The Abundant Life Blueprint

Here is today's communion meditation.   The other day I had an address plugged into my GPS, but then decided to stop at a different location first. Since I was going in the wrong direction, every time I passed an opportunity to stop my GPS would recalculate and tell me to turn around. This happened over and over.  As this was happening I felt like God was showing me that when we get off...

Here is today's communion meditation. Our message for July is "Being Bold Leads to God's Best." Romans 12:2 says, " Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will." The world wants to conform us to the ways and pattern of how everyone else does things...

Here is today's communion meditation.   John 8:32-32 says, "To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. 32 Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” Notice the progression in this verse. First, we hold fast to the teaching of Jesus, then we'll be disciplined, and then we'll know the truth, and the truth will set...

Here is this week's Yearly Cycle update.   August is a time to refocus. Sometimes there is a tendency during the summer to get a little off-track, and August is a time to both expand and recommit to the vision. The deadline for the year ( Yom Kippur - Sept 24/25) is approaching, and as the deadline approaches you may experience two things... An increase in pressure and the feeling that time i...

Here is today's communion meditation.  Psalm 139:16 NLT says, " Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed." This is an amazing thought... God wrote a book about each day of our life before we were ever born. He planned very moment. The Hebrew of the word "laid out," can also be translated as ordained, fashioned, and like molding p...

Here is today's communion meditation.  Psalm 118:24 says, "This is the day that the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it." The Bible often stresses the importance of today, but it can be easy to think, "it's just another day." But God has a plan for each one of our days, and our part is to rejoice and be glad in it.  In today's communion we are asking God to help us understand...

Here is today's communion meditation. Our message for July is... Being Bold Leads to God's Best.   Deuteronomy 30:19 says, " This day I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live." But, how do we choose life... Proverbs 18:21 says, " Life and death are in the p...

Here is today's communion meditation.  Our message for July is... Being Bold Leads to God's Best. Recently I switched things up and started reading my morning Proverb from the MSG version, because sometimes reading different translations can provide some good insights.  Proverbs 22:17-18 MSG says, "Listen carefully to my wisdom;  take to heart what I can teach you. You’ll treasure i...

Here is today's communion meditation.  Our message for July is... Being Bold Leads to God's Best. 1 John 5:13-15 MSG says, " My purpose in writing is simply this: that you who believe in God’s Son will know beyond the shadow of a doubt that you have eternal life, the reality and not the illusion.   And how bold and free we then become in his presence,   freely asking according...

Here is today's communion meditation.  Our message for July is... Being Bold Leads to God's Best. Yesterday we talked about how part of being bold is being strong and courageous. And when we are strong and courageous can stand firm in the faith, unmoved by circumstances.  1 Corinthians 16:13 says, "“Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong.” In today's communio...

Here is this week's Yearly Cycle update. During July, it seems God always reminds me of his favor. His favor surrounds us like a shield and is on us for a lifetime. And Jesus grew in favor with God and man. Favor is something we can grow in.  The way we grow in favor is by doing good continually and looking for opportunities to be a blessing. And sometimes the greatest opportunities to grow i...

Here is today's communion meditation.  Our message for July is... Being Bold Leads to God's Best. Part of being bold is being strong and courageous.  Joshua 1:9 says, "Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go.” And Isaiah 41:10 says, “So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dis...

Here is today's communion meditation. Luke 6:45 AMP says, " The [intrinsically] good man produces what is good and honorable and moral out of the good treasure [stored] in his heart; and the [intrinsically] evil man produces what is wicked and depraved out of the evil [in his heart]; for his mouth speaks from the overflow of his heart. Whatever we store up, value, and treasure in our heart is goin...

Here is today's communion meditation. Today, July 19th is a reminder of God's favor. His favor is on you for a lifetime, and it surrounds you like a shield.  Our message for July is, " Being Bold Leads to God's Best." And there is a very close connection between boldness and confidence, but one of the biggest things that can steal our confidence is condemnation. Romans 8:1, says "therefore, t...

Here is today's communion meditation. Our message for July is, " Being Bold Leads to God's Best." And there is a very close connection between boldness and confidence, because confidence leads to boldness.  2 Corinthians 5:5-9 says, " Now the one who has fashioned us for this very purpose is God, who has given us the Spirit as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come. 6 Therefore we are always...

Here is today's communion meditation. Our message for July is, " Being Bold Leads to God's Best." Recently I was thinking about the boldness of Jesus to proclaim his purpose in Luke chapter 4:18-21. It says, " “The Spirit of the Lord is on me,  because he has anointed me  to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners  and recovery of sight f...

Here is today's communion meditation. Our message for July is, " Being Bold Leads to God's Best." The other day we looked at Ephesians 6:19 which says, "Pray also for me, that whenever I open my mouth, words may be given me so that I will boldly make known the mystery of the gospel."  And 1 Corinthians 4:1 says that God has made us to be stewards of the mysteries of God.  In my book...

Here is today's communion meditation. Our message for July is, " Being Bold Leads to God's Best." The other day we looked at Ephesians 6:19 which says, "Pray also for me, that whenever I open my mouth, words may be given me so that I will boldly make known the mystery of the gospel."  And 1 Corinthians 4:1 says that God has made us to be stewards of the mysteries of God.  In my book...

Here is this week's Yearly Cycle update. During July, God seems to always  remind me of something I wrote in “7 Dates With  Jesus.” On July 19, 2014, Psalms 121:7-8 jumped out at me. The verses say “The Lord  will keep you from all evil, he will keep your life. The Lord will keep your going out and  coming in from this time forth and forevermore.”  Then that night, God wok...

Here is today's communion meditation. Our message for July is, " Being Bold Leads to God's Best." The other day we looked at Ephesians 6:19 which says, "Pray also for me, that whenever I open my mouth, words may be given me so that I will boldly make known the mystery of the gospel."  And 1 Corinthians 4:1 says that God has made us to be stewards of the mysteries of God.  In my book...

Here is today's communion meditation. Our message for July is, " Being Bold Leads to God's Best." The other day we looked at Ephesians 6:19 which says, "Pray also for me, that whenever I open my mouth, words may be given me so that I will boldly make known the mystery of the gospel."  And 1 Corinthians 4:1 says that God has made us to be stewards of the mysteries of God.  In my book...

Here is today's communion meditation. Our message for July is, " Being Bold Leads to God's Best." The other day we looked at Ephesians 6:19 which says, "Pray also for me, that whenever I open my mouth, words may be given me so that I will boldly make known the mystery of the gospel."  And 1 Corinthians 4:1 says that God has made us to be stewards of the mysteries of God.  In my book...

Here is today's communion meditation. Our message for July is, " Being Bold Leads to God's Best." The other day we looked at Ephesians 6:19 which says, "Pray also for me, that whenever I open my mouth, words may be given me so that I will boldly make known the mystery of the gospel."  And 1 Corinthians 4:1 says that God has made us to be stewards of the mysteries of God.  In my book...