Gaining Traction

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How do you gain serious traction toward your goals or vision? 

Several years ago I was feeling overwhelmed with trying to keep up with everything...Business, family, eating well, exercise, etc. 

Finally one day I asked God how he keeps everything in order. 

The answer I received was... "Look to the pattern of my Sabbaths."

In the Old Testament temple there were certain activities that needed to be done every...

• Morning, evening
• Weekly Sabbath
• Start of a new month
• And on the Yearly Cycle of feasts.

This was the rhythm of the temple and served to keep everything in order. Our bodies are the temple now and for several years I have worked to implement this rhythm into every area of life. One of the most important ways I implement this rhythm is with communion. 

Recently I have been working on redesigning the process we use for examining ourselves during communion. This process when done daily, weekly, monthly, and on the Yearly Cycle can help you gain some serious traction and momentum. And it will help you get every area of life moving forward together rather than just one area going well while the others get neglected. 

Here is the process ( I will have an actual document for this soon.).

Step 1: Focus on the light ( Make sure forgiveness is received from God, given to yourself, and others)

• What are you grateful for?
• What progress did you make?

Step 2: Evaluate your emotions - Emotions signal what is happening in our heart and where we are focused. 

• Did anything cause you to lose your peace?
• Did anything cause you to lose your joy?
• If there was something then bring it to God, receive forgiveness, and thank him that his grace is sufficient and nothing is impossible for him. He is bigger than the problem. Then ask for his help cultivating what he put within you. 

Step 3: Creating Your Plan - What do you know to do?

• What needs to happen? These are things that need to get done to maintain where you currently are. They might be administrative, things around the house, things at work, etc?
• What do you want to happen? These are bigger things God is stirring in you for the next level. 

Step 4: Tuning Into God - His voice is leading you to a spacious beautiful place.

• What adjustments is God prompting you to make in what you are currently doing?
• What new things are you learning, and what new directions is he prompting. 

As we take communion today let it be symbolic of letting go of our old ways, not gaining any tractions, and/or being stuck. And we are going to embrace a new way of living connected to and in rhythm with God. It is going to lead to some major traction in every area of life. All of this is possible because of the sacrifice of Jesus. Our sins have been forgiven and we have been released from the darkness to live a new life connected with God in the light. 

I am praying for you.

Daniel

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