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Wednesday Mar 01, 2023
Wednesday Mar 01, 2023
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I hope they make it to the hospital in time….
My first boy was born and it was traumatic. My wife had preeclampsia toxicity Raging blood pressure, my sons pulse was dropping and they had to just rip him out of her… truly - without exaggeration it was just like that. In fact they popped a hole in the back of my sons head.
So fast forward 2.5 years later… she is pregnant again and we go to the doctor in the 9th month and he is very concerned and says go immediately to the hospital and get induced… so I am panicking and I drive my wife like a MAD MAN… I am flying 100 mph down the beltline in Madison…
Garth where are you going… well it turned out one of the church secretary’s was a car I passed saw me and was not happy I was seeing so fast, but she found out the next day what was happening… and it made sense.
So I have tried to practice the same.
99% rule. about 99% of the time when you are upset you tend to distort thoughts and assume the worst possible reason for someones behavior.
When you calm down, you realize people were acting with ill intent only 0-2% of the time. You are more likely to guess right if you use goodwill or best intent.
you must allow your mind to calm and relax…
- The brain’s innate negativity bias continually scans for bad news and intentions.
- Seeing good intentions amidst bad behaviors can help you feel less affected—less stressed, irritated, or worried—by other people.
6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; 7 and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
Meditate on These Things
8 Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things.
Tuesday Feb 28, 2023
Tuesday Feb 28, 2023
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You cannot kill tomorrows anxieties by practicing worrying about it today.
You cannot fill your needs tomorrow by worrying about them today.
In fact you not only make it worse for you worrying, but you set the tone for your spouse, your kids, your family, your business, your co-workers etc… you set the tone of worry.
SO INSTEAD SFK
I read about a Captain of a war ship in WWII and whenever the Chief mate would come to him with terrible news the Captain would put his pipe in his mouth and say to one of the Lieutenant’s would you please make bring me a cup of tea.
He knew his first response would set the tone to the whole crew.
SFK
SFK
SFK SFK
(Always a God first mindset…)
YOUR THOUGHTS CREATE FEELINGS…
Feelings create emotions,
emotions create states,
states create moods,
Moods create mindsets,
mindsets create personalities.
Your personality creates your ACTIONS IN life! *YOU MUST LEARN TO CONTROL YOUR FEELINGS TO CONTROL YOUR LIFE - You control your feelings by controlling where you turn first… but the danger is we typically allow in what we feel, or what we feel we deserve, or what we have been programmed to feel! If you choose to live by your feelings you choose to live as a victim.
UNLESS YOU STK 1ST
Mindset of James pray over all things… don’t build a personality into your spiritual walk that does not belong. Seek first… first thing you do is seek Gods kingdom!
SEEK THE KINGDOM…. WHAT IS THE KINGDOM?
Starts out about prayer and priorities… then talks about the kingdom
THIS WAS A TIME OF KINGDOMS… OF KINGS.
WE SEE THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND, AND NOW KING CHARLES… BUT THOSE ARE FIGURE HEADS…
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle
Kings are not voted in or out… they are King by birth
Acts 2:30,32 God would put one of his descendants on the throne… that was Jesus
A kings word is law
I don’t have to beg a king, I don’t have to pray, or wish or hope or coerce or cry and whine… I simply understand the kings word is law- he expects me to live by it, and I expect him to honor it.
Changes how to you approach God!!!!
BUT THE KING IS
Jesus is called the King of Glory
The King of Kings
He will give us the keys to the Kingdom
John 18 My kingdom is not of this world
Dan.7 his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom one that shall not be destroyed.
Monday Feb 27, 2023
Monday Feb 27, 2023
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Ever have a friend, a spouse or a child constantly say…
Well Greg said…
Well Angela said…
Well Nicky said…
Matthew 6:31 “Therefore do not worry, (Worry makes things blurry) saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’
HEY SOUNDS LIKE 2023 what we shall drive…
32 For after all these things the Gentiles seek. (The nation of Israel had fallen into a mindset of “we want to have a kingdom like Rome”… rather than Gods kingdom) For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. 33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.
