Here is today's communion meditation.

Our message for July is, " Being Bold Leads to God's Best."

 Numbers 33:3 says, "On the day after the Passover the children of Israel went out with boldness in the sight of all the Egyptians."

The word for boldness in the original Hebrew language can mean, " triumphantly, defiantly, exalted, rise, lift, and one different meaning is remove. 

A few years ago we did a message called, "Lifted up by the Spirit."

In that message we shared how one of our partners had a tree with limbs hanging down, making it hard to walk underneath the tree. Rather than completely cutting the branches off, an arborist simply trimmed the smaller branches, which removed weight off of the bigger branch. And when enough weight was removed from the branch it would immediately lift up. 

In John 15:2 Jesus said that branches that produce fruit will be pruned. But the word for pruned can also mean lift up. God does both at the same time. He prunes us and lifts us up at the same time. He does this by removing the small things that are weighing us down. 

In today's communion we are asking God to help us walk in boldness so that we are lifted up. 

Today's Health and Fitness Tip

In your health and fitness what are the little things that can be removed to simplify what you are doing?

I am praying for you.

Daniel