The Abundant Life Blueprint

Here is today's communion meditation. Zechariah 11:12-13 says, " Then I told them, “If it seems right to you, give me my wages; but if not, keep them.” So they weighed out my wages, thirty pieces of silver. 13 And the LORD said to me, “Throw it to the potter”—   this magnificent price at which they valued me . So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them to the potter in the house of...

Here is this week's Yearly Cycle Update. This is a time of year when some doors close and new doors open. What often seems like the end of something is really just a new beginning. As these shifts and transitions take place, we must watch our habits. We’ll be tempted to fall back into old patterns and habits. A good example of this in the Bible is Peter. After the death and res...

Here is today's communion meditation. The other day I read the Beatitudes in the Amplified Version and it really blessed me to see all of the different definitions of 'Blessed," that are used in this scripture. Today's communion is a time of gratitude for God's blessing in Christ, and we are asking him to help us walk in the fullness of his blessing. Here is the passage from Matthew 5:3-12(AMP) 3...

Here is December's Message Over the last couple of months, we have been working on developing our calendar and workbook/journal for 2023, and we are getting close to having them ready. This month Romans 11:33 keeps coming to mind, which says,  "Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgments, and his paths beyond tracing out!" This month we are a...

Convergence is a word that describes when everything God has prepared and called you to do comes together into one simplistic and beautiful thing. Pastor Lance Wallnau has researched this topic and found that a very low number of people, including those in ministry, ever step into convergence. After years and years of research, Wallnau found that the No. 1 factor that dete...

Acts 4:32-33 says, " The multitude of believers was one in heart and soul. No one claimed that any of his possessions was his own, but they shared everything they owned. 33 With great power the apostles continued to give their testimony about the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And   great grace was upon them all. " Not just grace was upon them...but great grace. Today's communion is a time o...

The other day we watched the new Lion King movie as a family. During the movie the hero Simba is supposed to be the king, but after his father's death he fled to another place where he has "no worries," and he is enjoying life.  But then he finds out that his uncle who stepped in as king, has destroyed the land and made life miserable. The hero is faced with a choice, he can keep living for h...

The other day we watched the new Lion King movie as a family. During the main turning point of the story the "hero," hears his father tell him "Remember who you are!" This statement gives him the courage to do what he knows he needs to do.  In a similar way for us to fulfill all God put us here to do it's important for us to remember who we are. We've talked a lot this year about remembering...

We have all come to different conclusions in our heart about what is really true in life. These conclusions shape our perspective on life, and they have usually been developed through our experiences and things people have told us. The problem is that sometimes we can believe something is true that is really not true, and this leads to blind spots. Blind spots are areas where we can't really see t...

This time of year is a reminder that God gives us free will or free choice. Every day we get to decide if we will be thankful or magnify the problems. We also get to decide how we will respond to things in life. The same thing can happen to two different people, and they can respond in totally different ways. In today's communion we are asking God to help us understand the power of how we respond...

Here is this week's Yearly Cycle Update. We are in a time of the year when God likes to shift and reposition his people. He does this because he loves us. If he is shifting and repositioning us, he is trying to move us to a higher level, but it may be uncomfortable. This is a time where he may be stretching us so that we grow. He must put enough tension on us for enough time to crea...

This time of year is a reminder that God gives us free will or free choice. Every day we get to decide if we will be thankful or magnify the problems. Every day we also get to make decide if   we will just survive and go through the motions or bring our best. Recently, I found myself going through the motions of the day.  It seemed like the weight of all that needed to be done was c...

Happy Thanksgiving! Today is a reminder that God gives us the choice to be thankful. Every day we get to decide if we will focus on what we are grateful for or complain about the problems. And being thankful is the shortcut to walking in the light where we have fellowship with God and one another, and the blood of Jesus cleanses us.  Today's communion is a time of gratitude that we can walk i...

We are in a time of year when God likes to transition us to the next level. But part of transitions is that pieces are moving around and during transitions it's important to keep our priorities in the right order because they will be tested regularly, especially during transitions.  Here is the order of priorities we discuss in the Order Blueprint God  Health - spirit, then soul, th...

Psalm 119:105 says, "Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path." This time of the year is often a major time of transition as God shifts things around. It's also a time of year when it gets dark early. During these times his word is a lamp for our feet.  Job 29:3 also says, " When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness," and Psalm 18:28 says...

Psalm 119:130 says, "The entrance of God's word gives light; It gives understanding to the simple. Lately this verse keeps coming to mind. Some versions say "entrance," while others say "the unfolding," of His word gives light.  Today's communion is a time of gratitude that God's word is a light unto our path and gives us light and understanding. And we are asking him to help us understand ho...

Ezekiel 44:5 says " The LORD said to me, “Son of man, look carefully, listen closely and give attention to everything I tell you concerning all the regulations and instructions regarding the temple of the LORD. Give attention to the entrance to the temple and all the exits of the sanctuary." Our bodies are God's temple now and I think it's importance to give attention to the entrance and the exits...

Lately my level of Bible reading had dropped off for what was normal for me, and I could tell a difference. I had gotten too busy, and my times of Bible study were pushed to the side or rushed.   For many years my normal Bible reading was   a Proverb in the morning, reading about 10 pages a day like a normal book from front to back, and a Psalm at night. And when this level began to fall...

Here is this week's Yearly Cycle Update. We are in a season of the year where God likes to pivot, change directions, and reposition things—including people. If you are experiencing a shift or feeling a nudge that God wants you to make a shift, this feeling is probably from him. These shifts take place because God always wants to have people functioning in their highest capabilities....

One of my favorite scriptures is 2 Corinthians 9:6-12. This passage has changed the way I approach so many interactions with people, because we can trust that God's grace is abounding to us so that we can be generous in every way. Here is the passage for us to meditate on today: The point is this: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifu...

One of my daughters is in my middle school and we have been talking about how to handle those times (which seem to happen a lot in middle school) when other people are not so kind. I told her that the only way I have found to put a stop to it is to respond by doing something good for them, which is very counterintuitive. If we retaliate it just adds fuel to the fire, and if we do nothing it will c...

Sometimes on our journey with God, he will take us on the gentle path that curves around toward the target. For example, when he took the people to the promised land, he took them on a curved route rather than a straight line, because they would have had to fight a bunch of wars, they weren't ready for.   But other times on our journey with God there will be obstacles to overcome and gia...

1 Peter 1:15-16 says... But just as He who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do, 16 for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”  This verse can seem a little daunting, which is why I think it's important to remember we don't become holy on our own... It is God who makes us holy and he has given us His Holy Spirit to make us holy Leviticus 20:7-8 says... Be holy, because I am the...

In the Old Testament God often commanded the people to create memorials of their victories and the miraculous things he did for them so that they would remember and not forget. This month we asked God to help us develop a systematic way to record our journey and I believe memorials are part of this.  Memorials can serve as a source of encouragement when we get down and to help us teach future...

Romans 2:4 tells us that God's kindness is intended to lead us to repentance. In our minds we often think that criticism, getting back at people, and discipline leads to repentance but when someone really needs a change of heart it is kindness, goodness, and grace that leads to a change of heart.  Then once we are willing to change.... Discipline can help us get it right.  Today's commun...