The Abundant Life Blueprint

Lately we have been talking about calling on the Lord. And this year we have also talked a lot about filling up the basket of praise. Something I feel like God has been showing me is a progression for how we fill up the basket of praise.  I think it starts with calling on the name of the Lord. He is love, light, our healer, our provider, more than enough, the God of all hope, the God of all p...

Here is this week's Yearly Cycle Update. This is a time of year when God likes to shift things around. Shifting has to do with  positioning. He may reposition us because he wants to move us into a role that uses a  higher level of our gifting. If we have grown a lot over this last year, he wants to move us  into a higher level of what he has called us to do. When things shift, it ca...

Many people in the world view growing closer with God as isolating themselves from everything and getting still and quiet in a peaceful place. But recently I came across some Jewish teaching that had a much different perspective. Their goal was to go interact with the world and reveal God in the world... to reveal what he created things for.  Their view is to reveal God in their marriage, par...

This month our focus has been on recording our journey and the goal is to develop a system for recording our journey that helps us stay on track consistently while also documenting the process. As I was thinking about this the word "simplify," kept coming to mind and while discussing this with some of our partners this week, the one thing that came up was seeking after God... or delighting in the...

Lately I have been thinking about the authority of Jesus. He was gentle and gracious but in Matthew 7:28-29 it also says that the people were astonished at His teaching because he taught with authority. He wasn't timid because he taught with authority.  Recently my daughter had a soccer game and the referee for the game was a young kid who didn't have much experience as a ref and he wasn't us...

The concept of  "Calling to God," kept standing out to me in Psalm 86 the other night.  In today's communion we are asking God to teach us about calling on him.  Here is Psalm 86 - A Prayer of David: 1 Hear me, Lord, and answer me, for I am poor and needy. 2 Guard my life, for I am faithful to you; save your servant who trusts in you.  You are my God; 3 have mercy on me, Lord,...

A phrase that is all throughout scripture is, "Calling on the name of the Lord."  In the Psalms God tells us to call upon him in the day of trouble and he will deliver us and strengthen us. And God has a lot of names... Healer provider, savior, God almighty, more than enough, God of all peace, God of all hope, God of all comfort. our righteousness, our sanctification, our banner, and much mor...

An important part of our walk of faith is staying in rhythm with God. There is a balance in the course of the year   with   some periods of time when things move fast and others when things slow down. During this time of year, I have found that things tend to slow down a little, and there may be unexpected delays. During these times it's important to keep making adjustments to stay in rh...

November is a time when God often initiates transitions in our lives to move us to the next level. As we transition there will often be important decisions to make and we should follow what Paul says in 2 Corinthians 8:21 when he says he is, " taking pains to do what is right, not only in the eyes of the Lord but also in the eyes of man. In today's communion we are asking God to help us under...

Here is this week's Yearly Cycle Update.   We are moving into the wintertime, a season of the year when many transitions happen. Don’t be surprised if God starts shifting things around. If you are in a leadership position, there will often be some shifts in people during this time. During transitions, be patient, God transitions things slowly so that nothing tears or breaks. We...

November is a time when God often initiates transitions in our lives to move us to the next level. As we transition there will often be important decisions to make. And when we make those decisions it's important to pay attention to our conscience, because decisions that override our conscience can shipwreck our faith. 1 Timothy 1:18-19 says, " Timothy, my child, I entrust you with this command in...

November is a time when God often initiates transitions in our lives to move us to the next level. As we transition to new levels there is often some unlearning that we have to do. The world has taught us a lot of stuff that isn't true, and as we walk with God there will be some unlearning that must happen along the path, where we let go of some beliefs that we really thought were true.  In t...

November is a time when God often initiates transitions in our lives to move us to the next level. These transitions can be scary and overwhelming because things are changing, but it's a reminder to trust him in the transitions.  As we go through transitions, we can trust that God is working all things together for our good.  Today's communion is a time of gratitude that God keeps moving...

In November our focus is going to be on recording our journey. Several months ago, on one of our partner's zoom's we came to the conclusion that one of the keys to growth is recording our journey so that we have a record of our progress. Last month we focused on Understanding the Times and developing our calendar for 2023. This month we are going to focus on developing a system for recording our j...

We are in a time of year when many transitions occur. And during this time, I think it's important to remember the choice that God made to love us. Even though we had all missed it God made the choice to make a covenant commitment to love us unconditionally. God is love, and love gives free will and choice. He had a choice. He could have wiped us out or left us on our own, but he chose the way of...

Yesterday we discussed the water being deep in Ezekiel 47 and right after that passage the next section discusses the boundaries of the land. All throughout the Old Testament God was very precise about the boundaries for the promised land.  This is a time of year when God often begins to transition us to new levels, and I believe one of the first steps at new levels should be to establish bou...

Recently I have been flooded with what seems like more to do than can be done in a day, even several days, which brought to mind the passage of scripture in Ezekiel 47 about the water being knee deep, then waist deep, then too much to cross. If you look at the end of this passage the water that was too much to cross ultimately led to the trees producing fruit every month and leaves on the trees th...

Here is this week's Yearly Cycle Update.   We are in a time of the year for transitions. It is during this season that God often opens doors to transition to new things. If there is a sudden change during this time, be assured that it is God shifting things around for our good. Sometimes it doesn’t look good on the surface, but ultimately it is for our good. When new doors open...

The 28th of October is always a reminder for me the God wants to initiate miracle transfers in our lives, where he solves problems, makes a way, and opens new doors of opportunity.   In quantum science there are some interesting principles of duality. For example, light can be both particles and waves but you only see the one you are looking for and the other one collapses. Quantum science is...

This time of year is a reminder of a fresh start and new beginnings. Part of this new beginning is understanding God's grace. Even when we had fallen short, God chose to cherish us rather than reject us.   In the Bible the words cherish, and understanding are often linked together and something God has taught me is that we must understand that he cherishes us as the apple of his eye. Recently...

This time of year is a reminder of a fresh start and new beginnings. This is a time when God often starts to move us to new levels. This time of year is a reminder to grow in the fruit of the Spirit. Galatians 5:22-23 says But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. I once hea...

This time of year is a reminder of a fresh start and new beginnings. This is a time when God often starts to move us to new levels and new levels usually means we need to grow. But we can rest assured that God will be gentle with us to help us grow. It is his gentleness that makes us great.  In 1 Thessalonians 2:3-8 Paul says...  For our appeal does not spring from error or impurity or a...

This time of year is a reminder of a fresh start and new beginnings. This is a time when God often starts to move us to new levels and an important part of moving to new levels is growing in confidence before God . 1 John 3:19-23 tells us how we can be confident before God. It says...   This is how we know that we belong to the truth and how we set our hearts at rest in his presence: 20 If ou...

This time of year is a reminder of a fresh start and new beginnings. This is a time when God often starts to move us to new levels. Part of moving to new levels is an increase in numbers. In Leviticus 26:9-10 God promised the people who were in right standing with him ( which we have in Christ) the following...   “‘I will look on you with favor and make you fruitful and increase your numbers,...

This time of year is a reminder of a fresh start and new beginnings. This is a time when God often starts to move us to new levels. But sometimes starting new levels can feel overwhelming. New things usually mean there is learning to do and lots of new things coming at us that we are not as efficient at handling yet.   But, we can handle the overwhelm by God grace. He has grace available...