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What's going to determine if 2022 is going to be a year where we see growth and progress, or things stay the same or get worse? I think much of it has to do with our approach or the philosophy we take towards our goals. When the new year starts, most people are not going to take a graceful approach. They are going to go overboard in the first couple of weeks and be burned out by the time February hits. They may have spurts of progress through the year, but when it's all said and done, they won't be any better off at the end of the year. 

A graceful approach is one that relies and trusts in God's grace to make it all happen. This means putting God in the center of it as the source of our growth, progress, and increase. Then we must learn to take an approach that allows his grace to flow. Here are a couple of keys to a more graceful approach...

Start smaller and focus on building momentum over time.

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In our daily communion videos, we talk about paying attention to how you're feeling throughout the day and making quick adjustments if you get off track. The other day my energy levels were feeling lower, and I could feel some heaviness on me, but I wasn't sure what was causing it, so I decided to take a few minutes to get still and connect with God. Within 2 minutes of getting still I was full of energy as God began to teach me some things. 

Immediately when I sat down John 1:16 came to mind...Out of his fullness we have all received grace in place of grace already given.

It is out of the fullness of Christ that we receive grace, and if we are going to give grace to others then we must also give from a place of fullness in Christ. Feeling a sense of completeness and fullness is an indicator that we are in Christ. 

The opposite of being full is to be hollow and immediately after John 1:16 came to mind...

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Back in 2018 in the time between Christmas and New Year's Day I felt God was nudging me to create a plan for the next year with him. When I finished the plan, my daughter was playing with a toy ice cream set she had received for Christmas. She said she needed to sell her ice cream, so I asked her how she sells her ice cream. Her answer repeatedly was..."61." 

Her answer didn't make sense but then I heard God speak to me on the inside saying... Go read Isaiah 61.

The title of Isaiah 61 is The Year of the Lord's Favor, and it is the passage of scripture that Jesus reads from the scroll when starting his ministry proclaiming freedom for the captives. 

Even though that next year didn't look exactly as I expected it did become a Miracle Year, the Year of the Lord's Favor. 

Every year since then I have taken this time between Christmas and New Year's Day to seek God for his plan for the upcoming year. God has a plan for our lives that is the best plan.

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While playing baseball in college, we had one of the best hitting instructors around, and he used to constantly emphasize that if the beginning and the end of the baseball swing were in the correct place that everything in the middle usually works out. He was always talking about following through by finishing long and high, because a lot of power is lost by stopping at the point of contact, rather that following through.

In our walk with God our follow through is also important. When we turn things over to God in prayer and believe we receive from him, then we must follow through. From the point where we turn things over to him, we must keep believing and trusting in him rather than giving up quickly. In Numbers 23:19 it says that whatever God speaks or promises he fulfills and makes good on. He follows through. 

After praying and believing we can follow through by resting in God's love and loving others because we...

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Proverbs 25:11-12 in the MSG version says...

The right word at the right time is like a custom-made piece of jewelry,

And a wise friend’s timely reprimand is like a gold ring slipped on your finger.

One word from God can change the trajectory of our lives. Every year during this time of the year I begin seeking God about his word or direction for the next year. God has a unique word that is like a custom-made piece of jewelry for each of us. He knows how to give us the right word at the right time, and it is a perfect fit for our life.

These words from God may come by hearing something from him on the inside, they may come while reading the Bible, they may come through other people as God speaks through them. or it may be a combination of these. 

Today's communion is a time of gratitude that God knows how to give us the right word at the right time, and we are asking him what his unique word is for us at this time....

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Merry Christmas!

Christmas is a reminder that the true light has come into the world and out of his fullness we have all received grace upon grace. On this Christmas day let's take some time to meditate on John chapter 1.

Here is John 1:1-18...

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. 3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. 4 In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

6 There was a man sent from God whose name was John. 7 He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all might believe. 8 He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light.

9 The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world. 10 He was in the world, and though the world was made...

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Here is this week's Yearly Cycle Update.

Christmas is a reminder of the day that a great light came into the world. A few years ago, I noticed in my journals that I was getting major insights on the 25th of every month and in my walk with God there have been several important things that have all happened on the 25th of the month. After seeking God about this the answer I received was, the 25th reminds us of the day light came into the world, and God likes to remember it every month. Hanukkah, also called the festival of lights also starts on the 25th of the month on the Hebrew calendar. 

As I was seeking God about our updates for this week the phrase a Great Light from Isaiah 9 kept coming to mind. Here is Isaiah 9:1-7

Isaiah 9

Nevertheless, there will be no more gloom for those who were in distress. In the past he humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the future, he will honor Galilee of the nations, by the Way of the Sea, beyond the...

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A new concept I feel God's been showing me has to do with priming the pump. When my kids were babies there were times when they would be up in the middle of the night. During those times I learned that if I prayed in the Spirit, I could wake up feeling just as energized as if I had slept all night. In my book Cracking Heaven's Code. I say that praying in the Spirit is one of the greatest ways to increase energy and it primes the pump to get things flowing at a higher level. 

Recently as I was thinking about this, I began to research what priming the pump really does. Priming a pump uses mechanical pressure to remove all of the air out of a pipeline so that the water flows. In Song of Solomon chapter 4, Solomon is speaking to his bride, which is a picture of Jesus speaking to us, and he says that she is a garden fountain that is locked, a well of living water. Jesus said that if anyone would believe in him, then out of...

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One of the key concepts to transforming our physical bodies is called energy flux, which is just a fancy way of saying increased activity. A system that has more energy flowing through it will transform faster. To lose body fat or gain muscle usually requires a higher level of activity. This does burn more calories, but I think the bigger effect happens because the increased activity improves the sensitivity of our cells to communication happening within the body. I think the calories are a smaller factor than the increased sensitivity of our cells. 

This principle also applies to our faith. When we exercise our faith consistently and have a high level of energy flux spiritually, God can flow more through us. Imagine, taking action on every little thing you know to do, it makes us much more sensitive to all of the communication God is sending our way. 

When it comes to increasing energy flux in our physical bodies,...

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Creating alignment in our lives is very important. When we are in alignment, we have everything moving in one direction rather than being pulled in many different directions. To align means to put into the proper place relative to other things and to put into a straight line. Creating alignment leads to more order in our lives and I think of order as the key that unlocks the flow of grace. When there is order and things are in their proper position grace flows, everything is easier, there is protection, and so much more. 

This is a very important lesson I have learned.... No alignment = no grace flowing. This is a very big deal. 

In our physical bodies if our spine is out of alignment it leads to pain, poor communication in the body, and a lack of blood flow to the area. 

Here are some areas to get aligned in our lives.

First, we must align with the light. We must align our lives with God's ways by...