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Good morning!
Here is today's communion meditation.
This week let's remember the importance of giving ourselves grace.
Ephesians 2:8 says, "For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God."
One of our Christmas presents this year is the gift of God's grace.
He's given us grace but we often forget to give ourselves grace.
We can be our own worst critic and put too much pressure on ourselves, and this limits God's grace from flowing through us out into the world.
When we put too much pressure on ourselves it's like a kink in a garden hose that blocks the flow of God's grace through us.
So as your prepare for Christmas and take some time to reflect on the year make sure to remember to be gracious to yourself.
In today's communion let's receive the gift of God's grace and start to walk in it at higher and higher levels from this point on.
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Good morning!
Here is today's communion meditation.
Today I wanted to do something a little bit different and combine our Yearly Cycle Update with the communion meditation.
It seems like every year during this time of the year that God reminds me of the importance of giving ourselves grace.
Romans 3:23-24 says, "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus."
God has justified us freely by his grace, but we often forget to give this same grace to ourselves.
We are often our own worst critic and put too much pressure on ourselves, and this limits God's grace from flowing through us out into the world.
When we put too much pressure on ourselves it's like a kink in a garden hose that blocks the flow of God's grace through us.
So as your prepare for Christmas and take some time to reflect on the year make sure to remember to be...
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Romans 15:13 says, " May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit."
God has a lot of names and one of them is, The God of All Hope.
The Amplified Bible defines hope as the confident expectation of good.
The God of the confident expectation of good wants to fill us with joy and peace as we trust in him so that we can overflow with the confident expectation of good.
Today's communion is a time of gratitude that God is the God of all hope. And we are asking him to fill us with all joy and peace as we trust in him.
Today's Health and Fitness Tip
Bringing peace, joy, and confidence into your workouts makes a big difference.
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.
Yesterday we talked about how we have a hedge of protection in Christ.
In Psalm 139:5 it says, " You hem me in behind and before, and you lay your hand upon me."
The word for hem can also be translated as a hedge.
Something I have experienced is that we have a hedge of protection around but sometimes it feels like God boxes us into situations that cause us to keep moving forward with His plan when we wouldn't otherwise. Ultimately this is for our good, but it can sometimes feel like your hemmed into a tight situation.
In today's communion we thanking God for His hedge of protection, and that he goes behind and before us. And we are asking him to teach us about how he hems us in for our good.
Today's Health and Fitness Tip
As you improve your mobility it will expand the range that you can live in. We have a hedge of protection but the boundaries that we live in inside of...
Good morning!
Here is today's communion meditation.
In Job chapter 1 Satan and God are having a conversation about Job, and in verse 10 Satan says, " Have you not put a hedge around him and his house and all that he has, on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land."
In Christ we have a hedge of protection, and I think that one of the best things we can do is give consistent thanks that the hedge is there.
A hedge is an enclosure that provides protection. In the investing world a hedge lessens risk and allows you to keep increasing when things go the wrong way.
In today's communion we are asking God to teach us about the hedge of protection we have in Christ, how to stay inside of it, and how to keep it strong.
Today's Health and Fitness Tip
One of the best ways to protect your body is with improved mobility. Keep working to improve the way your body moves, because you...
Good morning!
Here is today's communion meditation.
Yesterday we talked about John 10 where it says that during the winter during the Feast of Hanukkah Jesus was at the temple and in verse 38 he said "But if I do his work, believe in the evidence of the miraculous works I have done, even if you don’t believe me. Then you will know and understand that the Father is in me, and I am in the Father.”
In John 14 Jesus talked to his disciples about miraculous works gain. He said in verses 10-12, "Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me? The words I say to you, I do not speak on My own. Instead, it is the Father dwelling in Me, performing His works. Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me— or at least believe on account of the works themselves. Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever believes in Me will also do the works that I am doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the...
Good morning!
Here is today's communion meditation.
This is a time of year for Miracles. A time to remember the miraculous birth of Jesus.
In John 10 it says that during the winter during the Feast of Hanukkah Jesus was at the temple and in verse 38 he said "But if I do his work, believe in the evidence of the miraculous works I have done, even if you don’t believe me. Then you will know and understand that the Father is in me, and I am in the Father.”
In today's communion we are asking the God of all hope to help us keep believing in the miraculous because nothing is impossible for him.
Today's Health and Fitness Tip
Make sure to coordinate your movement and your breathing. Your breathing should lead your movement just like the Holy Spirit should be leading our actions.
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.
Yesterday we were putting up some Christmas lights because several of our other lights had stopped working. We had a new strand of lights that was very long(about 100 feet), but the problem was that the lights got tangled as we started putting them up.
My wife and I were trying to untangle the lights but it was a gigantic mess.
Then my wife found the end and said we are going to use this as our "One Source of Truth."
This was a saying they use in the business she works for.
We kept using the end piece as our "one source of truth," to make decisions by and after a little while we were able to get it all untangled.
We are getting ready for Christmas, and Jesus said in John 18:37, " The reason I was born and came into the world is to testify to the truth. Everyone on the side of truth listens to Me."
He also said in John 14:6 "I am the way and the truth and the life," and in John 16:13,...
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Good morning!
Here is today's communion meditation.
The other day we talked about Hebrews 11:6 which says,
"But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him."
And we talked about John 5:39-40 where Jesus said to the religious leaders, " You study the Scriptures diligently because you think that in them you have eternal life. These are the very Scriptures that testify about me, yet you refuse to come to me to receive this life."
While thinking about this 2 Chronicles 26:5 came to mind which talks about King Uzziah. It says, " He sought God during the days of Zechariah, who instructed him in the fear of God. As long as he sought the LORD, God gave him success.
In today's communion we are asking God to help us seek him the way he desires so that we have success.
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A great way to seek the Lord is by...
Hey Everyone!
Here is today's communion meditation.
Yesterday we talked about Hebrews 11:6 which says,
"But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him."
While thinking about this I came across John 5:39-40 where Jesus said to the religious leaders, " You study the Scriptures diligently because you think that in them you have eternal life. These are the very Scriptures that testify about me, yet you refuse to come to me to receive this life."
It's good to study the scriptures diligently because they testify about Jesus, but ultimately we must come to him.
Today's communion is a time of gratitude that we have the scriptures to teach us about Jesus, and we are asking God to help us come to him the way he desires, so that we build real relationship with him.
Today's Health and Fitness Tip
There will be low days and high days in...
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