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Today we are taking communion over 1 Corinthians 10:14-24 and we are asking God for insight, revelation, and understanding of these scriptures.
1 Corinthians 10:14-24
14 Therefore, my dear friends, flee from idolatry. 15 I speak to sensible people; judge for yourselves what I say. 16 Is not the cup of thanksgiving for which we give thanks a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ? 17 Because there is one loaf, we, who are many, are one body, for we all share the one loaf.
18 Consider the people of Israel: Do not those who eat the sacrifices participate in the altar? 19 Do I mean then that food sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything?
20 No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God, and I do not want you to be participants with demons. 21 You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot have a part in both the...
Galatians 6:7-10 says, 7 Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. 8 Whoever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life. 9 Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. 10 Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers.
One of the skills I believe we all need is the ability to stay encouraged and energized when we are doing good but haven't seen the harvest yet. In today's communion we are asking God for his help to stay encouraged and not grow weary so that we make the most of the opportunities that are coming to us each day. Love never fails and love always perseveres!
Today's Workout/Health Tip
Health and fitness is a way for us to practice staying encouraged because our bodies don't transform...
Today we are taking communion over Psalm 32 as a time of gratitude that our sins have been forgiven and God surrounds us with his unfailing love.
Psalm 32
Of David. A maskil.
1 Blessed is the one whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered.
2 Blessed is the one whose sin the Lord does not count against them and in whose spirit is no deceit.
3 When I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long.
4 For day and night your hand was heavy on me; my strength was sapped as in the heat of summer.
5 Then I acknowledged my sin to you and did not cover up my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord. ”And you forgave the guilt of my sin.
6 Therefore let all the faithful pray to you while you may be found; surely the rising of the mighty waters will not reach them.
7 You are my hiding place; you will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance.
8 I will instruct you...
We are less than a week away from Passover and it seems like every year around this time God brings back to mind scriptures on how he causes us to triumph. Here are some scriptures to meditate on today. And in today's communion we are thanking God that he causes us to triumph in Christ.
Numbers 33:3 says They(the Israelites) set out from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month. On the day after the Passover, the people of Israel went out triumphantly in the sight of all the Egyptians.
2 Corinthians 2:14 - But thanks be to God, who always leads us as captives in Christ’s triumphal procession and uses us to spread the aroma of the knowledge of him everywhere.
Colossians 2:13-15 - When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your flesh(we had no covenant with God), God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, 14 having canceled the charge of our...
Here are this week's Yearly Cycle Updates.
We have some important dates coming up...
April 15th is Passover - This a reminder that God has released us from darkness and transferred us into the light. Passover is "Pesach," in Hebrew which means," talking mouth." It is a reminder that we are supposed to be talking about and giving thanks for this transfer regularly.
April 16-22 is the Feast of Unleavened Bread - This is a reminder that after we have been transferred into the light, we must clean out our old ways. This feast is a reminder of our righteousness in Christ and all he went through for us.
April 17th is Easter and the Feast of First Fruits - This is a reminder of new beginnings and a fresh start. It's also a reminder that God planted the Spirit of Jesus within us and in that seed is everything needed for life and godliness.
Action Step for This Week - This is a time of year to put some extra emphasis on gratitude. Watch out...
1 Corinthians 4:1-2 says
So then, men ought to regard us as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. 2Now it is required of stewards that they be found faithful.…
God is mysterious. He has mysteries about him, and the definition of the word mystery means beyond understanding. These mysteries are beyond our normal understanding, so they must be revealed to us by him. Mystery is attractive and draws us in, causing us to want to know him more. As we draw closer to him, he reveals mysteries to us and then we are expected to steward those mysteries well, because they often serve as core fundamental principles for living, that can also be used to help others.
In today's communion we are thanking God for his mysteries and asking him to reveal more of his mysteries to us and help us to steward those mysteries well.
Today's Workout/Health Tip
In my book Cracking Heaven's Code, there is a chapter on the "Mysteries of God,"...
Lately I have been thinking about 1 Corinthians 11:28-30 which says...
Each one must examine himself before he eats of the bread and drinks of the cup. 29 For anyone who eats and drinks without discerning the body eats and drinks judgment on himself. 30 That is why many among you are weak and sick, and a number of you have fallen asleep.…
The phrase discerning the body keeps coming to mind and I have been thinking about how our physical bodies are a representation of the body of Christ and it works like a community. I used to do a teaching while in the gym about how our body works like a business, and I would say now that it works like a business and ministry.
In today's communion we are asking God for help to discern the body the way he intends for us to do while taking communion.
Today's Workout/Health Tip
Our bodies work like a business or organization. Something I have been thinking about lately is that a lean business is one who keeps...
Lately I have been thinking about ripple effects, and how when we pick one thing to work on, it causes ripple effects for good across other areas. At the beginning of this month, we talked about picking one area of life to focus on such as emotions, relationships, health, finances, purpose, etc and installing a filter at the top of our journal every night before bed.
For example, a filter in the area of family might look like... Today I am going to bring out the best in my family by cherishing them.
Asking for God's help walking out this standard and then making the decision or commitment to this short phrase becomes the filter that guides all of the little actions and decisions we make throughout the day.
So which area of your life should you pick to work on? I would say the one you want to see change in, but really it doesn't matter. Just pick one, because whichever one you pick it will cause unexpected ripple effects for good across all of the...
Today's communion is a time of gratitude that Jesus was crushed by God for our iniquities and it pleased God to crush him because it gave him the ability crush Satan under our feet. Some scriptures say under the feet of Jesus while others say our feet, but we are one with him.
Isaiah 53:4-6 says...
Surely He took on our infirmities and carried our sorrows; yet we considered Him stricken by God, struck down and afflicted. 5 But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed. 6We all like sheep have gone astray, each one has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid upon Him the iniquity of us all.
And Romans 16:20 says, "The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet."
1 Corinthians 15:25 says, "For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet."
Today's Workout/Health Tip
One of the keys to getting leaner is what is...
Today we are continuing to look at Psalm 25:10 which says, "All of the ways of the Lord are loving and faithful to those who keep the demands of His covenant."
What are the demands of the New Covenant?
To believe in Jesus by putting our faith and trust in him and to walk in love. But what does this look like practically in our lives.
I think this means having faith and trusting in God/Jesus when he asks us to take a step of faith that doesn't look possible or to keep trusting in him when life throw difficult situations our way. And this faith and trust in him must have works to be complete. This means we need some proof as evidenced by our words and actions that we actually believe and trust in him to take care of us.
It also means walking in love. Jesus said that if we love him, we will obey him. And we must also walk in love with other people, which sometimes means doing good for them even when we don't feel like it and doing continually good for...
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