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Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks! Welcome to Season 3 and thanks for joining in! I hope you heard last week's episode, as we saw the story of Lorenzo and Heather. What started with overcoming my personal weaknesses, led to someone being baptized into Christ! Did it require some time and money to meet their needs? Yes it did. Was it worth it? Oh yeah! But...

Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks! How many of us were raised in churches where nearly zero priority was given to the poor? I understand the importance of using the treasury for authorized things, but what about Christians using their own money and time to help the poor in the community?  I confess, I was not raised with much of that, nor was it present in the...

Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks! Have you emptied yourself of self-will? Have you asked the big questions in times of conflict or trouble:  Who is this about? Is the really about me?  If so, I pray you have seen how quickly and beautifully God's Spirit fills the void you create when you remove yourself! We can now go back to this remarkable text and loo...

Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks! O Fill My Cup, and let it overflow. Let it overflow with Love! Next week, we will talk about how God will fill our vessel with His power. But first, we need to make sure the inside of the cup is clean.  If I have my own self-will is in the center of my heart, and God has to fit around that, He cannot fill me as I ought to be....

Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks! This episode is for anyone who knows the right thing to do, but is struggling to do it. You know, with full conviction, what the Bible says, but emotions run high, temptation comes on strong, and you falter. If you have become frustrated with this demeaning and disheartening cycle, this episode is for you.  You can win.  With...

Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks! The Social Dilemma is a documentary on Netflix that explains the monetization of social media and the internet.  If the product is free for you to use, then you are the product.  Billions of dollars is paid by advertisers to social media sites, and the product they deliver to them... is you. Your time, your eyes, your mind, y...

Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks! What a fantastic question!  "What is Truth?" You will find that a lot of people don't ask it anymore. They think they know the truth already, like the Pharisees.  There are others like Pilate, who ask the question, but don't put in the work to answer it. They end up with a lot of uncertainly. And then ther...

Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks! Matthew McConaughey is a big celebrity around these parts. He graduated about an hour from here and lives in Austin. He is known for three words: "Alright, Alright, Alright." He is also known for a demeanor and attitude that is laid back and positive. However, in his new book "Greenlights," he reveals that...

Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks! Tony Robbins once spoke of success in these terms:  success is not doing 5,000 things, it is doing the few right things 5,000 times. He is speaking of the power of daily habits over time. It reminds us that every decision you make is an investment in your future, IF you repeat those good decisions day after day.  There are no...

Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks! The Excel Still More podcast is heavily invested in self improvement. We want these episodes to help you be disciplined, make great decisions, and reap incredible benefit.  But let's be clear, none of this works if I am only concerned with myself and my growth.  A much more rewarding goal is to help others around you gro...

Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks! The blame game only leads to loses.  Everyone wishes some things in their life was different. Maybe for you it is many things. And while it might be easy to blame others for the circumstances, and express how change can't happen because of things outside yourself... it won't help. In fact, that attitude will only ho...

Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks! Have you ever seen the YouTube videos titled: "The Floor is Lava"?  Or how about the new Netflix program of the same name? It's a pretty simple idea - get from one side of the room to the other... with no floor!  Instead of a floor to walk on, there is only water that looks like lava. Instead, there are obstacl...

Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks! Gratitude is one of life's biggest difference makers. To be grateful is to be happy, content, and humble enough to express that to others. Gratitude isn't looking for me, it is thankful to others for what they have already done or who they are. Level 3 Gratitude is taking appreciation beyond words and into action an...

Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks! Are you making the most of each and every day?  Maybe we should open with this question instead:  how would one go about making every day valuable?  What would each day have to include to say it was lived well?  Oooh, I've got one more question - what if you could live each day over again?  I wonder how many people would...

Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks! Before man was created, the Godhead existed.  A friendship between three eternal beings, who shared in things, were there for one another, and knew all about the others. They were the first model for friendship.  Adam was created to be like them, so it comes as no surprise that he was not good alone.  God created a connection...

Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks! Everyone wants to be successful. Whether in business, relationships, or life, we want our work to pay off. Especially with regard to faith, we want to live for God and receive the great reward of heaven! But not many people make it, really not in any of these categories.  Far too often people start working, and get immediate...

Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks! Everyone knows about the Ripple Effect. But have you thought about it recently? Have you considered that this is actually a principle? I mean, the impact of actions on others is ongoing. It is a reality of your life, whether you know it or not, whether you believe it or not. So we might as well make sure we own this reality....

Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks! It is important to grow and learn and do great things for God. But it is crucial to remember that the power to do so is not in you. On our own we are wayward, weak and lost. But with God's power, anything is possible... everything is possible! We must see God near us. We must visualize Christ right here in the room with...

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Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks! Have you ever heard of Charlie Tremendous Jones? Yeah, me neither. At least, not until recently.  He provided a quote a handful of years ago that I am sure will help you! The sermon at the Lindale church of Christ on Aug. 23rd 2020 was titled "Increase Our Faith." We talked about what areas of our faith need to incr...

Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks! Partnerships are important.  Each of us has deficiencies that keep us from fulfilled potential. But in a partnership, you have the chance to get what you need to grow from another, and they from you. At least, that's the way it is supposed to work. Sadly, many relationships, friendships, partnerships, aren't like th...

Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks! Willpower is important. Knowing what you want to do matters. Professing things you want to avoid, also good. However, most people find that will power and proclamations don't last. Life is hard and we fall back on bad habits if we aren't careful. And of course, good habits can fade quickly.   However, one decision,...

Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks! Welcome to our very first Bonus Episode! Occasionally, on Thursdays, you will find a shorter episode to help encourage you into the weekend.  Today we talk about how to become a great conversationalist.  Talking with others is just a part of life. Everyone will do it, almost all of us on an everyday basis. But few are able to...

Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks! Andy Stanley wrote a great book, "The Principle of the Path." Let's review the content of this book. It is based on one simple idea:  You Get Where You Are Going. Yep, it really is that simple. However, accepting and understanding this idea can change your life forever. People make poor choices and genuinely wo...

Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks! The Donut Principle affect us all. For many, the outside looks great. Their life seems full of good works and godly choices. But unless the heart is the source of this work, unless love is behind all of it, that hole in the middle will cost them. God isn't just looking for people to do the right stuff. He is looking for...