The Abundant Life Blueprint

Good morning! Here is today's communion meditation. Click Here for the Video and Podcast Our message for March is, "Resetting Our Understanding," and we talked about how the Holy Spirit helps us understand all that God has given us in Christ.  Several years ago I was talking with my grandpa one morning, and he said that he had just finished reading Romans chapter 8. Then he said that I should...

Good morning! Here is today's communion meditation. Click Here for the Video and Audio Our message for March is, "Resetting Our Understanding," and we talked about how the Holy Spirit helps us understand all that God has given us in Christ.  Several years ago, God showed me that I needed to understand his grace... that he is doing continually good for us all the time, even when we miss it. Du...

Good morning! Here is today's communion meditation. Click Here for the Video and Audio Our message for March is, "Resetting Our Understanding," and we've talked about how the Holy Spirit helps us understand all that God has given us in Christ.  One of the things we've been given is the holiness of Jesus. Hebrews 10:10 says, " For God’s will was for us to be made holy by the sacrifice of the b...

Good morning! Here is today's communion meditation. Click Here for the Video and Audio Our message for March is, "Resetting Our Understanding," and we talked about how the Holy Spirit helps us understand all that God has given us in Christ.  While thinking about this I was reminded of the story of David making preparations for the temple that Solomon would build.  In 1 Chronicles 28, God...

Hey everyone!  Here is this week's Yearly Cycle update communion meditation The Spring is a time of year when time feels like it's going faster and accelerator. Something important to know about time, is that it's relative. We don't always experience time the same way. In the Fall season it will feel like time slows down, and this is balanced with time feeling like it's moving faster in the S...

Good morning! Today's communion meditation is for the month of March. This year our message/theme for the year is, "The Great Reset." And our message for   March is "Resetting Our Understanding" Click Here for the Video and Audio   2 Corinthians 2:12 says, "What we have received is not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may understand what God has freely...

Good morning! Here is today's communion meditation. Click Here for the Video and Audio Lately I've been thinking about the gift God has given us in the Holy Spirit, and how he's been sent to help us.  Romans 8:26-27 says, "In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans. And he who...

Good morning! Here is today's communion meditation. Click Here for the Video and Audio Lately I've been thinking about the gift God has given us in the Holy Spirit, and how we must learn to follow His leading and rely on his guidance.  John 16:13 says, " When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears...

Good morning! Here is today's communion meditation. Click Here for the Video and Audio Last week I felt God was prompting me to take a week off of the communion meditations. It was a good opportunity to rest, reflect, and remember.  I feel like one of the things God had me do last week was to take some time to remember was He has spoken to me.  In John 14:26 Jesus said, "But the Helper,...

Good morning! Today we are back to our communion meditations. Click Here for the Video and Audio While taking a week off of the communion meditations and from my normal workouts, one of the things I was thinking about is any burden I've been carrying that needs to be given to the Lord.  1 Peter 5:7 say, "Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you." And Psalm 55:22 says, "Cast your...

Good morning! Here is today's communion meditation. Click Here for the Video and Audio   This year we've talked a lot about rest, and the gift God has given us in the Sabbath. While thinking about this I came across Exodus 33;14 where the Lord says, "My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest." Notice the connection between presence and rest.  Something I feel God has had me...

Good morning! Here is today's communion meditation. Click Here for the Video and Audio   This weekly our Yearly Cycle Message is, "Sequencing Matters." Doing things in the proper order or sequence makes things so much simpler and easier.  In Mattew 23 Jesus is talking with the religious leaders who are very concerned about following all the external rules about keeping everything clean.&...

Good morning! Here is today's communion meditation. Click Here for the Video and Audio Recently we've talked about the Hebrew the word "yakol," which means... to overcome, prevail, be victorious, or well able. "Yakol," is used when Jacob overcomes while wrestling with God. And it's used when Caleb says that the people are well able to overcome the giants in the promised land.  Yakol is a...

Good morning! Here is today's communion meditation. Click Here for the Video and Audio Yesterday we talked about Genesis 32:28 which says, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with humans and have overcome.” In Hebrew the word for "overcome," is "yakol," which means... to overcome, prevail, be victorious, or well able.   This word "yakol...

Good morning! Here is today's communion meditation. Click Here for the Video and Audio Lately, we've talked about overcoming.   We talked about how darkness has not overcome light and how Jesus said to be of good cheer when we face problems, because he has overcome the world.  We also talked about how our faith can help us overcome the world, and that the God who is in you...

Good morning! Here is today's communion meditation. Click Here for the Video and Audio Lately, we've talked about overcoming.   John 1:5 says   " The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it." And we talked about how Jesus said to be of good cheer when we face problems, because he has overcome the world.  And 1 John 5:4, "“ For whatever is born of...

Hey everyone!  Here is this week's Yearly Cycle update communion meditation This is a time of the year to be examining the sequencing of what we are doing. Sequencing makes a big difference. If you put your shoes on first and then your socks, or your pants on first and then your underwear it doesn't work very well.  When things are done in the proper order or sequence it brings ease and...

 Good morning! Here is today's communion meditation. Click Here for the Video and Audio The other day we talked about John 1:5 which says,  " The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it." And we talked about how Jesus said to be of good cheer when we face problems, because he has overcome the world.  This reminded me of 1 John 5:4, "“ For whatever is...

Good morning! Here is today's communion meditation. Click Here for the Video and Audio   This month our message is, "Factory Reset."  A factory reset is when a device is restored to the way it was when it left the factory.  I think part of a factory reset for us this month is resetting the way we view "today." We often go through the motions of the day and get stuck in ruts of doing...

Good morning! Here is today's communion meditation. Click Here for the Video and Audio Lately I've been thinking about a verse in John 1:5 which says,  " The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it." In life we will face issues and problems, but Jesus said to be of good cheer, because he has overcome the world.  If you are walking in the light... Keep reme...

Good morning! Here is today's communion meditation. Click Here for the Video and Audio Recently we talked about how Jesus, "purchased us with His blood," and how it's interesting that His blood was the currency used. The other day I came across another scripture that combines the ideas of currency and blood. In Genesis 9:5 it says, "And for your lifeblood I will surely demand an accounting. I will...

Good morning! Here is today's communion meditation. Click Here for the Video and Audio How do we respond when we are at a crossroads in our lives? Crossroads can be defining moments.  In Genesis 11:31 it says, " Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, the wife of his son Abram, and together they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to Can...

Good morning! Here is today's communion meditation. Click Here for the Video and Audio This year our message is 'The Great Reset," and our message for February is "Factory Reset." A factory reset is when a device is restored to the way it was when it left the factory.  The other day we talked about how in 2 Chronicles 24 the temple of God was restored to the original design... And we are God'...

Hey everyone!  Here is this week's Yearly Cycle update communion meditation It seems like every year in February God reminds me how important our emotions are for our health.  Emotions are the translators between our spirit and physical body.  Emotions can be felt  when they are stirred into the system. Emotions are meant to give us feedback so that we  can make adjustment...

Good morning! Here is today's communion meditation. Click Here for the Video and Audio Revelation 14:13 says, "Then I heard a voice from heaven say, “Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “they will rest from their labor, for their deeds will follow them.” The phrase, " Their deeds will follow them," really stands out to me. I think of this kind...