Eat for the kingdom of God
Drink for the kingdom of God
Work for the kingdom
Play for the kingdom
Plan for the kingdom
Date and Marry for the kingdom
Cover yourself with the kingdom of God (position and notoriety)
WE ARE IN A KINGDOM… WE HAVE A KING
My place in the kingdom means I am a citizen of the kingdom OF JESUS CHRIST, not the USA, not the Republican party, not the democratic party,
MY IDENTITY IS NOT FOUND IN Green Peace, BLM, LGBQT, not the UMC any race or cause, not any denomination nor other entity - * I am a member of the Kingdom of God. Do you think Jesus cares more about the USA or the Kingdom of Christ?
WE are told to seek first the kingdom of God
How do we seek the kingdom… we seek the King!
If you seek the Kingdom without seeking the king you are simply seeking a religion.
Seek GK - figure out the process he wants to use in this situation. Investigate deeply to see what he is doing.
Present imperative ( this is a daily choice to be made)
Seek his righteousness - Seek the character of God, What would Jesus do… or more importantly what would the best Christ following version of me do?
Seek his kingdom - his way of doing things
*This is a biblical concept we all need to understand and practice.
Seek his kingdom first….
Seek his Righteousness Daily
If I am stressed - Seek the kingdom
If I am in a relationship problem - STK
If I am in need financially - STK
If I have a life question needing to be answered - STK
What does the Kingdom say about this issue?
Seek it!
Every day the enemy has things set up to make us anxious, worried, distracted… What would I need to do to plan the perfect week in advance to distract you.
(money problems, car problems, spousal problems, kid problems, Work problems, health problems, a negative word spoken, gossip, belittled, dismissed by someone etc…)
Jesus is not saying don’t think about the future… absolutely we should plan, pray and prepare for the future… Jesus commands it as we head into the end times. But we plan with the kingdom practices in mind, with the kingdom values in place.
Notice then that Jesus is not suggesting but commanding all citizens of the Kingdom of heaven who still live on earth to cease making material things the center of their life ("stop worrying" Mt 6:25-32). AND Instead the believer's lifelong pursuit is not for things but the presence, pleasure and Person of Jesus Christ our Lord and our King ("kingdom" always indicates a “king")
SFK
SFK
SFK SFK
(Always a God first mindset…)
YOUR THOUGHTS CREATE FEELINGS…
Feelings create emotions,
emotions create states,
states create moods,
Moods create mindsets,
mindsets create personalities.
Your personality creates your ACTIONS IN life! *YOU MUST LEARN TO CONTROL YOUR FEELINGS TO CONTROL YOUR LIFE - You control your feelings by controlling where you turn first… but the danger is we typically allow in what we feel, or what we feel we deserve, or what we have been programmed to feel! If you choose to live by your feelings you choose to live as a victim.
UNLESS YOU STK 1ST
Mindset of James pray over all things… don’t build a personality into your spiritual walk that does not belong. Seek first… first thing you do is seek Gods kingdom!
Friday Feb 24, 2023
Thursday Feb 23, 2023
Thursday Feb 23, 2023
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Everyone is so popular… who has the most friends on FB, instagram, tiktok or snapchat…
Honestly who cares… The real question is… do you actually have a real tried and true friend?
1- It is not good for man to be alone… this is a principle beyond marriage.
notice God sent the disciples out in 2’s. Jesus had the 12, We also see a glimpse of this in the trinity, and we understand that 3 are better than one in a relationship.
Some peoples problems are made worse because they spend to much time with their problem… and that would be themselves.
A relationship a friendship can bring life, joy, laughter, wisdom, insight, hope and so much more.
- Some friends are to be dropped. I hate this one. I like making friends for life and I am pretty loyal… but I have learned that I can give and give and give and people can take and take and take… and I need to just walk away. Or if they walk away - don’t run after them. What is remarkable at this age is I now am much more likely keep a distance and keep just my few friends and let others walk.
