Friday, June 24, 2016

You are special and unique!


Some Basic Foundations!
1.                 You are not an accident!
Isaiah 44:2 (I am your creator. You were in my care even before you were born)

2.                 Before you were conceived, God thought of you. Not fate, chance, luck or coincidence you are breathing here at this very moment. 

3.                 Bible says, “The Lord will fulfill His purpose for me” Psalm 138:8

4.                 God chose every detail of your body. Race, color of skin, hair, every feature. Also your natural talents…your personality. Psalm 1 39:15-16

5.                 Sometimes emphasis on spiritual gifts…not the other things!

6        That creative process did not stop at childbirth. 

7.                 God has been molding and shaping you over the years with a care that exceeds that of the most meticulous craftsman.

8.                 He put you in a unique family. 

9.                 He gave you a unique personality. 

10.                 He has given you unique abilities, and He has woven a unique assortment of motivators into the very fabric of your life 

11.            God made you absolutely unique for a purpose. 

12.            Eph. 1:4 God’s motive for creating you? Love. 

13.            God designed world’s environment so we could live in it. James 1:18

14.            Most important of all the things He made! YOU. 

15.            God made you for a reason!

16.            Part of His plan. 

17.            Precious and perfect unique design. 

18.            God’s special woman or man. 

19.            He made you like He wanted you to be. 

20.            Parents you had were the ones He chose. (no matter how bad a childhood we may have had). 

21.            May have to struggle with this…and forgive parents.   If we had a less than ideal childhood. 

22.            Guess what? WE ALL had a less than ideal childhood. 

Dreams
Many of us give up on our dreams. 

We simply don’t believe they could happen. 

Or we learned that they were unrealistic, or others didn’t support us in them.

We need to have dreams and visions. God wants us to think BIG!!

God wants to give you dreams, visions and gifts.  They are important and the body of Christ will not be complete if you don’t have them!

Dreams and visions can include:
          Ministry vision
          Helping people
          Relationally-marriage, family
          Relating to God in certain ways-intimacy
          Friendships

Purpose motivates your life! Purpose driven Life book. 

Purpose produces “Passion” (What excites you…what drives you…what makes you get up in the morning raring to go? Do you get up raring to go? (wait for a response…

When you fully comprehend that there is more to life than just here and now, and you realize that life is just preparation for eternity…you will begin to live differently. Living in Light of Eternity. Will make a difference how you handle every relationship, task and circumstance. 

What makes you tick?

What is your passion, the spark that needs only a little breeze to ignite into a raging fire?

What do you enjoy so much that you’d do it without pay?

What gives you a deep sense of satisfaction and purpose?

What do you feel you are missing in your life?

Remember: You are unique!




Giving Thanks with a Grateful Heart

 

 

 

 

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Thursday, June 23, 2016

Making the most of every opportunity


In the great orchestra we call life...

"There are things only  you can do,
          and you are alive to do them.

In the great Orchestra we call life,
          you have an instrument and a song,

and you owe it to God to play them both sublimely."

Max Lucado: Quote is from his book, The Applause Of Heaven.

Play on

 "Show me, O LORD, my life's end and the number of my days; let me know how fleeting is my life." Psalm 39:4

"Be very careful, then, how you live-not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord's will is." Ephesians 5: 15-17

"If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live  at peace with everyone." Romans 12:18

"Make every effort to live in peace with all men and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the LORD" Hebrews 12:14

"Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity."  Colossians 4:5

"Delight yourself in the LORD and he will give you the desires of your heart." Psalm 37:4

"God has created each of us with a unique contribution to make in our world and our times. No other person has our same abilities, motivations, network of friends and relationships, perspectives, ideas, or experiences. When we, like misplaced puzzle pieces, fail to show up, the overall picture is diminished."   Richard Stearns: President of World Vision U.S.
Quote from his book: The Hole in our Gospel

"For we are God's workmanship,
created in Christ Jesus to do good works,
which God prepared in advance for us to do."

