This month our challenge is to connect on a new level... With God, our purpose, our loved ones, and community.

So far, we have worked on bringing a new level of awe and presence to our time of connecting with God and on connecting spirit, soul, and body. 

This week we are focusing on connecting with our loved ones. 

As we seek to better connect with others there may be times when others don't reciprocate the connection, which can be frustrating because connection takes 2 sides working together. If others are connecting with you even though you are trying, watch out for frustration and magnifying the disconnect, because it can be easy to build this into something bigger in our mind. 

Something I feel like God has shown me about this is to focus on our connection with God and bringing our connection with God to others. This way we are focused on our connection with God and building a bridge to others, rather than magnifying when others don't connect with us. 

In today's communion we are asking for wisdom and understanding of how it takes two sides to connect. And we are asking God to help us take our connection with him into connecting with others. 

Today's Health/Fitness Tip

We have talked about the difference between working out and training. Training means having a purpose and plan rather than going through the motions. The other day I was playing tennis with my daughter, and we were hitting back and forth with no real structure. Then I suggested we see how many times we could hit the ball back and forth without having a break in the action. As we did this it caused both of us to focus on a new level. All of the sudden we were training rather than just hitting back and forth. Be thinking of ways we can apply this concept into our workouts and other areas of life. 

I am praying for you.

Daniel

P.S. It's not too late to join us in the Connection Challenge.

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