Sometimes we are good at starting things but not so great at finishing them. But Jesus is the author and th...2022-08-0228 minThe Abundant Life BlueprintReceiving Back From the LordRecently I have been meditating on Ephesians 6:8 which says, "knowing that whatever good thing each one does, he will receive this back from the Lord, whether [he is] slave or free." The context of this verse is doing our work as if serving God rather than people.
This verse says.. We should KNOW that whatever good we do we will receive back from the Lord.
But, when do we receive it back from the Lord? Here are a few verses on the timing of when God does good.
Psalm 84:11 -No good thing does he(God...2022-08-0126 minThe Abundant Life BlueprintExpanding CapacityIn July our message was Confidence Through Praise. For me personally this was probably one of the most impactful lessons we have done. Through praising God consistently and filling up the basket of praise we can grow more confident in our faith.
Through the month I began to implement a very simple routine of praising God both morning and evening. In the Old Testament temple David said he was given plans in writing from the hand of God for how everything was to run. Part of the plan was the Levites were to stand praising God both m...2022-07-3118 minThe Abundant Life BlueprintLay HoldRecently I have been thinking about a couple of scriptures that tell us to lay hold of what God has given us. Here are the scriptures:
Philippians 3:12 - Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me.
1 Timothy 6:12 - Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, to which you were also called and have confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.
Today's communion is a time...2022-07-3024 minThe Abundant Life BlueprintLook for OpportunitiesHere is this week's Yearly Cycle Update.
Recently we had a Yearly Cycle reminder that God's favor surrounds us like a shield and is on us for a lifetime. His favor produces opportunities. This week is a reminder to be looking for opportunities to connect, help others, and be a blessing. Sometimes these opportunities come disguised as problems or difficult people. But these are opportunities to see God's grace flow. God is sending amazing opportunities every day, but we often miss them because we are too busy doing our own thing.
Here is this week's f...2022-07-2906 minThe Abundant Life BlueprintPerfect Love1 John 4:16-18 says, "God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them. 17 This is how love is made complete among us so that we will have confidence on the day of judgment: In this world we are like Jesus. 18 There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love."
The other day I was in a discipline situation with one of my kids. She knew it was discipline time and so she was...2022-07-2924 minThe Abundant Life BlueprintCircles and ShadowsIn my book "The 8th Date," there is a section at the very end of the book that talks about circles and shadows. To be honest this section of the book is something God taught me and contains some precise math, but I haven't fully understood how to walk in what he showed me yet.
But lately he keeps bringing the idea of circles back into mind because we have been talking about planning. An important part of planning is accounting for all of the variables. And when thinking of the variables I have found it's helpful t...2022-07-2826 minThe Abundant Life BlueprintCommunityOver the last couple of weeks, I feel like God is showing me that the most important thing he wants with our program the Abundant Life Blueprint is for it to be a thriving community of people. Thinking of community reminds me of doing science homework with my daughter a few years ago. She was learning about the difference between a population and a community. The science book said a population is when everything is the same... For example, a population of deer. But a community implies diversity and an entire ecosystem.
To me a community is a g...2022-07-2726 minThe Abundant Life BlueprintAim for Full Restoration2 Corinthians 13:9 says, "We are glad whenever we are weak but you are strong; and our prayer is that you may be fully restored."
And 2 Corinthians 13:11 says, "Finally, brothers and sisters, rejoice! Strive for full restoration, encourage one another, be of one mind, live in peace. And the God of love and peace will be with you."
These verses are translated different ways such as strive or aim for completion, maturity, or full restoration.
Today's communion is a time of gratitude that there is fullness in Christ. And we are asking God for full res...2022-07-2621 minThe Abundant Life BlueprintStay Filled UpIn Matthew 12:43-45 Jesus said, “When an impure spirit comes out of a person, it goes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it. 44 Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’ When it arrives, it finds the house unoccupied, swept clean and put in order. 45 Then it goes and takes with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there. And the final condition of that person is worse than the first.
Lately we have talked about how to make sure we keep the gifts and ans...2022-07-2525 minThe Abundant Life BlueprintHold Fast to What You HaveThe other day we talked about how to make sure we keep the gifts and answers to prayer God sends our way. For example, I have heard of many stories where people were healed by God but then the symptoms came back. The gifts and the call of God are irrevocable, meaning he won't take them away, but they can be stolen from us. Lately God has been teaching me about holding fast our confession. This means that when we keep remembering what he did by praising him for it, it helps us to keep everything he sends our...2022-07-2426 minThe Abundant Life BlueprintExpand the VisionHere is this week's Yearly Cycle Update.
This is a time of year when light is increasing. During this time of the year, I have found that God often expands the vision. He helps us see things in a new light which expands the vision of what he has called us to do. I believe his plan unfolds over time because if he showed it all to us at once it would be overwhelming. Spend some time connecting with him this week on the vision and plan he has for your life.
Here is...2022-07-2205 minThe Abundant Life BlueprintHold Fast Your ConfessionWhen God brings breakthroughs or answers to prayer into our life how do we make sure we keep them? For example, I have heard of many stories where people were healed by God but then the symptoms came back. Lately God has been teaching me about holding fast our confession. This means that when we keep remembering what he did by praising him for it, it helps us to keep everything he sends our way. A good practice for us to develop is spending a few minutes every day remembering what God has done in our life, because it...2022-07-2223 minThe Abundant Life BlueprintThe Game PlanRecently we have been talking about planning, winning at the game of life, and building community( I think we win as a team). As I was thinking about these things, the phrase "Game Plan," kept coming up to me and then the other night on our Partner's zoom call without me saying anything about the phrase "Game Plan," one of our partners closed out our zoom with prayer and he asked God for the "Game Plan."
When I used to coach college baseball we would review the scouting reports and then develop the Game Plan based on o...2022-07-2126 minThe Abundant Life BlueprintWinning at the Game of LifeRecently the phrase "Winning at the Game of Life," keeps coming up to me. As I was thinking about this, I was reminded of playing a card game called Rook. In my family we would always play rook at family get togethers. In Rook there are 2 sets of partners playing against each other for a total of 4 players. Each hand has a possible total of 120 points and each player bids on how many points they think they can win, with the highest bidder being in the lead for the hand. The high bidder gets an extra 5 cards from the "ki...2022-07-2029 min