Ephesians 2:10 NIV

"And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds. Let us not give up meeting together as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another-and all the more as you see the Day approaching." Hebrews 10:24-25

Ability to see with the eyes of God, think with the mind of Christ, and walk in the power of the Holy Spirit! 

A good prayer!
Have a great day!
You are special!



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Tuesday, June 21, 2016

A few questions we may want to ask ourselves...on how to Bloom better where we are planted.



Best/Worst Analysis  
B/WA Formula
 Notes taken from the book by Ben Carson,
 TAKE THE RISK: Learning to Identify, Choose, and Live with Acceptable Risk.
I would summarize one of the most important insights I took from the book as “How to make decisions without leaving God out of the equation!

Then we can "Bloom better where God plants us"! 

Risk Analysis Process

You can print this and use as a template for decision making. 

 

Questions to ask when making a decision:
What is the best thing that can happen if I do this?
What is the worst thing that can happen if I do this?
What is the best thing that can happen if I don’t do it?
What is the worst thing that can happen if I don’t do it?

Further insight on this topic

  A review of Take The Risk book

 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1967363.Take_the_Risk 

 

An old picture I dug up of a childhood family friend and her sheep.

Mary Ellen

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  Foundation For His Ministry

  Picture above was taken from their website a long time ago.

 

  How it all started!

 

 Charla's Children: Charla Pereau

 

Charla Pereau: A woman of God who truly has "Bloomed" where she was planted! 

  Their BLOG

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Monday, June 20, 2016

Bearing fruit...for Boomers and Beyond!

"Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, O God, till I declare your power to the next generation, your might to all who are to come." Psalm 71: 18

"They will still bear fruit in old age, they will stay fresh and green, proclaiming, "The LORD is upright, he is my Rock, and there is no wickedness in him." Psalm 92:19

She "bloomed " where she was planted!


 

 

More on how these field grown pansies were grown on our farm. 

Afterword:

 

You are special in God's eyes!  

 

Psalm 139:13-18


13  For you formed my inward parts;

you knitted me together in my mother's womb.

14  I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.1

Wonderful are your works;

my soul knows it very well.

15  My frame was not hidden from you,

when I was being made in secret,

intricately woven in the depths of the earth.

16  Your eyes saw my unformed substance;

in your book were written, every one of them,

the days that were formed for me,

when as yet there was none of them.

17  How precious to me are your thoughts, O God!

How vast is the sum of them!

18  If I would count them, they are more than the sand.

I awake, and I am still with you.


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Type of people you like to work with. A clue to your passion!


If you are looking for a clue to your passion...What types of people do you like to work with?



Passion for working with these categories of people...in various settings!



Adults
Unreached people  
Adoption 
Pro Life
Victims of Fire, floods, homicides, Sudden Infant Death, Drug overdose
Veterans
Visitors to our church
Senior citizens
Career singles
College students
Teens
Children (Indicate age)
Infants
Newly married
New members
Business and professional men
Business and professional women
Families
Mothers of young children
Single parents
Community neighbors
Missionaries
Homeless
Homeless youth
International students
Ethnic groups, refugees, immigrants
Unemployed
Disabled, handicapped
Retired
Abuse victims

Shut-ins
Addicts
Victims of dysfunctional families (codependents)
Prisoners
Home school parents
Hospital visits
Nursing home visits

Other


Did I miss any category?
  

"Be joyful in  hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. Share with God's people who are in need. Practice hospitality." Romans 12:12



 

 

 

 In the great orchestra we call life...

"There are things only  you can do,
          and you are alive to do them.

In the great Orchestra we call life,
          you have an instrument and a song,

and you owe it to God to play them both sublimely."

Max Lucado: Quote is from his book, The Applause Of Heaven.

Play on

"For we are God's workmanship,
created in Christ Jesus to do good works,
which God prepared in advance for us to do."
Ephesians 2:10 NIV


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