Happy Saturday People!

I had a most enjoyable evening with my daughter and then my son, as Emily had her first ladies night in forever. She had fun and we had fun… a blessed night for sure! I love my family!

Heaven and I were supposed to go to the softball game…game got rained out… ate at McDonalds (Budget food), went to pets n pals and played with the “coolest dog EVEEEER”, went to the dollar store to buy something Heaven “absolutely needed”, met Coree and Kady back at the house and watched the end of “She’s all That”, stopped by BP and said hi to Cole, played the claw machine and won Heaven a green elephant on the first try, went and got ice cream- was very tasty, met up with Emily there, came back home, watched CSI Miami and then Criminal Intent- was very scary (wished we hadn’t watched it), ran into the bedroom and put my feet under the covers before a monster got me, rebuked the spirit of fear and went to sleep in peace! LOL

I have that SPIRITUAL FEELING again this morning… the one I blogged about yesterday… an exuberant anticipation of some GIGANTIC BLESSING! I can almost TASTE it you guys… this thing is BIG… and it’s almost HERE!

Really, the night is always the darkest just before the BREAK OF DAY! Any minute now… THE SON IS GOING TO CUT THROUGH THE GROSS DARKNESS and BAM, a NEW DAY WILL MOST CERTAINLY DAWN! So darkness: back up… shut up… get out… go away! This night is just about over… it’s a new day! 

Proverbs 4:18 The path of the righteous is like the FIRST GLEAM of dawn, shining EVER BRIGHTER till the full light of day.

Isn’t that a beautiful verse of scripture? It explains the progression of our lives as we overcome the night to SHINE EACH NEW DAY!

No matter how dark and scary our NIGHT TIMES may be… we are just like the FIRST GLEAM OF DAWN… shinning brighter and brighter and BRIGHTER… until we are like the brightness at HIGH NOON… without a single shadow… LIGHTING UP THE EARTH with the glory of Lord – beaming from every part of our lives.  

Isaiah 60:1-3 Arise, SHINE, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord rises upon you. See, darkness covers the earth and thick darkness is over the peoples, but THE LORD RISES UPON YOU and his glory appears over you. Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn. 

I’m praying with great faith over you guys this morning… asking God to give you each a CLEAR ANTICIPATION of certain success! This is your time to SHINE… it’s a new day and you were made to LIGHT IT UP!

On a side note: Have you ever noticed how each NEW DAY begins at MID-NIGHT? Interesting…   

Have an amazing weekend… see you tomorrow morning at Destiny Family Center TEN O’CLOCK!

Happy Thursday Good People!

I have to tell you how impressed I was with our worship team last night! Since we are forming a whole new team and some of our key players are out of town this week… the challenges are pretty big. That, combined with my CRAZY schedule for the past THREE MONTHS made the challenge of last nights worship OFF THE CHARTS.

You see… since we had a visiting worship team covering Sunday, and my mind is slightly overworked with the task of revitalization, I forgot to let our guys know that they were covering Wednesday nights. This is an embarrassing confession… a real admittance of poor leadership, I know. (looking down at the floor)

So I called Ryan ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON and asked if he and Danae, and Josh and Brittany, and Robby, and Greg could pull off a worship set for the next night! What I was impressed about is this: There was not ONE complaint form any of these guys and gals. Just a willingness to lay their lives and their talents at the feet of this ministry, at a moments notice… and give their best for the glory of God!   

Humble service without grumbling or complaining… this is a BEAUTIFUL RARETY in todays grouchy society. From my observations, any time we plan to ask for help these days, we have to make sure the task is ULTRA convenient before most people are WILLING to commit. Todays leader has to spend several hours prettying up a work task to make it “appealing” before he even thinks about turning it over to a helper.

Most of todays workers and volunteers seem to want easy jobs and perfect working conditions. This social dilemma creates a TREMENDOUS opportunity for the man or woman that doesn’t mind tackling dirty jobs that come with an inconvenient LAST MINUTES NOTICE… and accomplish those jobs with a GREAT BIG SMILE and A BUNCH OF HEART! 

Philippians 2:14 Do everything WITHOUT COMPLAINING or arguing,

1 Peter 4:9 Offer hospitality to one another WITHOUT GRUMBLING.

Colossians 2:23-34 Whatever you do, work at it with ALL YOUR HEART, as working for the Lord, not for men, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are SERVING.

There is nothing worse than giving away a task, only to endure a big old pile of complaining and half hearted execution. Ask most leaders and they will tell you they would rather do the job themselves than delegate it to a grumbler. 

Over time, we all settle into levels of honor and success and we lose that WILLINGNESS to SERVE with a BEAUTIFUL HEART! We develop egos and we get used to delegating the less desirable tasks to others. We become accustomed to having things our way… and no longer WILLING to get dirty for the sake of a great cause.

Let’s watch out for this in our own lives dear friends! May you and I be KNOWN IN OUR CIRCLES as the SERVANTS OF ALL… the people who complain the least… and give our all… at a moments notice when a moments notice is all we’re given! 

I pray that todays blog adds tremendous value to your amazing lives! Please send us your comments… we love to read them all!

Happy Wednesday Friends!

Sorry to be so serious lately… nothing funny to report… everyone seems so somber these days… so focused… and edgy… ggrrrrrr. So, today… my goal is to find something HILARIOUS for a coming blog! Be very careful… because I am WATCHING you closely! One slip up in front of me… and I’m telling the world about it! LOL

Yesterday, Coree and I wrote a 13 page report in about 3 and a half hours! I cannot tell you guys how much fun it was for me to be working with my son like that. He seemed to be slightly awed with my Jedi writing skills… seemed to LOVE the experience… and seemed pretty interested in writing. Not that he’s going to go out and write a book tomorrow.

I guess I need to finish MY book first, right? Thats good because I’m something like 4 pages away from sending it to the publisher! I cant believe how long this book has taken to write… three years and counting. The problem is that every time I finish another chapter, I go back and re-read everything already written… and I end not liking it anymore… so I spend DAYS and WEEKS re-writing and re-writing until the book has been written 20 times or more! Agggghhhhh…  

Thats ok… because all the hard work is going to bring a MIGHTY RESULT as people are impacted all over the world with the finished product! And I have been receiving a beautiful EDUCATION through this very LONG and tedious journey! Please pray that God will help me wrap this project up and get it out to the people who need it most! 

Are you working on something that seems to be taking MUCH longer than you first projected? Hold on to your dreams! Don’t drop out of your race because of the obstacles and delays. The bigger the project, the more it will be met with opposition. Don’t become discouraged over how long it’s taking to get where you’re hoping to go. It will happen when it is SUPPOSED to happen… trust God in this. 

Galatians 6:9  So let’s not get tired of doing what is good. At JUST THE RIGHT TIME we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don’t give up.

I pray todays blog encourages you to KEEP LOOKING UP, KEEP MOVING FORWARD, and KEEP ON BRINGING YOUR BEST. Never give up… never give in… never stop… no matter what… never throw away your dreams… for they will LIVE at JUST THE RIGHT TIME… IF WE DON’T GIVE UP! 

Hope to see you at Destiny Family Center tonight… 7pm! Have a super day everyone!