- Friendships are not easy…
I have a great friend who I went into business with and he left me with an 18K dollar debt. I didn’t even realize it until the bank called me and told me to pay up… I was ticked. And he blamed me??? but we worked it out, we talked it out, I realized it was coming more from his wife (now ex wife) than it was from him. But it was a hard year.. are we as close as we we’re? No, but we are still good friends. We still hang out and we still have some great memories we talk about.
- Quality is by far more advantageous than quantity. I have thousands of acquaintances - Just this past Sunday I took my grandkids to a big restaurant and my Grandson was just saying how much I knew everyone… and just then a guy walked in that I knew from the gym… he said Papa you have a million friends… well, I do, but not really. I have a million acquaintances. I have about a 100 friends, I have 3 really best solid, any where any time at the drop of a dime friends. And outside of my wife and Dad, I have one true best friend.
Don’t go for numbers, don’t go for popularity… go for depth. But with that being said. if you are only going to have a few friends… make sure they are quality.
- Friendships will be tested. I can tell you a few stories of my best friend and I being tested. Once I refused to write a reference letter for him regarding a huge decision - he wasn’t happy, I wasn’t backing down, but we both chose to love each other and work through it. And we are closer more than ever…and we now joke about it. I blew him off once when he was struggling emotionally… I thought he was blowing it out of proportion… he wasn’t and his wife was not happy that I acted out of touch…. and I was and when I found out he was really dealing with some tough stuff, I apologized and again we now laugh about it and are closer than ever.
Wednesday Feb 22, 2023
Wednesday Feb 22, 2023
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Rock paper scissors
Urim and Thummim
Isn’t this divination? Well lets look at it this way… You could go to a witch, a sorcerer or a Ouji Board, or horoscope… what ever, but instead you are asking God to use the Urim and Thummim and you trust God has given you this to have his will performed in this matter.
what do you do when you don’t know what to do? When honestly pray and don’t hear his voice? You ask strong Christian friends and they don’t seem to know, the bible is silent and your spouse doesn’t even know…?
Well you can practice your own urim and Thummum by simply trusting God to work out his will in the circumstances.
We can trust God to know that even when we don’t know what to do, he wants to direct us and be a part of even the smallest areas of our life. He wants to be a part of our life in every area, even the areas where we don’t see immediate direction we know he cares enough to work out his will if we are willing to let him and obey it.
Tuesday Feb 21, 2023
Tuesday Feb 21, 2023
Podcast
A 5th grade Sunday School class blew my mind and forever - and I mean forever changed how I saw things and how I allowed myself to see things… all this in 5th grade? YEP!
Edna Roberts… God bless her.
Pictures… tire, nail
Fire home
Car brick wall
Cat fire department
Hospital family
Key insights… we all thought negative
But story we came up with got worse
We were tunnel vision… even after we understood the power of the mind, we still had a hard time trying to come up with good circumstances with the pictures.
*even as a 5th grade kid, I could see immediately how I could do this in my own life.
1 These. 5:18 Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus.
Mindset is everything… it programs the body and soul and spirit…
BE GK = its a command and its a choice! and its in the aorist tense - continually.
Rom. 12:2 Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind
Again BE YE GK 2 words Meta Morpho in the aorist tense. Continually!
Renew: GK Rennovation… work, plan, see it, work at it.
You envision what you see, you work at it, you work around obstacles, you always keep the positive vision in your mind.
Its as simple as a faith mindset
Here are 5 faith mindsets to check
- what is bad you see as good.
- what you don’t understand you trust God for the good
- what at first your minds tells a horrible story regarding you stop it and tell an amazing story.
- you understand that faith with works makes the magic
- and ultimately you see every little or big setback as seasoning to your testimony from good to phenomenal.
