Receive

Today, I receive. I have already received a night's rest, a cool room, a scented breeze, a welcome from my four legged friends, a warm cup of Dunkin' Donut, the local weather, a cardinal's song, the day's dawn and a morning greeting from my wife.

I receive. I recognize that my salvation is in Christ alone - a gift of and from God only, I received. I receive this continual salvation and redemption in the power of the Holy Spirit filling me as I open up my life and receive.

Today, I will practice receptivity.

I willingly acknowledge my responsibilities throughout the day and yet seek to grasp that even my day, the tasks and my responsibilities are from God - received.

Today, I will live in the salvation received and continue to be receptive. I will pray, "God forgive me, now empower me."  I will take hold of God's redemption and live as a blessed, chosen, destined, drenched, lavished, enlightened, included receiver.

Today, receive.

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20 Qualities Of A Godly Leader

1. Respectful
2. Faithful
3. Steadfast
4. Disciplined
5. Friendly
6. Approachable
7. Knowledgeable
8. Patient
9. Amiable
10. Gracious
11. Attentive
12. Integrity
13. Focused
14. Wise
15. Fair
16. Committed
17. Dynamic
18. Thoughtful
19. Encouraging
20. Intentional

Nurture and Cultivate

A Church United is a Beautiful, Powerful and Redemptive God Movement.

God Is At Work, Simply Join

Resurrection Living - All From God

Once we get this through our heads and assimilated into our imaginations, we are out of the driver's seat forever. The practice of the resurrection is not a do-it-yourself     self-help project. It is God's project and he is engaged full-time in carrying it out.

This rescues us from small-mindedness, from thinking too small about our lives. This salvation-resurrection world is large. Anything we can come up with for ourselves in terms of goal or purpose is puny alongside of what is already in motion in the cosmos "to the praise of his glory."

Practice Resurrection, Eugene Peterson

BOLD ACTIONS FOR CHILDREN

Bold actions we can take to help our children walk with God.
Listen to them.
Apologize to them when needed.
Admit parenting mistakes to them.
Relate to them on their level when in conversation.
Love and be committed to your spouse.
Teach them the Bible.
Have fun with them.
Be active with them.
Have supper together at the table.
Shut off cell phones and go "old school".
Worship regularly.
Raise them in Christ and not in the church.
Discipline as needed - spare the rod, spoil the child.
Teach then to not fear the world they live in - Show them.
Pray with them after "time out".
Live in forgiveness.
Teach consequences, but live in forgiveness.
Demonstrate tough love when needed.
Remember - kids are people too.
Tell them you love them.
Show them you love them.
Honor their decisions.
Have dinner together and have them pray.
Teach them to find comfort in the Holy Spirit.
Represent Christ everywhere you go.
Help then discern right from wrong.
Teach them to obey God.
Help them grasp that not all that society teaches is right.
Be involved even if it is long distance.
No absentee parenting - No excuses.
Give advice on how to treat young boys and young girls as they develop relationships.
Teach them equally yoked.
Let them see you reading Scripture and praying.
Learn their love language and practice it.
Lead them to accept Christ.
Teach them Bible verses and talk about the Bible in everyday life.
As a church - AIM YOUNG. Reach out to the young in everything.
Do not exhaust your children.
Follow God.
Send them to Weekend Retreats and Summer Camps for Christ.
Bless them. Learn about Biblical Blessings.
Be in a relationship with God.
Serve them.
Argue, discuss, sharpen, learn together.
Pray specifically for them.
Be in and with Christ daily.
Be a parent, friend, co-Christ follower.
Know that what you/we do as adults matters to children.
Step out in faith and be an example.
Serve in the church.
Lead your children to serve in the church.
Involve children in ministry.
Be completely God's.

How are you? Cosmic

We are cosmic. - Eugene Peterson, Practice Resurrection

Free and Forgiven

One of the greatest barriers to the cleansed life of joy and fellowship with God is our ingrained unwillingness to accept the work of our advocate and with thanksgiving step out as persons who are free and forgiven.
The Secret Of A Spirit Filled Life, Charles L. Chaney

Influence

The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority. - Ken Blanchard

Bold Action

I Kings 18:36-37
I Kings 18

Ask

And whatever you ask in my name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask anything in My name I will do it. John 14:13-14

When The Holy Spirit Fills Us

1. We realize and recognize the presence of Jesus Christ in our daily life.
2. He creates the Holiness of God in our daily life..
3. He produces the mighty work of Christ in and through us in our daily life.
The Secret Of A Spirit Filled Life, Charles L. Chaney

The Living Christ

Christianity without the living Christ is inevitably Christianity without discipleship, and Christianity with discipleship is always Christianity without Christ. - Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Important Reminder For a Follower of Jesus Christ

Reminding ourselves of the gospel is the most important daily habit we can possess. - C.J. Mahaney

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Sow A Thought...

Sow a thought, reap an action; sow an action, reap a habit; sow a habit, reap a character; sow a character, reap a destiny.