The Abundant Life Blueprint

Here is today's communion meditation. This year our message is... God Saved the Best Until Now.  Psalm 31:19 says, "How abundant are the good things that you have stored up for those who fear you, that you bestow in the sight of all, on those who take refuge in you." God has some amazing things stored up for us and the Heavens are the storehouse of his bounty. When Jesus turned...

Here is today's communion meditation. Yesterday we talked about a progression in scripture   which is... Be fruitful, multiply, and increase greatly. To increase greatly I think it requires having structures and a predictable process. If we were to be flooded with people, customers, orders, clients, finances, etc we would need a predictable process to handle it all. God models this... he is t...

Here is today's communion meditation.   In scripture there is a progression that God often talks about which is... Be fruitful, multiply, and increase greatly. First, is being fruitful by having transformation, results, or a testimony/story to tell. Then we must multiply by helping someone else get results. The other way we can multiply is by recording the process into different mediums such...

Here is today's communion meditation. Lately we have talked about having "One Great Day." To focus on having one really great day where we bring God into the day with us, have the fruit of the Spirit flowing, walk in love, take action on what we know to do, and connect with people.   But as much as we may try to have one great day sometimes things get off track. In order to have one great day...

Here is this week's Yearly Cycle update. It seems like this time of year God always reminds me of the importance of emotions when it comes to our health.   Emotions are the translators between our spirit and physical body. I like to think of emotions as powder in the bottom of a glass: They can be stirred up. Emotions can be felt when they are stirred into the system and are me...

Here is today's communion meditation. Lately we have talked about having "One Great Day." To focus on having one really great day where we bring God into the day with us, have the fruit of the Spirit flowing, walk in love, take action on what we know to do, and connect with people. A key to having one great day is staying in the fullness of Christ. John 1:16 says that out of his fullness we have a...

Here is today's communion meditation. Lately we have talked about having "One Great Day." To focus on having one really great day where we bring God into the day with us, have the fruit of the Spirit flowing, walk in love, take action on what we know to do, and connect with people.   The other day we said that to have one great day we need to let things go. We don't have time to waste getting...

Here is today's communion meditation. Lately we have talked about having "One Great Day." To focus on having one really great day where we bring God into the day with us, have the fruit of the Spirit flowing, walk in love, take action on what we know to do, and connect with people. A big part of having one great day is having great energy. In Colossians 1:29 Paul says he worked with God's energy w...

Here is today's communion meditation. Lately we have talked   about having "One Great Day." To focus on having one really great day where we bring God into the day with us, have the fruit of the Spirit flowing, walk in love, take action on what we know to do, and connect with people. But to have one great day requires us not dwelling on things we shouldn't be dwelling on. To have a great day...

Here is today's communion meditation. Yesterday we talked about having "One Great Day." To focus on having one really great day where we bring God into the day with us, have the fruit of the Spirit flowing, walk in love, take action on what we know to do, and connect with people. But to have one great day requires us getting the day started right, because it's easy forget when we wake up and start...

Here is today's communion meditation.   Yesterday I was reminded of the power of one day. Today is a gift, but we often go through the motions. Here is a challenge for all of us today... Make today...just this one day, a great day. If you have an area you have wanted to see a breakthrough in for a long time, let's focus on having one great day in that area.   To me a great day is on...

Here is this week's Yearly Cycle update.   Research shows that when people are dropped off in an area they don't know and they don't have landmarks for navigation that their default is to walk in circles because they make biased decisions to one side. The same can be true in our lives, we need something to navigate by in order to move our lives forward rather than going in circles. And I thin...

Here is today's communion meditation.  Yesterday we talked about  1 Peter 5:10 which says... But may the God of all grace, who called us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.   In the original Greek language of this verse the word settle is often translated as "Foundation," and this month our message is...

Here is today's communion meditation.   Today I wanted to do a little reminder of one of the most important things I have learned... stick with what you know to do.  Often, we get caught up in all of the "what if's," and things that we could do, but I have learned that it is better to stick with what I KNOW to do.  Sticking with what we know to do can simplify life, help us gain cla...

Here is today's communion meditation.   The other day I was reading 1 Peter 5:10 in the King James Version and it reads a little differently than many other version. Here is the verse...   But may the God of all grace, who called us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you. Over the last couple of years,&nb...

Here is today's communion meditation. When I played college baseball, there were times when   one of the athletic trainers would take me through some stretching. During those stretches he would push my leg into the stretch, and he would often say, " let me have it." He wanted me to totally relax my leg so that he could get it into a better position, but I remember struggling with truly r...

This month we have been talking about a foundation of rest... Resting in God's promises, resting in our soul, and getting our physical rest. In order for us to truly rest I think we must first trust. Trust leads to rest. But how do we know if we are really trusting. I think hope is our indicator that we are trusting. One of the dictionary definitions of hope is the feeling of trust. And the Amplif...

Here is today's communion meditation. The other day we talked about having a standard for excellence in our lives, especially in the little things. And we also said we need to be careful not to put the pressure on ourselves, but to roll the pressure onto God and trust him to supply us with the grace to walk in a new standard of excellence. While thinking about this I was reminded that beauty takes...

Here is today's communion meditation. In the book of Ruth, there is a man named Boaz who promises to marry Ruth. Boaz is a very prosperous and Godly man who is going to be Ruth's kinsman redeemer since her husband had passed away. But before Boaz can marry Ruth there is a matter he must settle. There is another kinsman redeemer who is ahead of him in line. Boaz promises to resolve this issue and i...

Here is today's communion meditation.   Yesterday   we talked about the   importance of excellence in the little things. We talked about having a standard of excellence in our lives, with things as simple as putting away our coffee/tea mug in the morning after we use it. Jesus said if we are faithful in the little things we will be given much. And there is a saying that how you do a...

Here is today's communion meditation.   Yesterday I was talking with one of our partners and he reminded me of the importance of excellence in the little things. He was talking about having a standard of excellence in our lives, with things as simple as putting away our coffee/tea mug in the morning after we use it. Jesus said if we are faithful in the little things we will be given much. And...

Here is today's communion meditation.   Yesterday we talked about being congruent, which means being the same. Thinking of the word congruent reminded me of Hebrews 1:3 which says Jesus is the exact representation of God. Here is the verse... who being the brightness of His glory and the   express image(exact representation, exact imprint, exact expression)  of His person, and uphol...

Here is today's communion meditation.   Recently I have been thinking about the word congruent, and going through our program The Abundant Life Blueprint to make sure that everything we are doing is congruent with our message. To be congruent means to be matching or the same. Think about Jesus, he is the same yesterday, today, and forever. He is congruent in everything he does.  In today...

Here is today's communion meditation. I once heard the quote, " I would have written you a shorter letter, but I didn't have time." In writing it's easy to keep adding more and more. Conveying the same message with less words takes more time and thought, but it makes the writing simple and powerful. In a similar way it's easy to add more and more to our lives, but it can be challenging to ide...

Here is today's communion meditation.   Every community has levels and needs leaders. Think of kids, parents, and grandparents. In the Old Testament we see the model of scribes, chief priests, the high priest, and elders.   In the New Testament we see something similar with disciples, apostles, and elders with Jesus as our High Priest.  I think there is something to being a scr...