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Today I wanted to do a little reminder of one of the most important things I have learned... stick with what you know to do. 

Often, we get caught up in all of the "what if's," and things that we could do, but I have learned that it is better to stick with what I KNOW to do. 

Sticking with what we know to do can simplify life, help us gain clarity, and provide a clear path through the overwhelm when we have a lot to do. 

In today's communion we are asking God to help us grow to new levels of doing what we know to do. 

Today's Health and Fitness Tip

Health and fitness can be overly complicated today, but if we will stick with what we know to do, it will greatly simplify things. 

 I am praying for you.

Daniel

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Here is this week's Yearly Cycle update.

Research shows that when people are dropped off in an area they don't know and they don't have landmarks for navigation that their default is to walk in circles because they make biased decisions to one side. The same can be true in our lives, we need something to navigate by in order to move our lives forward rather than going in circles. And I think God meant for his standard and plan for our life to be what navigates us.

God's standard is grace... that he never stops doing good for us, even when we miss it. And part of navigating our lives is that we must receive this from God and learn to do the same for others. This becomes like True North on a compass that helps us find our way. His plan for our life can also be what guides us forward. 

Here is our filter for this week... True North

I am praying for you. 

Daniel

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Here is today's communion meditation.

 Yesterday we talked about 1 Peter 5:10 which says...

But may the God of all grace, who called us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.

In the original Greek language of this verse the word settle is often translated as "Foundation," and this month our message is about having a foundation of rest. To settle is to come to rest. While thinking about the concept of settling in, Genesis 26 also came to mind which tells the story of Isaac settling in the land God showed him.  Here is the passage:

Now there was a famine in the land—besides the previous famine in Abraham’s time—and Isaac went to Abimelek king of the Philistines in Gerar. The LORD appeared to Isaac and said, “Do not go down to Egypt. Settle in the land where I tell you. 3 Stay in this land for a while, and I will be with you and will bless you.

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When I played college baseball, there were times when one of the athletic trainers would take me through some stretching. During those stretches he would push my leg into the stretch, and he would often say, " let me have it." He wanted me to totally relax my leg so that he could get it into a better position, but I remember struggling with truly relaxing my leg and letting him have control of it. Even though I was trying to relax I was still fighting against him. 

I think the same is true for many of us in our walk with God. We know to cast our cares over onto him and to let him have control. but this can be hard to actually do. We have to trust him on a very deep level to truly turn things over to him.

In today's communion we are asking God to help us relax and give him control at a new level. 

Today's Health and Fitness Tip

While stretching our bodies it is an opportunity to practice relaxing into the...

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This month we have been talking about a foundation of rest... Resting in God's promises, resting in our soul, and getting our physical rest. In order for us to truly rest I think we must first trust. Trust leads to rest. But how do we know if we are really trusting. I think hope is our indicator that we are trusting. One of the dictionary definitions of hope is the feeling of trust. And the Amplified Bible defines hope as the confident expectation of good. 

Today's communion is a time of gratitude that we have the God of all hope with us. And we are asking him to help us understand hope and to walk in trust/hope in new levels. 

Today's Health and Fitness Tip

The last few days I have added a little time to my workouts to play with my kids. We did things like run, jump, walk across balance beams, jump rope, tumbling, and playing tag. Jesus said the kids have a lot of the secrets. Making some time to play like a kid...

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The other day we talked about having a standard for excellence in our lives, especially in the little things. And we also said we need to be careful not to put the pressure on ourselves, but to roll the pressure onto God and trust him to supply us with the grace to walk in a new standard of excellence.

While thinking about this I was reminded that beauty takes time. To really do things excellently it takes time to make sure things are done right. Ecclesiastes 3 says that God makes all things beautiful in its time. 

In today's communion we are asking God to help us understand how he makes all things beautiful in its time, and to apply this understanding to our lives. 

Today's Health and Fitness Tip

Be patient in your health and fitness, it takes a little time to transform. 

I am praying for you.

Daniel

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In the book of Ruth, there is a man named Boaz who promises to marry Ruth. Boaz is a very prosperous and Godly man who is going to be Ruth's kinsman redeemer since her husband had passed away. But before Boaz can marry Ruth there is a matter he must settle. There is another kinsman redeemer who is ahead of him in line. Boaz promises to resolve this issue and in Ruth 3:18, Ruth's mother in law Naomi tells her...

“Wait, my daughter, until you find out what happens. For the man will not rest until the matter is settled today.”

Boaz would not rest until the matter was settled that day. I think this is a very important principle of why Boaz was a prosperous and Godly man. When he knew what to do, he took action immediately. 

In today's communion we are asking God to help us understand this principle that Boaz walked in, and to help us walk in this consistently. 

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 Yesterday we talked about the importance of excellence in the little things. We talked about having a standard of excellence in our lives, with things as simple as putting away our coffee/tea mug in the morning after we use it. Jesus said if we are faithful in the little things we will be given much. And there is a saying that how you do anything is how you do everything. Something I have seen to be true in my own life, is that something as simple as putting a mug away begins to cause ripple effects for good into other areas of life.  

But functioning in excellence can be a trap because we can be tempted to put all of the pressure on ourselves, which is very stressful. To truly function in excellence I think we must learn to roll the pressure over onto God and trust in his grace to supply us with a new standard for excellence. 

In today's communion we are asking God to help us take the...

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 Yesterday I was talking with one of our partners and he reminded me of the importance of excellence in the little things. He was talking about having a standard of excellence in our lives, with things as simple as putting away our coffee/tea mug in the morning after we use it. Jesus said if we are faithful in the little things we will be given much. And there is a saying that how you do anything is how you do everything. Something I have seen to be true in my own life, is that something as simple as putting a mug away begins to cause ripple effects for good into other areas of life.  

In today's communion we are asking God to help us set a new standard of excellence, and to walk in it consistently, especially in the little things. 

Something New I Have Been Doing

Lately I have been trying to develop a new habit that goes along with our Daily Prayer. After praying the Daily Prayer, I like to take a few...