I'm All In

Creating a culture of excitement can sometimes be a difficult thing. What are you passionate about? My passion is to see people become fully devoted followers of Christ. Sometimes it requires a season of hard work in my life.

I feel like right now it's that time. So I have 2 choices.

1. Ignore my calling and do nothing
2. Just do it

It's nice to have the support from a loving, caring, praying wife. It's nice to have friends who have your back (even if it's only a few).

I've realized that in your calling, you will make some people upset, you will offend some, you will make some feel uneasy. If God has called you to something, Just do it.

God has called me to go all in... Leading people to become fully devoted followers of Christ.

How Is Your Heart?

Lately I have actually been a little more upset than usual. For some reason, I have been negative. I've been negative about relationships, I have been negative about NewLife Experiences. I've been down from the same people I call to hangout and/or come to NewLife that write me off every week...

I guess I'm negative for a couple reasons...

1. It feels like I'm not helping advance the kingdom. I'm praying, but sometimes thats hard to know it's helping because you don't always see the outcome (even though it is...)

2. That's it...

I realize that I get to choose my attitude. I'm down, but I'm not out. It's nice to know that God is with me.

God is good all the time!

Speaking Life

What kind of words do you speak to your spouse...

What kind of words do you speak to your friends?

One thing I keep finding myself falling short of, is treating those close to me with kindness and gentleness... Do I give my wife the patience she deserves... sometimes I do, but sometimes I don't.

Why is that? Why do we hurt those closet to us the most?

I want to treat everyone the way that I want to be treated. It starts today, it starts for me by thinking about "EVERYTHING" that I would say instantly, by pausing and thinking about the effects of those words before I speak them.

I want to speak LIFE into others... Who have you hurt?

For me, I need to go back and apologize to some people in grade school that I hurt... I defiantly did not speak life into them...

Your words are powerful, do you want to build up or tear down?

Take It To...

Your walk with God is important. Do you feel like you can talk to Him about anything?

Is God a safe person you can go to? When your down and out, who do you seek first? Is it your spouse, a trusted friend, a co-worker... or is it God...

Sometimes in life I find myself skipping out on the person who loves me most. If it's good news, I forgot to say thank you, if it's bad news, I forget to ask for help and seek wisdom.

My challenge for you is to take everything to God first!

Time is a Gift

Each day I get the opportunity to help bring God's kingdom to this earth. That is a great thing, it can come in the form of many ways...

• Praying for people
• helping others
• spending time with family
• hanging out with friends
• speaking life into people
• loving those that feel unloved
• using free time for others... etc

Time is valuable, time is precious, it is a gift, how are you using it?