The Abundant Life Blueprint

Here is this week's Yearly Cycle Update. Today is day 5 of the Daniel Fast and the 10 Days of Awe that lead up to the Day of Atonement (evening of Oct 4-evening of Oct 5th). The Day of Atonement is like a major deadline on the calendar. It was the one day of the year when the High Priest could go into the Holy of Holies and make atonement for the sins of the people. So a big emphasis was put on ge...

Sometimes God puts us in disordered situations with the expectation that by his grace, power, and leading we can create order. Order is about being in the correct position at the correct time.  This time of year, I have found that sometimes we end up in some disordered situations, and as we take action and do what we know to do, God begins to put things in order. Things begin to fall into pla...

The other day I rolled my ankle really badly and I was in a fair amount of pain, so my wife suggested wrapping it in a bandage for compression before bed. After sleeping with my foot/ankle bound up I was woken up by these words running through my mind, " I came to bind up the broken hearted."  And thankfully my ankle was 80-90% better when I woke up in the morning.  Isaiah 61:1 says, "Th...

Here is the replay from last night's zoom on the Financial Stewardship Challenge. In September we are focusing on becoming great stewards who manage, multiply, and greatly increase all that God has entrusted to us. Last night we did a recap of what we have done this month and we looked at finding investments that meet the criteria of growing in value, producing cash flow, and also being a blessing...

In September we are focusing on Financial Stewardship...becoming great stewards who manage, multiply, and greatly increase all that God has entrusted to us. We started this month by looking at the parable of the talents where the guy who multiplied the most money took action immediately. Today is day 3 of the 10 Days of Awe, and these days are a reminder to take action. I have found that these 10...

In September we are focusing on Financial Stewardship...becoming great stewards who manage, multiply, and greatly increase all that God has entrusted to us.   Today is day 2 of the 10 Days of Awe. The other night as our family celebrated The Feast of Trumpets with apples and honey, I was reminded of a scripture from Song of Solomon 2:5 which says... Strengthen me with raisins,   ref...

In September we are focusing on Financial Stewardship...becoming great stewards who manage, multiply, and greatly increase all that God has entrusted to us. The Feast of Trumpets(also known as Rosh Hashana) was last night and today starts the 10 Days of Awe that lead up to the Day of Atonement. This feast is a reminder for us to live a resurrected life, by putting off our old ways and walking in n...

In September we are focusing on Financial Stewardship...becoming great stewards who manage, multiply, and greatly increase all that God has entrusted to us. The Feast of Trumpets(also known as Rosh Hashana) is tonight. This feast is a reminder for us to live a resurrected life, by putting off our old ways and walking in newness of life. Tonight the typical tradition is to eat apples with honey to...

In September we are focusing on Financial Stewardship...becoming great stewards who manage, multiply, and greatly increase all that God has entrusted to us.   Yesterday we talked about writing what you want. In John 15 AMP Jesus says that if we abide in him that we can ask for whatever we want, so that God would be glorified and our joy would be full. In the AMP version one of the phrases tha...

Here is this week's Yearly Cycle Update. The Feast of Trumpets (Rosh Hashanah) is coming up on the evening of September 25th. This night is like New Year's Eve in the Jewish culture and they typically celebrate with apples and honey to symbolize it being a sweet new year. Rosh Hashanah starts the final 10 days of Teshuva, which are called the 10 Days of Awe. It is during this time that I do a Dani...

In September we are focusing on Financial Stewardship...becoming great stewards who manage, multiply, and greatly increase all that God has entrusted to us. Recently I was reminded of something God has taught me to do in the area of finances... which is writing out prayers. The process of writing out what we are believing God for helps us to clarify our thinking, and the written document creates a...

In September we are focusing on Financial Stewardship...becoming great stewards who manage, multiply, and greatly increase all that God has entrusted to us. Recently I feel like God has been prompting me to do a communion meditation on Ecclesiastes 11, where Solomon says to cast your bread upon the water. To be honest I am not sure what God is trying to show us in this passage, but many peopl...

