December 2011
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Balance Wanted!
In my life and in leadership it is so important to learn Balance. It is a difficult and arduous process trying to figure out what needs to be done now, what can wait and what doesn’t even matter. I am the type of person who believes that if you want it done right do it yourself, but that mindset has gotten me in a place where I feel like I am not getting things done do to the amount of...
November 2011
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A Fresh Coat of Paint
It all Starts Here….. At this point we are a fresh canvas, our minds have not been washed yet. This canvas can become anything from Van Gogh’s Starry Night to a Bob Ross’ Happy Trees. We can be anything, the future is limitless, but so many times people have chosen to become comfortable and hide their unique beauty to settle to be a copy. I call this the Lithograph life. A...
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One More Day
2 Peter 3:9&15 The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness; but is patient with you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.
15 And count the patience of our Lord as Salvation
I have read this verse and memorized it as a child for Vacation Bible School so that I could get the most stars in class. I studied this texted in college but...
January 2011
2 posts
God is my Witness
You had heard the sang “God is my witness”….and more than ever before it rang out to me how true this statement real is. Like it or not, God IS your witness. He sees what you do, say and proclaim by the life that you live. But he is not like people who you can play and fool. He sees the intentions of our heart (1 Thess 2:4). Sometimes we even try to fool ourselves to justify...
May 2010
4 posts
Mary.......
I was sitting in service watching these ladies worship in front of me. I mean these ladies were wild and crazy and unrefined….It made me laugh so I just watched them to make sure they don’t get out of control. This is when God spoke to me, He said “Mary”. Mary in the Bible was the prostitute that praised God when she poured the costly perfume and washed Jesus’ feet...
Day 5: there are still tons of rocks in my drive way. Pray to the Lord of the Rocks to send more laborers. The Rocks are plentiful but the workers are few
April 2010
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WatchOne Days Wages: Can I make a difference?
Catalystwest
Getting ready to go on an adventure to California with the manliest men I know.
“Faith is the art of holding on to things your reason has once accepted in spite...”
– C.S.Lewis
Life is a climb…..
Thrive: Haiti
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5 Questions Andy Stanley Asks While Preparing a...
5 Questions Andy Stanley Asks While Preparing a Sermon
A) What do they need to know? (Information)
· What is the simple idea?
· What is the one thing they need to know?
· What one statement summarizes the message.
B) Why do they need to know it? (The motivation)
· The key developing tension in the introduction
· Give them a reason to listen
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Revisiting conspicuous consumption: Seth Godin
Revisiting conspicuous consumption
The reason you have a front lawn? It’s a tradition. Lawns were invented as a way for the landed gentry to demonstrate that they could afford to waste land. By taking the land away from the grazing sheep, they were sending a message to their neighbors. We’re rich, we can happily waste the opportunity to make a few bucks from our front lawn.
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Failure, success and neither: Seth Godin
The math is magical: you can pile up lots of failures and still keep rolling, but you only need one juicy success to build a career.
The killer is the category called ‘neither’. If you spend your days avoiding failure by doing not much worth criticizing, you’ll never have a shot at success. Avoiding the thing that’s easy to survive keeps you from encountering the very...
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Secrets of the biggest selling launch ever: Seth...
Apple reports that on the first day they sold more than $150,000,000 worth of iPads. I can’t think of a product or movie or any other launch that has ever come close to generating that much direct revenue.
Are their tactics reserved for giant consumer fads? I don’t think so. In fact, they work even better for smaller gigs and more focused markets.
Earn a permission asset. Over 25...
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March 2010
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“Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and...”
– Maria Robinson
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“Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to...”
– Winston Churchill (James 1:19)
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"What must I do to inherit Eternal Life"
What must I do to inherit eternal life? This was the question that was asked by the teacher in the New Testament in Luke chapter 10. This gentleman wanted to know how to be saved from this world to the next. I was thinking about this question this morning as I was reading……..how do I inherit eternal life, how do I attain salvation according to Jesus? It was not the answers that many...
Getting ready for a crazy day sunday….. It’s gonna be good.
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“But wisdom is proved right by all her children”
– Bible (Luke 7:35)
A great day with the family….the kids are making cup cakes and daddys making dinner. Then it will be time for 24……
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“What you hold on to defines you”
– Jake Ishmael (RMMC,New Life)
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“Sabbath: “Divert daily. Withdraw weekly. Abandon annually.”
– Rick Warren
“Abraham Lincoln once said that ‘If you’re a racist, I will attack...”
– Michael Scott (The Office)
Acts 10:34-35 “Truly I understand that God shows no partiality, 35but in every nation anyone who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him.
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“The value of a man should be seen in what he gives and not in what he is able to...”
– Albert Einstein
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Man In the Mirror
Today was an awesome day…..I got to stay home with my family and spend time with my most wonderful children. I can not even put into words what they mean to me. I just love them with all of my heart and they bring such joy and therapy to my life.
So today I was thinking about my life……I feel that there is still so much more, like a sleeping giant in me longing to awake. What I...
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Tongue on Fire (Book of James Chapter 3)
The tongue also is a fire.
This is a good thought from the book of James. How it is just a spark that light great and majestic forests on fire. It can take down something that has taken years and years to grow with just a single spark.
I think of myself and how this is an area in my life that I need to get in control. I let emotions and attitude get the best of me sometimes. I maybe it gets the...
“The world is not dangerous because of those who do harm but because of those who...”
– Albert Einstein
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“Only a life lived for others is a life worth while.”
– Albert Einstein
February 2010
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Always say I love you →
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saturday, december 19, 2009
On November 12th of 2009 J.P.(Josh Pishura), Taune Winter, Philip Harris were killed in a Van roll over accident outside Baker City Oregon. I can feel the emotions rise up within me like it was yesterday even though it was a month ago. There has not been a day that has gone by with out me thinking about them and just who they were to me and my family....
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This is my Confession
1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness How many have ever heard the phrase “Confession is good for the soul”? How true is this statement for our lives. I pray that we confess every day because of the power and the freedom that it brings to our lives. According to the word of God it tells us how good...
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Jillian Michaels is the enemy
Last night I did an exercise video with my wife called “No More Trouble Zones”. Today my legs feel like I been kicked by a large mule. I just feel all unpleasant everywhere. I don’t think that women’s exercise videos are meant for grown men like me. I officially hate Jillian Michaels……really I do
