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November is a time when God often initiates transitions in our lives to move us to the next level. As we transition there will often be important decisions to make and we should follow what Paul says in 2 Corinthians 8:21 when he says he is, " taking pains to do what is right, not only in the eyes of the Lord but also in the eyes of man.
In today's communion we are asking God to help us understand and know how to make decisions that are right in His eyes but also in the eyes of man.
Today's Health and Fitness Tip
It's important to walk in love in the area of nutrition. Sometimes when we are trying to eat well we can become too strict and step out of love when someone graciously makes food for us. In these times I have learned to eat what is set before me, and then get back on track with the next meal.
I am praying for you.
Daniel
Here is this week's Yearly Cycle Update.
We are moving into the wintertime, a season of the year when many transitions happen. Don’t be surprised if God starts shifting things around. If you are in a leadership position, there will often be some shifts in people during this time. During transitions, be patient, God transitions things slowly so that nothing tears or breaks.
We just finished going through the heat of the year, and now we are moving into the colder season. We can’t just move from hot to cold. Imagine putting hot glass in a freezer. It would break. In this season, God will often slow things down and cause some unexpected delays.
This is a time when things just seem to sit on the shelf and cool for a while. If you have been through the fire this year, don’t be surprised if it seems like you are just waiting for a season. If this happens, be of good cheer—because it means that God is actually lining things up perfectly. These delays and slowdowns ma...
November is a time when God often initiates transitions in our lives to move us to the next level. As we transition there will often be important decisions to make. And when we make those decisions it's important to pay attention to our conscience, because decisions that override our conscience can shipwreck our faith.
1 Timothy 1:18-19 says, "Timothy, my child, I entrust you with this command in keeping with the previous prophecies about you, so that by them you may fight the good fight, 19 holding on to faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and thereby shipwrecked their faith.
When we override our conscience I think it shipwrecks our faith because we lose confidence in our relationship with God.
In today's communion we are asking God to teach us about the importance of our conscience and to help us walk follow the leading of our conscience as we make decisions.
Today's Health and Fitness Tip
The conscience is not often talked about when it ...
November is a time when God often initiates transitions in our lives to move us to the next level. As we transition to new levels there is often some unlearning that we have to do. The world has taught us a lot of stuff that isn't true, and as we walk with God there will be some unlearning that must happen along the path, where we let go of some beliefs that we really thought were true.
In today's communion we are asking God to reveal any areas where we need to do some unlearning and to help us replace those old beliefs with his truth.
Today's Health and Fitness Tip
Our bodies are amazing, and they have a memory. If someone has taken a break from training for a while their body will still have a memory of how to train and will usually respond to training much faster than someone who has never trained. This is good, but it can also mean at times that we need to do some unlearning. Sometimes we get movement patterns that are not good. In today's communion medi...
November is a time when God often initiates transitions in our lives to move us to the next level. These transitions can be scary and overwhelming because things are changing, but it's a reminder to trust him in the transitions.
As we go through transitions, we can trust that God is working all things together for our good.
Today's communion is a time of gratitude that God keeps moving us to new levels. And we are asking him to help us stay in faith and love as we keep trusting him in the transitions.
Today's Health and Fitness Tip
In our workouts as we transition to new levels there may times when it seems like we are going backwards. During these times keep showing up and executing, because it's only a matter of time until you are at a new level.
I am praying for you.
Daniel
In November our focus is going to be on recording our journey. Several months ago, on one of our partner's zoom's we came to the conclusion that one of the keys to growth is recording our journey so that we have a record of our progress.
Last month we focused on Understanding the Times and developing our calendar for 2023. This month we are going to focus on developing a system for recording our journey. I envision this looking something like a workbook/journal that will go along with our calendar.
In today's communion we are asking God to help us develop the system he has in mind for recording our journey.
Today's Health and Fitness Tip
One of the simplest and most overlooked ways to increase progress in our health and fitness is to record our journey. A workout journal and food log can do a lot.
I am praying for you.
Daniel
We are in a time of year when many transitions occur. And during this time, I think it's important to remember the choice that God made to love us. Even though we had all missed it God made the choice to make a covenant commitment to love us unconditionally. God is love, and love gives free will and choice. He had a choice. He could have wiped us out or left us on our own, but he chose the way of love.
As we go through transitions in our life we will be faced with choices about which way to go, and we should follow God's example of choosing to love. Love is not a feeling it is a choice.
Today's communion is a time of gratitude that God chose to love us. And we are asking him to help us understand the choice he made, to receive it, walk in it, and learn to imitate him in our choices.
Today's Health and Fitness Tip
Our health and fitness is a great place to practice free choice. There will be many days when we don't feel like doing what we know we should do...
Yesterday we discussed the water being deep in Ezekiel 47 and right after that passage the next section discusses the boundaries of the land. All throughout the Old Testament God was very precise about the boundaries for the promised land.
This is a time of year when God often begins to transition us to new levels, and I believe one of the first steps at new levels should be to establish boundaries. One of the most important things for us to establish boundaries around is our priorities. We must commit to and establish our priorities in our heart, because they will be tested.
In today's communion we are asking God to teach us about the importance of boundaries and we are asking him to help us establish boundaries around our priorities the way he intended and says is best.
Today's Health and Fitness Tip
Our physical bodies operate with boundaries. For example, our blood sugar and blood pressure both have boundaries for what is too high and what is too low. ...
Recently I have been flooded with what seems like more to do than can be done in a day, even several days, which brought to mind the passage of scripture in Ezekiel 47 about the water being knee deep, then waist deep, then too much to cross. If you look at the end of this passage the water that was too much to cross ultimately led to the trees producing fruit every month and leaves on the trees that are for healing.
Being flooded or overwhelmed can lead us to a place of life, fruitfulness and healing, even though it might seem unpleasant at the time.
In today's communion we are asking for insight into the passage in Ezekiel 47(which is down below) and we are asking him to help us handle times when we are flooded with too much gracefully so that it turns into life, fruit, and healing.
Ezekiel 47:1-12
The man brought me back to the entrance to the temple, and I saw water coming out from under the threshold of the temple toward the east (for the temple face...
Here is this week's Yearly Cycle Update.
We are in a time of the year for transitions. It is during this season that God often opens doors to transition to new things. If there is a sudden change during this time, be assured that it is God shifting things around for our good. Sometimes it doesn’t look good on the surface, but ultimately it is for our good.
When new doors open, it always takes faith and courage to go through the doors. And be prepared, because on the other side of the door is some work. When doors open, make sure to check that you have peace before going through.
Open Door, But Lacking Peace
In 2 Corinthians 2, the apostle Paul says that God opened a door to work in Troas, but he didn’t go through the door. Paul said that he lacked peace because Titus wasn’t there to go through the door with him. This was very interesting to me, because although God opened the door, Paul did not go through. Some doors we are only supposed to go through when we...
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