The Abundant Life Blueprint

Good morning! Here is today's communion meditation. Click Here for the Video and Audio Lately I keep thinking about the balance of paying attention to numbers/stats while also being focused on executing well Sometimes we can get so focused on numbers that we lose track of executing the right way.  It could be stats at work, bodyweight, repetitions or lifts in workouts, finances, etc. In ...

Good morning! Today's communion meditation is for the month of February. This year our message/theme for the year is, "The Great Reset." And our message for February is "Factory Reset" Click Here for the Video and Audio A week or so ago my wife's phone wouldn't work. It wouldn't turn on or charge. So, she took it to the phone store, and they did a factory reset on her phone, which got it working a...

Good morning! Here is today's communion meditation. Click Here for the Video and Audio Revelation 5:9 says, " And they sang a new song, saying: “You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because you were slain, and with your blood you purchased for God persons from every tribe and language and people and nation." Think about this for a moment... Jesus purchased us for God with...

Good morning! Here is today's communion meditation. Click Here for the Video and Audio   The other day we talked about how Paul told Timothy to continue in the things he had learned and become convinced of. And we talked about Romans 4:21 which is about Abraham. It says, "  He was fully convinced that God is able to do whatever he promises."   We also said that in Hebrew the word fo...

Good morning! Here is today's communion meditation. Click Here for the Video and Audio   The other day we talked about how Paul told Timothy to continue in the things he had learned and become convinced of. And we talked about Romans 4:21 which is about Abraham. It says, "  He was fully convinced that God is able to do whatever he promises."   We also said that in Hebrew to become c...

Hey everyone!  Here is this week's Yearly Cycle update communion meditation It seems like every year in February God reminds me that we are a 3 part being... Spirit, soul, and body.    We often get focused on the physical aspects of health like nutrition and fitness, but the spiritual and emotional aspects are probably more important.  Health is a skill... simple habits that we...

Good morning! Here is today's communion meditation. Click Here for the Video and Audio   The other day we talked about how Paul told Timothy to continue in the things he had learned and become convinced of. And yesterday we talked about   Romans 4:21 which is about Abraham. It says, "  He was fully convinced that God is able to do whatever he promises." As I was thinking about this...

Good morning! Here is today's communion meditation. Click Here for the Video and Audio   The other day we talked about how Paul told Timothy to continue in the things he had learned and become convinced of. This reminded me of Romans 4:21 which is about Abraham. It says, "  He was fully convinced that God is able to do whatever he promises." To be fully convinced means there wasn't any w...

Good morning! Here is today's communion meditation. Click Here for the Video and Audio Lately God's been teaching me about the importance of taking a day of rest each week. God's given us the gift of rest, so that we can get refreshed.  But to truly rest it takes preparation. It takes work so that you can enter into the rest, because it's hard to truly rest when a bunch of things need to be d...

Good morning! Here is today's communion meditation. Click Here for the Video and Audio Lately God's been teaching me about the importance of taking a day of rest each week. God's given us the gift of rest, so that we can get refreshed.  Jeremiah 17:21 says, "This is what the LORD says: Be careful not to carry a load on the Sabbath day or bring it through the gates of Jerusalem." As we rest ea...

Good morning! Here is today's communion meditation. Click Here for the Video and Audio  The other day 2 Timothy 3:14 really stood out to me. It says, " But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, because you know from whom you learned it." I like the phrase, "continue in what you've become convinced of."  In our walk with God, we start out believi...

Good morning! Here is today's communion meditation. Click Here for the Video and Audio 1 Timothy 5:24-25 says, " The sins of some are obvious, reaching the place of judgment ahead of them; the sins of others trail behind them. In the same way, good deeds are obvious, and even those that are not obvious cannot remain hidden." One of the themes in the Bible is that the good things we do in secret Go...

Hey everyone!  Here is this week's Yearly Cycle update communion meditation Yesterday we talked about Proverbs 22:28 which says, "Do not move the ancient boundary stone that your fathers have set."  The word for boundary stone can also be translated as "landmark."  Several years ago I came across a study where people were dropped off in the wilderness and asked to navigate thei...

Good morning! Here is today's communion meditation. Click Here for the Video and Audio   Lately we've been talking about boundaries, order, and rest.  While thinking about the connection between these topics Proverbs 22:28 came to mind. It says, "Do not move the ancient boundary stone that your fathers have set." In the promised land it was boundary stones that marked out the people's in...

Good morning! Here is today's communion meditation. Click Here for the Video and Audio Lately God's been teaching me about the importance of resting and the gift he's given us in the Sabbath.    Isaiah 58:13-14 says, "If you turn your foot from breaking the Sabbath, from doing as you please on My holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight, and the LORD’s holy day honorable, if you honor...

Good morning! Here is today's communion meditation. Click Here for the Video and Audio Lately God's been teaching me about the importance of resting and the gift he's given us in the Sabbath.  In Exodus 31:16:17 it says, " The Israelites must keep the Sabbath, celebrating it as a permanent covenant for the generations to come. 17 It is a sign between Me and the Israelites forever; for in six...

Good morning! Here is today's communion meditation. Click Here for the Video and Audio Something God's been teaching me this year is the importance of rest and taking a day off once per week. Even God rested after his work. Resting makes your work so much more effective and efficient.  While thinking about this Matthew 11:28-30 MSG came to mind.  " “Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on...

Good morning! Here is today's communion meditation. Click Here for the Video and Audio It seems like every year around this time of the year God reminds me that he.s not looking for us to maintain where we are... He's looking for growth and multiplication.  In the parable of the talents, the guy that only maintained the talent that was given to him had it taken away and given to the guy who g...

Good morning! Here is today's communion meditation. Click Here for the Video and Audio Recently I've come across some verses about the cup in the hand of the Lord. There are several scriptures that refer to the cup that is in God's hand.  Psalm 75:8 says, " For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup with foaming wine, well mixed, and he pours out from it, and all the wicked of the earth ...

Good morning! Here is today's communion meditation. Click Here for the Video and Audio The other day I felt like God showed me that there is a connection between boundaries and authority. Think of a police man, governor, or president, they have authority within their jurisdiction or borders but once they are outside of their boundaries, they lose their authority.  We all need boundaries in ev...

Good morning! Here is today's communion meditation. Click Here for the Video and Audio   I think one of the most important areas of our walk with God is boundaries. Having boundaries in our spiritual life, purpose, health, family, finances, time, and especially our priorities.  Think of creating boundaries in your life as deciding on the main principles that you will operate by and makin...

Good morning! Here is today's communion meditation. Lately I've been thinking about a verse in Isaiah 8:12-13.  “Do not call conspiracy everything this people calls a conspiracy; do not fear what they fear, and do not dread it. The LORD Almighty is the one you are to regard as holy, he is the one you are to fear, he is the one you are to dread." In my book "Make Today a Masterpiece," I discus...

Good morning! Here is today's communion meditation. Click Here for the Video and Audio This year our message for 2024 is "The Great Reset." And I feel one thing to be resetting is a culture of rest. God has been teaching me a lot lately about the importance of having a rhythm of rest.  The promised land in the Bible is described as "God's rest."  While thinking about this 1 Chronicles 22...