Island Hopping

You've lived on all the Islands.  Now its time to move from "What is it?" to "How do I be it?"  This episode is a great deal of summation information, sprinkled with a pinch of anticipatory information.  The purpose is to get you ready for whatever is your next step, on your journey to be.     I can't wait to hear about your journey. Send me a text!

This is the final episode of this chapter of Island Hopping.  You now have, at your fingertips, a complete journey to be who God has created you and gifted you to be.  And I'm inviting you to walk into your have-ness.   Thus, you're now free to move about the cabin.  Explore all of the eight Islands, of your journey to be, either for the first time or all over again.  Never stop learning...

Every want to needs a motivation.  Sometimes you simply want to be someone.  But sometimes you need to understand why you want to be someone, before you actually start being that someone.   I can't wait to hear about your journey. Send me a text!

Sharing who you are, in Jesus, means that you need to share all of you.  The good, the bad and the ugly.  When you stumble (and you will stumble) you need to get good at fessing up to your mess ups. I can't wait to hear about your journey. Send me a text!

The first step on this Island has to be you simply making a list of the people who are in your oikos, right here, right now.  For you'll never hit a target that you can't see.    I can't wait to hear about your journey. Send me a text!

Jesus didn't give us a new religion.  Jesus didn't give us a new law.  Jesus gave us the unforced rhythms of grace.  So, now you are called to go out and do the exact same thing.  Live with your oikos, in the unforced rhythms of grace.  I can't wait to hear about your journey. Send me a text!

You've been called to share your faith in Jesus with others.  Why not focus your Time, Talents and Treasures on sharing your faith in Jesus with your oikos?  Afterall, you've already done the hard work of relationship building.  Now all you need to do is be yourself, right out in front of them! I can't wait to hear about your journey. Send me a text!

Sharing truth outside of a relationship is a waste of time.  Its meaningless, a chasing after the wind. For open dialogue, love and relationship are needed in order for truth to be successfully shared and heard.   I can't wait to hear about your journey. Send me a text!

Everyone has eight to fifteen important people in their lives.  This is your "oikos" or household.  These are the people on which you have the greatest impact, because these are the people with which you're living your life.   I can't wait to hear about your journey. Send me a text!

All of your relationships are purpose driven.  When it comes to God, what purpose is driving your relationship?  The goal is to take a different path, in your relationship with God.  Be in the relationship, simply for the sake of the relationship.   I can't wait to hear about your journey. Send me a text!

It's time for you get personal, with yourself.  Let's dive deeper into what your prayer life looks like and what's the purpose behind your prayer life.   I can't wait to hear about your journey. Send me a text!

Let's deal with why you're reading the Bible.  Or, let's deal with why you aren't reading the Bible.  Dig deep into your why.  And allow God to meet you there and to walk with you.  Let's move from good, to gooder or more good or better.  You know what I mean.     I can't wait to hear about your journey. Send me a text!

Let's spend some time in self-examination.  Why do you do what you do?  Where are you?  Get real with God about the desires of your heart.  Allowing God to meet you, right where you are, is the first step in your transformation from who you are, into who God has created and gifted you to be.     I can't wait to hear about your journey. Send me a text!

It's not a question of location.  It's a question of identity.  "Where are you?" When it comes to your personal relationship with God?  Do you know a great deal about God?  Or do you know God?   I can't wait to hear about your journey. Send me a text!

Every relationship starts with this very question.  Even your relationship with God.  How you answer this question reveals a great deal about where you are on your journey to be. I can't wait to hear about your journey. Send me a text!

We all know what it's like to have purpose driven relationships.  The question for which I invite you to wrestle with, on this Island, is this: Is the purpose, for your relationship with God, to know everything about God or to know God?   I can't wait to hear about your journey. Send me a text!

Do you have a story from your life of when you were so afraid of how another person might react, that you didn't seek or offer forgiveness?  The fear of might is a powerful thing.  Yet. it's a thing that you must conquer, in order to grow in your personal relationship with God, as well as with other people. I can't wait to hear about your journey. Send me a text!

This one is for everyone who can't seem to forgive themselves.  You know that you are forgiven, but you can't be forgiven, because of your guilt and shame.  It's time that you named it and claimed it and allowed God to meet you in it.   Special Music - "Bright Meditation" by Denis Gorelkin   I can't wait to hear about your journey. Send me a text!

In order to get good at listening to others, with a servant's heart, you need to get good at listening to God, with a servant's heart.  And the only way that this will happen is if you're willing to claim your discomfort.   I can't wait to hear about your journey. Send me a text!

The world is teaching you one thing.  But God has something different in mind.  We're very good at building walls of separation.  But God wants to build bridges of connection and community.  What's stopping God?  We are!   I can't wait to hear about your journey. Send me a text!

Seeking forgiveness and offering forgiveness has nothing to do with winning or losing.  Seeking forgiveness and offering forgiveness has nothing to do with other people.  For seeking forgiveness and offering forgiveness is an aspect of who you are.  Being someone who both seeks forgiveness and offers forgiveness is your identity.  Seeking forgiveness and offering forgiveness isn't simply some...

God isn't in the behavior modification business.  God's in the transformation business. Transforming you into who you've been created and gifted to be. Which is quite the journey! I can't wait to hear about your journey. Send me a text!

You can never truly forgive others or seek forgiveness from others, if you're living your entire life trying to always be understood.  So, now it's time to do the next right thing.  Forgive those who have hurt you and make amends for the harm you have done to others.   I can't wait to hear about your journey. Send me a text!

Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to listen to others with a servant's heart.  Your goal is to understand others.  As opposed to always wanting to be understood by others.   Spoiler alert - The better you get at understanding others, by listening with a servant's heart, the better others will get at wanting to understand you.   I can't wait to hear about your journey. Send...

God didn't need to come as Jesus in order to save us.  We needed God to come as Jesus, in order to learn how to be saved.  Jesus came to dance with us.   I can't wait to hear about your journey. Send me a text!