The Abundant Life Blueprint

Here is today's communion meditation. Over the next 10 days let's do a praise challenge to finish out the month.  Only praise and encouragement come out of our mouth to other people for the next 10 days. And we can also do this with God. Last year we did a message called confidence through praise, and we said that through consistent praise we increase our confidence, and confidence is one of...

Here is today's communion meditation.   The other day I was making popcorn for my kids, and I was reminded of the process of transformation. The kernels were heating up, but they didn't pop instantly. It took a little time, but eventually when the conditions were right for enough time the kernels popped and were transformed into something totally different. The same is true of boiling or free...

Here is today's communion meditation. In John 8:31-32 Jesus said, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, 32 and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” If we follow the progression in this verse, abiding in his word leads to knowing the truth, which leads to being set free. This week our filter is, "Life Balance," which is a reminder to prioritize the spiritu...

Here is today's communion meditation.   In John 24:23-24 Jesus said, But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him. 24 God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.” In today's communion we are asking God to help us understand how to worship Him in spirit...

Here is this week's Yearly Cycle update. When most people think of life balance, they think of balancing areas like work, money, and family, but I believe there is a much higher level of life balance that we must get in place first before those areas can effectively be balanced. These are the three areas to start with: ● Spiritual life ● Mindset and emotions ● The practical areas of life...

Here is today's communion meditation. In Numbers 17 is the story where whenever Moses holds his arms up during a battle the Israelites are fighting they are winning. But everytime Moses puts his arms down they start losing the battle. Moses ends up having people help him hold his arms up so that they win the battle.  After the battle it says in Numbers 17:14-16,  "Then the Lord said to M...

Here is today's communion meditation.   About a year ago we did a communion meditation on binding the strong man, in which we talked about how Samson was bound. Delilah nagged him to the point where he gave in which led to him being bound. I believe God has shown me that we are the strong man/woman now, and that nagging issues can lead to being bound. But if we take the reciprocal of this, th...

Here is today's communion meditation.   Lately I have come across some situations where it seemed like people were boxing themselves in and putting limits on themselves that didn't need to be there. We can also do the same with God. We can limit him. Psalm 78:41 says the people limited the Holy one of Israel.  In today's communion we are asking God to help us take the limits off of ourse...

Here is today's communion meditation. This month we have talked about how God cancelled the charge of our sin by nailing it to the cross. And now we have a positive charge from God... a charge or commission from Him. Think of this like an electric charge, and in electricity there is both alternating and direct current.  I am not an expert on electricity, but there are pros and cons to each ty...

Here is today's communion meditation.   This month our message is... Turn It Around and the Best Will Be Found. So far, we have talked about the turning part of this message... Turning problems into opportunities, changing the direction things are facing, etc.  Today we are talking about the second portion of the message which is... The Best Will Be Found.  Proverbs 25:2 says, "It i...

Here is today's communion meditation. Imagine you are doing a puzzle, and you have the correct piece in the correct place, but it is turned the wrong way. Simply by turning it around everything fits. This month our message is... Turn it around and the best will be found.  Sometimes just changing the direction something is facing by turning it around, every fits and becomes easier... the best...

Here is today's communion meditation.   Recently one of our partners brought up the concept of believing vs knowing and the impact it has on our emotions. I view moving from believing to knowing as a progression. For example, we can move from believing in God to knowing God. And Jesus said in John 17:3 that eternal life is to know God and him. Knowing is a place of confidence and rest where a...

Here is this week's Yearly Cycle update.   We all have a need for confidence. I think of confidence as the place where all doubt is removed. To be  continually growing means that we need to continually learn and master new skills.  Mastering new skills requires us to grow our confidence. 1 John 3:21 says that if our hearts do not condemn us, we will have confidence before God....

Here is today's communion meditation. Something I have learned is that order leads to clarity. The more order we create in our lives the more clarity we have. When things pile up on the inside of us it can block our clarity, and when things are out of order in our environment it can also block clarity. When we start taking action on these things even if it is one small thing it seems to help us ga...

Here is today's communion meditation. The other day was   Purim, which is a reminder that in Christ the tables have turned, and God has given us mastery over our enemies. Esther 9:1 says, "On the very day when the enemies of the Jews hoped to gain the mastery over them, the reverse occurred (the tables were turned): the Jews gained mastery over those who hated them." And Colossians 2:13-15 sa...

Here is today's communion meditation.   Several years ago, I felt God was teaching me about pyramids. In the business world the concept of a pyramid has a bad reputation but if we think about how our body grows and develops it's kind of like a pyramid. We start as one cell, then divide into 2, then 4, then 8, and so on. This is the system that our body and I think also the body of Christ uses...

Here is today's communion meditation. Today we celebrate Purim, which is a reminder that in Christ, God has given us mastery over our enemies. Esther 9:1 says, "On the very day when the enemies of the Jews hoped to gain the mastery over them, the reverse occurred (the tables were turned): the Jews gained mastery over those who hated them." And Colossians 2:13-15 says, "When you were dead in your s...

Here is today's communion meditation.   A few times in the last couple of days I have randomly come across Ephesians 2:10 which says, "For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago." This is pretty amazing to think about... that we are God's masterpiece. He is the master of all masters and we are His masterpiece.&...

Here is today's communion meditation.   Over the last couple of weeks, we have talked about having One Great Day and the importance of emotions. Part of the gift of emotions is that we can stir ourselves up. A key to having a great day is to stir ourselves up in the beginning of the day. One of the best ways to do this is by filling up the basket of praise first thing in the morning.  Fi...

Here is today's communion meditation. Yesterday we discussed the concept of magnifying that God is with us. And it reminded me of when I was a kid, and my dad would burn my name onto my baseball glove with a magnifying glass. This brought Numbers 6:22-27 to mind, which says that after the priests would bless the people God's name would be on them. Here is the passage: The Lord said to Moses, 23 “T...

Here is this week's Yearly Cycle update. Purim is coming up on March 6-7. The tradition is to fast during the daylight hours on 3/6/23 and then feast in the evening/the next day. This symbolizes how quickly God can take us from fasting to feasting. Purim comes from the story of Esther when a law was written that was going to destroy God's people. Esther approached the king and requested that he wr...

Here is today's communion meditation.   Earlier this week on our partner's zoom we discussed the concept of a magnifying glass and how by focusing light through the glass it can start a fire. And we discussed the importance of focusing our imagination on God.  I think an important thing to magnify is that God is with us. In Genesis 28 in the account of Jacob's ladder, God tells Jacob tha...

Here is today's communion meditation.   This month our message is... Turn it around and the best will be found. An important thing to turn around is our imagination. The imagination is what I call the table turner for the soul because it has the ability to reprogram our heart and transform our mind and emotions. The imagination is a very powerful gift God has given us, and it's very important...

Here is the Message for March. Our message for the year of 2023 is "God Saved the Best Until Now," and our message for March is... Turn It Around and the Best Will Be Found A big day in March is Purim, which is March 6-7 this year. Purim is a picture of the tables being turned. A law was written that was going to destroy God's people, but Queen Esther approached the king about writing a new law th...

Here is today's communion meditation.   It seems like during February and March God always reminds me of emotions. I always like to think of emotions like powder in the bottom of a glass. They can be stirred up into our system. Emotions are not good or bad, they are neutral and feedback to help us make adjustments and corrections. But for us to truly make adjustments we need to process and cl...