The Abundant Life Blueprint

Here is today's communion meditation.   This month our message is "Delight Yourself in the Lord." Psalm 1 says that if we delight in the Law of the Lord, then we will meditate on his word day and night, and whatever we do will prosper.  This aligns perfectly with what God said in Joshua 1, when he told Joshua that if he would keep his word in his mouth and meditate on his word day and ni...

Here is the Message for May. Our message for 2023 is, " God Saved the Best Until Now," and our message for May is, " Delight Yourself in the Lord." Last month as we focused on the Best Use of Time, I really feel like God was teaching me about a different way to get results in our life. There are 2 ways that we typically try to get results: 1) Do something extreme to get fast results... but this is...

Here is today's communion meditation. In the book of Joshua, as the people were getting ready to move into the promised land God tells Joshua multiple times "Be strong and courageous." In order to take the promised land required being strong and courageous. In a similar way for us, being strong and courageous helps us lay hold of the promises we have in Christ.  In today's communion we are as...

Here is today's communion meditation. The other day I was putting some leftovers into a Tupperware container, and I was trying to fit it all in so I pressed it down so more could be squeezed in. While doing this, I was reminded that Jesus said in John 6 that if we give it would be given to us. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over.  In today's communion we are asking...

Here is today's communion meditation.   Lately we have been talking about a college baseball coach I had who could transform a hitter very quickly. And we talked about how he taught that if the beginning and the end of the baseball swing were in the correct position then everything in the middle would tend to workout. In the beginning of the swing the goal was to store up us much energy as po...

Here is today's communion meditation.   Lately we have been talking about a college baseball coach I had who could transform a hitter very quickly. And we talked about how he taught that if the beginning and the end of the baseball swing were in the correct position then everything in the middle would tend to workout. Part of his teaching was to always finish high. Rather than getting to the...

Here is this week's Yearly Cycle update. This time of year is a reminder to run and accelerate. It's also a reminder of the refreshing we have in Christ. The Spring season when everything is coming back to life, is a reminder that when we turn to the Lord, times of refreshing come from His presence.  I think of this time between Easter and Pentecost as a 7 week sprint. But in order to run fas...

Here is today's communion meditation.   Lately we have been talking about a college baseball coach I had who could transform a hitter very quickly. And we talked about the principle of the beginning and the end, and the hitting coach taught that if the beginning and the end of the swing are in the correct place, that everything in the middle tends to work out. This applies into just about eve...

Here is today's communion meditation.   Lately we have been talking about a college baseball coach I had who could transform a hitter very quickly. And yesterday we talked about the principle of the beginning and the end, and the hitting coach   taught that if the   beginning and the end of the swing are in the correct place, that everything in the middle tends to work out. This app...

Here is today's communion meditation.   Lately we have been talking about a college baseball coach I had who could transform a hitter very quickly. One of the key things he taught was that if the beginning and the end of the swing are in the correct place, then everything in the middle would tend to workout. Jesus said that he is the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I think this pr...

Here is today's communion meditation. Lately we have been talking about a baseball coach I had who could transform a hitter very quickly. He had two plans for we used regularly.  He taught us that if we followed his plan we would hit for much more power, but we would also end up with two strikes on us more often than most hitters. Which meant we also had a two-strike plan. We had a regular pl...

Here is today's communion meditation. Over the last couple of days,   we have talked about a baseball coach I had who could transform a hitter almost instantly. He would do this by giving them a bigger goal, a precise plan of how to achieve the goal, and help them develop the mechanics to execute the plan. Everything was in alignment.  A huge part of his system was setting up the filter...

Here is today's communion meditation.   Yesterday we talked about a baseball coach I once had that could transform a hitter almost instantly. He would do this by giving them a bigger goal, a precise plan of how to achieve the goal, and then help them develop the mechanics to execute the plan. Everything was in alignment.  A huge part of his system was setting up the filter of what the hi...

Here is this week's Yearly Cycle update. This time of year is a reminder to run and accelerate. When Peter and John heard that Jesus was alive, they ran to the tomb. When we hide candy in Easter eggs, which is a picture of God hiding treasure within us, kids run with excitement to find the treasure or reward.  1 Corinthians 9:24 says, "Don’t you realize that in a race everyone runs, but only...

Here is today's communion meditation. I once had a hitting coach while playing college baseball who could produce instant results. The first time I met him was when our team was struggling to hit, and score runs. He talked to our team one afternoon for about an hour, and the next day our team scored 10 runs. From that day on we went on to be the best hitting team around. I saw him do this over and...

Here is today's communion meditation.   Over Passover/Easter weekend we talked with our partners about the following quote.... Always have a goal, always have a plan, but be flexible on the plan.  Philippians 3:13-15 says, "  Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, 14 I press o...

Here is today's communion meditation. This month our message is The Best Use of Time. Ephesians 5:16 says, "redeeming the time, because the days are evil. The English Standard Version says, "Making the best use of the time, because the days are evil." Time can be bought or redeemed, and part of making the best us of time is redeeming or buying time.  In today's communion we are asking God to...

Here is today's communion meditation .   Yesterday we talked about creating great environments. And one of the keys is removing the things that cause people to stumble or get tripped up. In my book 7 Dates With Jesus, we discuss the concept of removing rocks out of a lot of land. Easter was a reminder of the rock that rolled away, and that God has rolled away the stone of our old heart and gi...

Here is today's communion meditation .   The other day I heard someone doing a sales training and they talked about the importance of NOT going for the sale or adding pressure to make the sale. He said that rather than trying to get people to buy he focuses on creating an environment where people want to buy.  The environment we are in makes a huge difference. In the parable of the sowin...

Here is today's communion meditation . Yesterday, my family read Proverbs 16 together and verse 24 stood out which says, " Pleasant words are a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul and healing to the bones." And so, we had a challenge for the day to only speak pleasant words to each other.  The NCV version says, "Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, making people happy and healthy." Pleasant or...

Here is today's communion meditation.   Lately I have been in some discussions about business models, and the best way to set them up. While thinking about this I received an email from myself in our program the Abundant Life Blueprint, titled Business Models.  The email discussed the importance of the business model we use, because we can create a business or ministry that imprisons us...

Here is today's communion meditation.   The Spring season is a reminder of a fresh start. Everything comes back to life and is renewed. This is a reminder for us to always remember the love we had at first... To rekindle the love.  In our relationships with God and people there can be the tendency to get into a rut and lose some of the energy and excitement that we had at first.  In...

Here is this week's Yearly Cycle update.   This time of year is a reminder to run and accelerate. And it's also a reminder that God put treasure within us.  What did he put within us: The Kingdom of Heaven is within you. Christ is in you, the hope of glory. All of the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are in Christ, and he is in you. Everything we need for life and godliness is...

Here is today's communion meditation. God has a lot of names... He is healer, provider, the all sufficient one, the God of all grace, hope, comfort, wisdom, our banner, love, light, and much more. The other night I was thinking about all of God's names, and I asked him what his favorite name is of all his names.  The answer I felt like came through was... I AM.  And when I asked why, the...

Here is today's communion meditation. Now that we are past Easter, I think of this time as a 50 Day Sprint to Pentecost. The spring is a time when everything grows very quickly, it is a time for accelerated results. This is a good time to seek God on what he wants to accomplish through us in the next 6-7 weeks. This time is also a reminder that life changing results can happen in a very short...