Tuesday Feb 21, 2023
Tuesday Feb 21, 2023
Mingle Mate Marry
Revivals are over rated…
I asked my church yesterday who would love a revival , who would love to see another 3-500 people come to church next Sunday…
I then began to point out to them and say ok, we need you four to help park cars, we need you 12 to help in childrens church and we need you 6 to help in the nursery, we will need another 8 to help disciple, and at least 20 more in our worship team, we will need 8 more in the kitchen to help with coffee, donuts, clean up…we will need 10 more to come during the week and help clean… Hey Church is hard, what does Christ have to say…
Matt. 16:18 13 When Jesus came into the region of Caesarea Philippi, He asked His disciples, saying, “Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?”
14 So they said, “Some say John the Baptist, some Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”
15 He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?”
16 Simon Peter answered and said, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
17 Jesus answered and said to him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father who is in heaven. 18 And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. 19 And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.”
We need to understand THREE fatal flawS in our Christian world… and that is
#1 yes our Nation was founded as a christian nation, but it does not nor will it ever take the place of the church. Our country can become socialistic, world dominated and even completely under the regime of another country… but changing the world is not dependent on the USA and its freedoms
WORLD CHANGE IS BASED ON THE WORK OF JESUS CHRIST THROUGH THE CHURCH.
#2 understanding that a Christ centered church has a much greater impact on the world for the kingdom of God than a super Christian.
#3 YOU ARE THE CHURCH….
What do I mean? It is your job as the church to reach, lead, serve, give, produce, heal, sacrifice, defend, cast out…
It is not the Pastor’s, evangelists, teachers, preachers, missionary’s…
V. Upon this Rock I will build my church…
build: Founded upon, encourage, edify, literally build.
Let me spell it out for you… Labor, hard work, hands on, boots on the ground. sweat toil and tears… no need for Blood, jesus already shed his… but you know what I mean.
Jesus did not say upon this rock (the knowledge of knowing I am the Messiah - this is what a revival is based on, that Jesus is who he said he was) he did not say that upon that understanding a revival would build his church, it would manifest out of thin air and some prayer, NO it takes hard work. It takes labor… remember when Christ said the harvest is white, it is ripe… but pray for laborers.
706 survivors – 473 empty seats
Maybe you know the story of the Titanic. But did you know that when the ship had sunk there were hundreds of people in the icy waters and there were plenty of seats still left in the life boats. But they never went back to rescue those that were drowning freezing to death. They were safe, no need to work.
The hole in the titanic was 6 square feet total. About the size of me, or close to most of you… if I am not laboring for the church i am just a hole and lives will be lost!
Friday Feb 17, 2023
Friday Feb 17, 2023
1-11-04
Scream the truth and live it even louder!
I don’t take showers! Yeah we know!
A friend mine growing up was one of the strongest men in the world. When I first met him he told us all sorts of stories about lifting weights. One day we were in a sports store and they had an Olympic barbell set on the floor as a display. My friend Donny looked at mike and said “I’ll give you 10 bucks if you curl this” he bends down and curls it 6 times.. and quietly walks away and says you owe me sixty bucks!
Your actions speak so loud that it doesn’t matter what you call yourself your actions will name you!
Kids growing up that had certain actions that gave them nick names
*egg – his head looked like an egg
*booger
*Linda redders bind us together
*if you go to school and people call you a druggy, jock, brain – they are because of their actions
Jesus said “I am the way the truth and the life” The power behind this statement is simple if you know the secret!
What is the secret about the truth? The power only comes when you live it… it has no power by just saying you believe in it!
"If we are strong, our strength will speak for itself. If we are weak, words
will be of no help." John F. Kennedy
Thomas Edison is known for inventing the light bulb… he did not discover it (duh- meaning he found it under a rock somewhere) he tried one thousand things (now if that is me I don’t even know if I could come up with a thousand things… cheetahs?) to use as an element that would heat up and give off light… maybe you have heard that! But did you know in the process of discovering light from a light bulb he destroyed his laboratory over one hundred times! And never gave up until he discovered light! THOSE ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS.