Here is the replay from last night's zoom on the Financial Stewardship Challenge. In September we are focusing on becoming great stewards who manage, multiply, and greatly increase all that God has entrusted to us. Last night we discussed   multiplying money. Here is some of what we discussed. The key is to steward our resources together with God and our partners. Steward and make investment...

In September we are focusing on Financial Stewardship...becoming great stewards who manage, multiply, and greatly increase all that God has entrusted to us.   This week we are going to focus more on the multiplication aspect of stewardship. An important part of multiplying is multiplying our abilities to help, serve, and earn more. And the best way I have found to do this is to find a mentor....

In September we are focusing on Financial Stewardship...becoming great stewards who manage, multiply, and greatly increase all that God has entrusted to us. As we spend time with God and get to know him, he's going to teach us a new way to live. But then we must learn how to apply what he teaches us and walk it out consistently. One of the biggest areas that I wrestled with this was in finances, a...

In September we are focusing on Financial Stewardship...becoming great stewards who manage, multiply, and greatly increase all that God has entrusted to us. Sometimes God calls us to things that may look impossible financially, but he is not asking us to pay for it, he is asking us to trust him for it. Something I have learned is that when something is on God's plan for our life, God provides and...

In September we are focusing on Financial Stewardship...becoming great stewards who manage, multiply, and greatly increase all that God has entrusted to us. When it comes to money, an important concept is to keep it circulating.  There can be times when there are things that we need and we may have the money, but we don't spend the money for what we need because we are fearful of running out...

In September we are focusing on Financial Stewardship...becoming great stewards who manage, multiply, and greatly increase all that God has entrusted to us. Many people associate hard work and money, but the two are not always related. There are some people who work really hard but don't make us much money as others who work less. Also, consider that a good or bad investment can make or lose a lot...

Here is this week's Yearly Cycle Update. The Feast of Trumpets (Rosh Hashanah) is coming up on the evening of September 25th. This night is like new year's eve in the Jewish culture and they typically celebrate with apples and honey to symbolize it being a sweet new year. Rosh Hashanah always starts the final 10 days of Teshuva, which are called the 10 Days of Awe. It is during this time that I do...

In September we are focusing on Financial Stewardship...becoming great stewards who manage, multiply, and greatly increase all that God has entrusted to us. Proverbs 23:6-7 says, Do not eat the food of a stingy man, do not crave his delicacies; for he is the kind of man who is always thinking about the cost. "Eat and drink," he says to you, but his heart is not with you. You will vomit up the litt...

In September we are focusing on Financial Stewardship...becoming great stewards who manage, multiply, and greatly increase all that God has entrusted to us. Proverbs 23:4-5 says, "Do not toil to acquire wealth; be discerning enough to desist. When your eyes light on it, it is gone, for suddenly it sprouts wings, flying like an eagle toward heaven." We are not to be toiling to acquire wea...

Here is the replay from last night's zoom on the Financial Stewardship Challenge. In September w e are focusing on becoming great stewards who manage, multiply, and greatly increase all that God has entrusted to us. Last night we discussed management or making the most of the resources we have. Here is some of what we discussed. The key is to steward our resources together with God and our partner...

In September we are focusing on Financial Stewardship...becoming great stewards who manage, multiply, and greatly increase all that God has entrusted to us. One of the ways we steward what God has entrusted to us is by increasing income and the best way I have found to increase income is through ideas and relationships. There is a saying in the business world that you are just one idea and/or rela...

In September we are focusing on Financial Stewardship... becoming great stewards who manage, multiply, and greatly increase all that God has entrusted to us. Isaiah 55:1 says, "Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost."   This phrase "Buy Without Cost," has always intrigued me. How d...

In September we are focusing on Financial Stewardship... becoming great stewards who manage, multiply, and greatly increase all that God has entrusted to us. Revelation 3:17-18 has a passage that has always been interesting to me. Jesus tells the church of Laodicea...   You say, ‘I am rich; I have grown wealthy and need nothing.’ But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, bl...