The Abundant Life Blueprint

Here is today's communion meditation. Yesterday we looked at Luke 12:35 where Jesus said, “Be dressed ready for service(action) and keep your lamps burning." We recently passed through the Day of Pentecost, and Jesus told the disciples to wait in Jerusalem until they were clothed with power from on high. And now on the other side of Pentecost we have a reminder to be dressed ready for service and...

Here is today's communion meditation. In Luke 12:35-36 Jesus said, " “Be dressed ready for service(action) and keep your lamps burning, 36 like servants waiting for their master to return from a wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks they can immediately open the door for him."   We recently passed through the Day of Pentecost, and Jesus told the disciples to wait in Jerusalem...

Here is this week's Yearly Cycle update. Recently we observed Pentecost. It is the center of the year on God’s calendar,  which means we are halfway through the year. The second half of the year is a reminder to  take bold action. The next marker on God’s calendar is around the beginning of October. Think of September 25th as a deadline to be finished with projects. Now is the seaso...

Here is today's communion meditation. Yesterday was Pentecost, which is like the midpoint of the year on God's calendar, where the two sides come together. This reminded me of reconciliation and 2 Corinthians 5:19-20 which says, "And God gave us this wonderful message of reconciliation. 20 So we are Christ’s ambassadors; God is making his appeal through us. Yesterday was a reminder that we ge...

Here is today's communion meditation.   Today is Pentecost, which is a reminder of the day when the Holy Spirit came in like a rushing wind. Today is a reminder that we have the Holy Spirit with us.  2 Timothy 1:6-7 " For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands. For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, b...

Here is today's communion meditation.   In 1 Samuel 10:6-7 Samuel is getting ready to anoint Saul as the King of Israel and he tells him, " Then the Spirit of the LORD will rush upon you, and you will prophesy with them; and you will be transformed into a different person. Once these signs are fulfilled, do whatever your hand finds to do, for God is with you." Tomorrow is Pentecost and there...

Here is today's communion meditation.   Ephesians 6:14 says, "Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist."  In the original Greek language, "stand firm," could also be translated as ready for action. If you are getting ready for activity you need to make sure your pants aren't going to fall off! And the word "buckled," can also be translated as clothed. We are gett...

Here is today's communion meditation.   Colossians 1:9-12 says, " We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives, 10 so that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, 11   being strengthened with all power   ac...

Here is today's communion meditation.   Colossians 2:20-23 says, "Since you died with Christ to the elemental spiritual forces of this world, why, as though you still belonged to the world, do you submit to its rules: 21 “Do not handle! Do not taste! Do not touch!”? 22 These rules, which have to do with things that are all destined to perish with use, are based on merely human commands and te...

Here is today's communion meditation. Part of our Daily Prayer comes from Ephesians chapter 1, where the apostle Paul prays that the eyes of the peoples hearts would be enlighted to know the hope to which God has called us, the riches of his glorious inheritance that is in us, and the immeasurable greatness of his power to us who believe.  But, what are the eyes of our heart? We all come to c...

Here is this week's Yearly Cycle update.   Next Thursday 5/25 is Pentecost, which is a reminder that we have the Holy Spirit living within us, and he is the one who empowers us. Jesus told the disciples to wait in Jerusalem until they were clothed with power from on high. And it was around 9am, on the day of Pentecost that the Holy Spirit came in like a rushing wind and empowered the believer...

Here is today's communion meditation. Our physical bodies are a representation of the body of Christ. The same principles that transform our physical body can also transform the body of Christ and vice versa.  Last month God began to teach me that when we follow his design for how things are to be done we can get accelerated results. He then reminde me of a baseball coach who could transform...

Here is today's communion meditation.   There are two ways that most people try to get results. One way is to do something extreme, and this way usually produces quick results, but the results don't usually last because the approach wasn't sustainable. The other approach is the slow and steady approach. But this style can be frustrating because the progress is slow, and sometimes there are se...

Here is today's communion meditation.   This month our message is "Delight Yourself in the Lord." Psalm 112 gives some amazing promises for those who delight in God's commands.  Here is Psalm 112:1-5 Blessed are those who fear the Lord,   who find great delight in his commands 2 Their children will be mighty in the land;     the generation of the upright will be blessed. 3...

Here is today's communion meditation. Jesus is the same yesterday, today, and forever. In Malachi, God says that he is the Lord, and does not change. We live in a changing uncertain world, but in uncertain times we can look to the one who does not change. Knowing that he doesn't change and is consistent means that we can rely on and trust in him, We are secure in him and can rest.  In today's...

Here is today's communion meditation.   Romans 8:14 says "those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God." Think of all of the miracles we Jesus performing in Gospels. He was constantly using different methods, because he said he only did what his father did and said what his father said. He was hearing from God and then taking action. And we must also learn to be led by the S...

Here is today's communion meditation. Psalm 103 starts with, " Praise the LORD, O my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name." The phrase, "all my inmost being, " really stood out to me the other day. This Psalm was written by David who was a man after God's heart, and I think that praising with his inmost being was one of the ways he was after God's heart.  In today's communion we ar...

Here is today's communion meditation. The other day I was reading in Joshua chapter 24 and when God kept using the phrase, " Beyond the River," to describe where Abraham's ancestors had come from, prior to crossing over into the promised land.  God kept reiterating that the people had come from Beyond the River.  In today's communion we are asking God to give us insight and understanding...

Here is today's communion meditation. The other day Galatians 6:8 popped up several times throughout the day. And I have learned that when a scripture keeps showing up it means that God is trying to show me something.  Galatians 6:8 says, "  Whoever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal...

Here is today's communion meditation.   The other day I heard someone say that in our relationships creativity can inhibit connection. For example, when we are creating something we can get isolated and lose connection with others. But this reminded me that creativity usually comes out of connection. It is our connection with God that leads to producing and creativity. It can also be the same...

Here is today's communion meditation.   Hebrews 10:24 says that we are to be provoking one another to love and good works. Some versions translate this as provoke, encourage, stir up, and spur on. Iron sharpens iron and we are to be challenging and encouraging each other to be walking in higher levels of love and good works. Titus says that Jesus came to purify a people who are zealous for go...

Here is today's communion meditation. Isaiah 33:6 says that the Fear of the Lord is the key to the treasure. To fear the Lord is to honor, revere, and respect him. When we have the Fear of the Lord it is the key that unlocks all of the treasure in Christ.  In today's communion we are asking God to help us understand the fear of the Lord so that we unlock the treasure he has given us in Christ...

Here is this week's Yearly Cycle update.   This time between Easter and Pentecost is a time of acceleration. Think of it like a 7-week sprint or like the onramp to a highway. On an onramp the key is to accelerate and get up to speed. During this time God will often accelerate us so that we get up to speed for what he wants to do this year.  A key that can accelerate us is making God our...

Here is today's communion meditation.   Lately the phrase, " A breath of fresh air," keeps coming to mind. And it reminded me of a section in my book "7 Dates With Jesus." In the book there is a section about what happens to a baby's heart at birth. When a baby is born, the combination of taking the first breath and the umbilical cord being cut causes a permanent change to the baby'...

Here is today's communion meditation. One of my mentors in health and fitness trained many athletes who won gold medals in the Olympics, and he used to always say that if you give the body what it needs, that it responds very quickly. Several times I saw people make unbelievable progress in very short periods of time, because the body was given what it needed.  I think of our physical bodies...