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In September we are focusing on Financial Stewardship...becoming great stewards who manage, multiply, and greatly increase all that God has entrusted to us.
Yesterday we talked about writing what you want. In John 15 AMP Jesus says that if we abide in him that we can ask for whatever we want, so that God would be glorified and our joy would be full. In the AMP version one of the phrases that is used for abide is... vitally united.
In today's communion we are asking God to help us stay vitally united with Christ.
Here is John 15:5-9 AMP
]I am the Vine; you are the branches. The one who remains in Me and I in him bears much fruit, for [otherwise] apart from Me [that is, cut off from vital union with Me] you can do nothing. 6 If anyone does not remain in Me, he is thrown out like a [broken off] branch, and withers and dies; and they gather such branches and throw them into the fire, and they are burned. 7 If you remain in Me and My words remain in you [tha...
Here is this week's Yearly Cycle Update.
The Feast of Trumpets (Rosh Hashanah) is coming up on the evening of September 25th. This night is like New Year's Eve in the Jewish culture and they typically celebrate with apples and honey to symbolize it being a sweet new year. Rosh Hashanah starts the final 10 days of Teshuva, which are called the 10 Days of Awe. It is during this time that I do a Daniel Fast every year.
Download the Guide for the Daniel Fast & 10 Days of Awe
This is a time of year to grow in our AWE of God.
Here is this week's filter(reminder) to write at the top of our journals each day... 10 Days of Awe
I am praying for you.
Daniel
In September we are focusing on Financial Stewardship...becoming great stewards who manage, multiply, and greatly increase all that God has entrusted to us.
Recently I was reminded of something God has taught me to do in the area of finances... which is writing out prayers. The process of writing out what we are believing God for helps us to clarify our thinking, and the written document creates a marker in time of our prayer.
Here are a couple of ways to apply this into financial stewardship...
After writing our prayers like this I like to print them, sign them, get in agreement with someone who will also si...
In September we are focusing on Financial Stewardship...becoming great stewards who manage, multiply, and greatly increase all that God has entrusted to us.
Recently I feel like God has been prompting me to do a communion meditation on Ecclesiastes 11, where Solomon says to cast your bread upon the water. To be honest I am not sure what God is trying to show us in this passage, but many people relate these verses to investing.
In today's communion we are asking God for wisdom and insight into the following passage, and for help to walk out whatever he shows us.
Here is the passage from Ecclesiastes 11:1-7:
Cast your bread upon the waters for you will find it after many days. Give a portion to seven, or even to eight, for you know not what disaster may happen on earth.
If the clouds are full of rain, they empty themselves on the earth, and if a tree falls to the south or to the north, in the place where the tree falls, there it will lie.
4 He who observe...
Here is the replay from last night's zoom on the Financial Stewardship Challenge.
In September we are focusing on becoming great stewards who manage, multiply, and greatly increase all that God has entrusted to us.
Last night we discussed multiplying money. Here is some of what we discussed.
In September we are focusing on Financial Stewardship...becoming great stewards who manage, multiply, and greatly increase all that God has entrusted to us.
This week we are going to focus more on the multiplication aspect of stewardship. An important part of multiplying is multiplying our abilities to help, serve, and earn more. And the best way I have found to do this is to find a mentor. Find someone who is skilled in what you want to do and go learn from them. You can read their books, take their courses, spend time with them, or even work with them. This used to be the way people learned skills, they were mentored by actually doing the work with someone who knew how.
In today's communion we are asking God to help us multiply our abilities and if needed open doors of opportunity with mentors.
Today's Health and Fitness Tip
The evening of September 25th is the Feast of Trumpets and starts the 10 Days of Awe. During this time every year I do a 10 day Dan...
In September we are focusing on Financial Stewardship...becoming great stewards who manage, multiply, and greatly increase all that God has entrusted to us.
As we spend time with God and get to know him, he's going to teach us a new way to live. But then we must learn how to apply what he teaches us and walk it out consistently. One of the biggest areas that I wrestled with this was in finances, and I have observed that many Christians wrestle with how to walk out God's ways in their finances. It took me several years to understand how to apply what God had taught me into my finances consistently, and I am still learning.
In today's communion we are asking God to help us walk out what he is teaching us and to apply it consistently. And we are asking him to help us accelerate the process.
Today's Health and Fitness Tip
The evening of September 25th is the Feast of Trumpets and starts the 10 Days of Awe. During this time every year I do a 10 day Daniel Fast. I...
In September we are focusing on Financial Stewardship...becoming great stewards who manage, multiply, and greatly increase all that God has entrusted to us.
Sometimes God calls us to things that may look impossible financially, but he is not asking us to pay for it, he is asking us to trust him for it. Something I have learned is that when something is on God's plan for our life, God provides and will continue to provide to sustain it as well. So, a big question I have learned to ask, when facing bigger financial decisions is... Is this on your plan God? Because if it is then we can trust that he will provide for it and sustain it.
Recently I have started managing several properties for other people. With these properties I didn't pay for them, and I don't pay for any of the maintenance or improvements. My responsibility is to manage the property and multiply the returns for the owner. When something is needed financially, I make the arrangements, but I don...
In September we are focusing on Financial Stewardship...becoming great stewards who manage, multiply, and greatly increase all that God has entrusted to us.
When it comes to money, an important concept is to keep it circulating. There can be times when there are things that we need and we may have the money, but we don't spend the money for what we need because we are fearful of running out of money in the future. We must learn to circulate money by faith, that God supplies our needs.
Money is relational, and our decisions with money impact other people. If we were to live on a remote island by ourselves and have all of our own food, shelter, etc we wouldn't need money. But in a community other people have skills that can benefit us and save us time. But if we try to do everything ourselves it limits us, wastes time, and also blocks the flow to other people.
Today's communion is a time of gratitude that God supplies all of our needs. And we are asking him to...
In September we are focusing on Financial Stewardship...becoming great stewards who manage, multiply, and greatly increase all that God has entrusted to us.
Many people associate hard work and money, but the two are not always related. There are some people who work really hard but don't make us much money as others who work less. Also, consider that a good or bad investment can make or lose a lot of money very quickly with little or no work.
This is not to imply that we should be lazy... because we have work to do. We are to seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness. We are to work to fulfill his plan and purpose for our life and to be a blessing. And we can do so trusting that he will take care of us.
Today's communion is a time of gratitude that we can trust God to take care of us financially. And we are asking for his help to understand money and effort.
Today's Health and Fitness Tip
If something hurts one of the best ways I have found to r...
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