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Good morning!
Here is today's communion meditation.
The other day I came across a scripture in Psalm 1:6 that I thought was very encouraging as we get started with a new year.
Psalm 1:6 MSG says, " God charts the road you take."
Some versions translate this as God watches over or knows the way or path of the righteous.
Today's communion is a time of gratitude that God knows the path we should take and is faithful to guide us along that path and chart our course.
Today's Health and Fitness Tip
It's a very simple thing but keeping a workout journal that tracks your progress makes a big difference. It's often the difference between working out/going through the motions and really training.
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.
Lately we've been talking about boasting...Not boasting in ourselves, but boasting in the Lord.
Galatians 6:14 says, " May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.
One of the things we should be boasting about is what was done for us on the cross.
In today's communion we are asking God to help us put off any patterns of boasting about ourselves and to replace it with boasting about what Jesus did for us on the cross.
Today's Health and Fitness Tip
Let's commit to taking a gentle approach to our fitness in 2024.
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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Happy New Year!
Today's communion meditation is for the year of 2024.
This year our message/theme for the year is, "The Great Reset."
On the Day of Atonement in 2023, the word that came through for me was, "The Great Resetting has begun."
And shortly after this I was listening to the teaching on the Jubilee from the 7 Dates With Jesus Online Course.
Jubilee happened every 50th year and it was a resetting of things in Israel, that started on the Day of Atonement.
During Jubilee all debt was forgiven and the people were restored to the inheritance God had given them.
Jesus is our Jubilee.
He has forgiven our debt of sin and restored us to our inheritance.
Think about resetting for a minute... If you truly had a fresh start this year, what would you do differently? What principles would you live by?
Today's communion is a time of gratitude that Jesus is our Jubilee, and an activation of the Great Reset.
I am praying for...
Good morning!
Here is today's communion meditation.
Yesterday we talked about how knowledge can puff up, but love builds up. This reminded me of Jeremiah 9:23-24.
" Thus says the LORD: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not the rich man boast in his riches, 24 but let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the LORD who practices steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth. For in these things I delight, declares the LORD.”
We shouldn't boast in our wisdom, ability, or resources but we can boast that we know and understand that the Lord is good and he practices steadfast love, justice, and righteousness.
In today's communion we are asking God to help us put off any old habits of boasting in our wisdom, abilities, or resources and to help us boast in who he is.
Today's Health and Fitness Tip
Let's commit to taking a gentle...
This weekend I would encourage you to take some time to work on a Miracle Year Plan for 2024 with God. Take some time to get still and seek God about the one thing he wants you to work on or focus on for the year.
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(This guide comes from the Recording Your Journey Workbook, which will provide a place to track your entire year of 2024.The workbook is the place where I write down my plan and record my journey through the year)
In Isaiah 61, which is the passage that Jesus reads from the scroll, it says, "He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.
In today's communion we are asking God to help us glean the lessons we were supposed to learn from 2023, to leave in the past anything from 2023 that we aren't supposed...
Good morning!
Here is today's communion meditation.
1 Corinthians 8:1-3 says, " We know that “We all possess knowledge.” But knowledge puffs up while love builds up. 2 Those who think they know something do not yet know as they ought to know. 3 But whoever loves God is known by God.'
Knowledge can puff us up and make us proud, but love builds up.
Today's communion is a time of gratitude that we are known by God, and we are asking Him to help us grow in our ability to build each other up in love.
Today's Health and Fitness Tip
As we get ready to start a new year, let's commit to taking gentle approach to our fitness so that we can be consistent and build momentum and confidence 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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Good morning!
Here is today's communion meditation.
The other day my daughter Reina got a Pocahontas doll for Christmas. She's been learning about Pocahontas at school, and she's been very interested in the history. And we were talking about what Pocahontas would do if she needed water to drink.
Reina said she would probably go down to the river or lake and scoop up some water with her hands to drink.
This reminded me of the story of Gideon, who was leading God's army. But, God thought that he had too many men, because God wanted to the credit for the victory. So God had Gideon test the men to see who would be in his army.
In Judges 7:5 it says, "So Gideon took the men down to the water. There the LORD told him, “Separate those who lap the water with their tongues as a dog laps from those who kneel down to drink.”
Those that knelt down were the ones who were chosen, and I think this is a symbol of humility. Those that...
Good morning!
Here is today's communion meditation.
Lately I've been thinking about Philemon 1:6 which says,
"I pray that your partnership with us in the faith may be effective in deepening your understanding of every good thing we share for the sake of Christ."
The verse for partnership can also mean fellowship, community, or shared communion.
Other versions translate this that the sharing of your faith would deepen your understanding of all we have in Christ.
In today's communion we are asking God to help us walk in fellowship, partnership, communion with each other the way God desires so that it deepens our understanding of all we have in Christ.
Today's Health and Fitness Tip
A good workout partner can make a big difference. It can help take your results to the next level.
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.
In Acts 5:20 an angel is breaking Peter out of prison and he tells him, "“Go, stand in the temple courts,” he said, “and tell the people all about this new life.”
The word for "new life," in the original Greek is "zoe," which is often the word used in the New Testament for eternal life. But it means so much more.
It is eternal life, but it also means the life force or essence of God.
We get to have this new life connected to God, with him living inside of us.
For the upcoming year of 2024 our message for the year is, "The Great Reset."
If you truly had a fresh start with this new life we've been given how would you live?
Today's communion is a time of gratitude for the zoe life God has given us. And today's communion is an activation of the new life we've been given.
Today's Health and Fitness Tip
A big part of our walk with God is unlearning. To have...
Merry Christmas!
Here is today's communion meditation.
Today let's remember that one of the gifts we've been given is the gift of righteousness.
Romans 5:17 says, "For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive God’s abundant provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ!"
Righteousness is a gift. We've been made right with God because of the works of Jesus. This means we have God's blessing and favor on our lives and he is on our side.
But we must receive this gift, and it means to give ourselves grace and stop beating ourselves up when we miss it, because we are still righteous because of Jesus. It also means staying humble because we didn't do anything to earn our righteousness. It is a gift!
Today's communion is an activation of receiving the gift of righteousness.
Today's Health and Fitness Tip
Stretching before bed can...
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