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Good morning!
Here is today's communion meditation.
The other day 2 Timothy 3:14 really stood out to me. It says, " But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, because you know from whom you learned it."
I like the phrase, "continue in what you've become convinced of."
In our walk with God, we start out believing his promises, but when we apply His ways, we eventually become convinced that His ways work.
We move from believing in God to knowing him.
In today's communion we are asking God to help us continue in the things we have learned from him and are convinced of the way he desires of us.
Today's Health and Fitness Tip
This is the time of year when people start falling off of their new year's health and fitness resolutions. Continue in the basic fundamentals.
I am praying for you.
Daniel
P.S. Remember the Master is with you, he loves you, and nothing is impossible for him.
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Good morning!
Here is today's communion meditation.
1 Timothy 5:24-25 says, "The sins of some are obvious, reaching the place of judgment ahead of them; the sins of others trail behind them. In the same way, good deeds are obvious, and even those that are not obvious cannot remain hidden."
One of the themes in the Bible is that the good things we do in secret God rewards us for. Good deeds are obvious but even the ones that we do that nobody sees will be rewarded openly at some point, light makes all things visible.
Today's communion is a time of gratitude that God's grace makes us zealous to do good.
Today's Health and Fitness Tip
Keep doing good in your health and fitness. All those small things you do add up over time.
I am praying for you.
Daniel
P.S. Remember the Master is with you, he loves you, and nothing is impossible for him.
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Here is this week's Yearly Cycle update communion meditation
Yesterday we talked about Proverbs 22:28 which says, "Do not move the ancient boundary stone that your fathers have set."
The word for boundary stone can also be translated as "landmark."
Several years ago I came across a study where people were dropped off in the wilderness and asked to navigate their way out. When people had landmarks they could find their way out, but when they lacked landmarks or something to navigate with they tended to make small biased decisions in the same direction which caused them to go in circles.
In life we need something to navigate with and God has boundaries, landmarks, and standards that we can use to keep us moving forward rather than going in circles.
This week let's spend some time seeking God on how to use his boundaries and landmarks to navigate our lives the way he intended.
I am praying for you. ...
Good morning!
Here is today's communion meditation.
Lately we've been talking about boundaries, order, and rest.
While thinking about the connection between these topics Proverbs 22:28 came to mind.
It says, "Do not move the ancient boundary stone that your fathers have set."
In the promised land it was boundary stones that marked out the people's inheritance. In a similar way for us, we have some boundary stones around our inheritance in Christ. I think one of those ancient boundaries is taking a day to rest. God established this in the very beginning of the Bible when he modeled it for us.
In today's communion we are asking God to teach us about the ancient boundary stones he has set for us.
Today's Health and Fitness Tip
We need boundaries in our health and fitness. Spend some time seeking God on what boundaries he would want you to set for your health and fitness.
I am praying for you.
Daniel
P.S. Remember the Master is with you, he...
Good morning!
Here is today's communion meditation.
Lately God's been teaching me about the importance of resting and the gift he's given us in the Sabbath.
Isaiah 58:13-14 says, "If you turn your foot from breaking the Sabbath, from doing as you please on My holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight, and the LORD’s holy day honorable, if you honor it by not going your own way or seeking your own pleasure or speaking idle words, 14then you will delight yourself in the LORD, and I will make you ride on the heights of the land and feed you with the heritage of your father Jacob."
Notice the connection in this verse... If we delight in the Sabbath we delight in the Lord. And when we delight ourselves in the Lord he gives us the desires of our heart(Psalm 37:4).
In today's communion we are asking God to teach us to delight in the Sabbath the way he desires.
Today's Health and Fitness Tip
What kind of movement do you delight in? Maybe it's going...
Good morning!
Here is today's communion meditation.
Lately God's been teaching me about the importance of resting and the gift he's given us in the Sabbath.
In Exodus 31:16:17 it says, "The Israelites must keep the Sabbath, celebrating it as a permanent covenant for the generations to come. 17 It is a sign between Me and the Israelites forever; for in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, but on the seventh day He rested and was refreshed.’”
Think about this for a moment... Even God was refreshed when he rested.
If it refreshed God, then we can imitate him as his children and get refreshed ourselves when we rest.
Something I am learning is that when the balance of work and rest isn't maintained it makes you less productive because to be highly productive you must be refreshed.
In today's communion we are asking God to teach us about rest and how to be refreshed like he was from our rest.
Today's Health and...
Good morning!
Here is today's communion meditation.
Something God's been teaching me this year is the importance of rest and taking a day off once per week. Even God rested after his work. Resting makes your work so much more effective and efficient.
While thinking about this Matthew 11:28-30 MSG came to mind.
"“Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you’ll recover your life. I’ll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with me and work with me—watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won’t lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with me and you’ll learn to live freely and lightly.”
In today's communion we are asking God to show us how to take a real rest and to teach us how he works as we walk with him.
Today's Health and Fitness Tip
Something I've started doing is taking one day off per week of my normal workouts. On that...
Good morning!
Here is today's communion meditation.
It seems like every year around this time of the year God reminds me that he's not looking for us to maintain where we are... He's looking for growth and multiplication.
In the parable of the talents, the guy that only maintained the talent that was given to him had it taken away and given to the guy who grew his.
In today's communion we are asking God to help us be amazing stewards that grow and multiply all that he's entrusted to us.
Today's Health and Fitness Tip
Through the years of working in the gym I've seen a lot of people who have a goal to maintain where they are, but it is usually a sure fire wire to go the wrong direction. Setting a new or bigger goal is a better way.
I am praying for you.
Daniel
P.S. Remember the Master is with you, he loves you, and nothing is impossible for him.
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Good morning!
Here is today's communion meditation.
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."
I like the phrase, "strive for full restoration." This can be translated as completeness, perfection, or bring into proper condition.
In today's communion we are asking God to help us strive or aim for full restoration the way he desires.
Today's Health and Fitness Tip
Our bodies have an amazing ability to be restored to health, and one of the best things we can do for this is create the environment or culture that allows the body to be restored, and our emotional environment is one of the biggest keys to this.
I am praying for you.
Daniel
P.S. Remember the Master is with you, he loves you, and nothing is impossible for him.
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Hey everyone!
Here is this week's Yearly Cycle update.
We are in a time of the year when it is important to have clarity and develop a more efficient strategy.
An important principle to remember is that order always leads to clarity.
Several years ago, one of my gym clients was a scientist who had done a lot of work with liquid crystals. When you think of liquid crystals, think of LCD displays on a phone or TV screen. These crystals have some amazing properties that allow us to see clear pictures on the screen.
Our bodies, as well as all organizations or communities, are actually forms of liquid crystals. Regular crystals are rocks that have a fixed order, but liquid crystals are a combination of liquid and solid that have the ability to adapt and create order.
When the crystals are ordered, they create a clear picture. When they are disordered, they become cloudy and do not produce a clear picture. We all...
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