Why do you suppose out of all the writings in the bible, of all the apostles nowhere do you read of their goals, ideas, intentions or desires. Yet they dedicated a whole book on the “acts” of the Apostles. There actions truly spoke louder than words.
The life of Christ was not a story about what he said.. as much as it is a story about what he did!
Our generation today has been more vocal about their faith than any other generation, but have had less “action” than any other generation.
“Incredible as it may seem, ‘accepting Christ’ and making a profession of faith makes
little to no difference in a person’s attitudes and behaviors. The majority of our churched people are adopting ‘a Christianity’ but it is not true Christianity.”
In the last 12 months
Cheated 76% - 74%
Lied to teacher 85% - 83%
Lied to parent 93% - 93%
Physically hurt someone when angered 67% - 63%
Who was satisfied with their character and ethics 90% - 91%
I call them the two percent’ers! The Christian kids are only 2% different in their response then that of the non Christian kids.
Practical ways to scream the truth!
1. An accountability trio - one adult and one more person your age.
1 Thes. 5: 11So encourage each other and build each other up, just as you are already doing.
Pradeepan preaching at the theatre.
Encourage one another… do you encourager? Do you have someone who will encourage you?
Rusty … crippled walking to school with his hand held crutches on his first day to school and it was a snowy day.
2. Realize your potential. Phil.4:12 I know how to live on almost nothing or with everything. I have learned the secret of living in every situation, whether it is with a full stomach or empty, with plenty or little. 13 For I can do everything with the help of Christ who gives me the strength I need.
One of People magazines biggest sellers this past year was an issue on the richest kids in America.
Olson twins - 76 million
Athina Onassis - 800 million
Eric and Ivanka trump - 1.9 Billion
Amanda and Lydia Hearst - 5.2 Billion
Were enamored at their potential to have fun, do whatever they want, go anywhere etc…
We focus on what we think we need - the truth is all we need is God and his strength.
What do you really need? Food water shelter and God!
You will never live a life that screams Jesus unless you know your potential.
What we can do as Christians is utterly amazing… what we typically do is utterly dismal!
A man was once asked late in his life if he could live it over who would he want to be. He said slowly… I would want to be the man I could have been!
Your Christian walk is not like Pizza Hut… it does not deliver. You must go out and get it!
3. Feed the fire: fires are out of control… they only try to contain it. If you simply try to contain it - you will burn out. You must feed it!
Someone once said if you are on fire for God 3 things will happen
1. Someone will watch you burn
2. Someone will try to put you out
3. Some will help you burn
The more you try to spread the fire the more you will be on fire. There is one way to really be on fire… spread it! You cannot witness to others and not stay lit for Jesus!
Your friends will not be one over by your words…but by your actions
Let me read a portion of a teen devotional I just read this week!
Teen Witch: Most witches practice what we call daily devotions, where we take at least 5 to 10 minutes twice a day to reaffirm our faith and talk to spirit. Sometimes we do our daily devotions at our altar (you don’t need to cast a magic circle for this) or we may walk outside and do our devotions, as long as you do them.
Your devotions can begin with a prayer you have written yourself or you can just relax and talk to God your own way. Some witches sing, hum or chant.
Good (students) witches practice discipline.
Good (students) witches don’t use drugs or alcohol.
These are the steps to becoming a great witch!
Are you taking steps to be a great Christian?
Get out your pictures!
In about 2 months these pictures are going to start showing up at youth group… ahh yes graduation pictures! Anyone have a purse or wallet that has pictures in it from friends. How many people have pictures that have writing on them!
What do they write about?
Has anyone’s life screamed the truth so loud that your friends wrote about it?
As you read those… has anyone written on the back how much they see Jesus in your life.
Thursday Feb 16, 2023
Thursday Feb 16, 2023
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Vulnerability
Mary at Jesus feet
The woman who came and poured perfume over Christs feet
The man who looked into Jesus eyes and said “I believe, help my unbelief”
The woman who snuck up and touched his robe
The Nicodemus the pharisee who came and sought out Jesus late at night?