23 Apr

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Remember this: You will never change your life unless you change what you are doing on a daily basis. Let's review what we have been sharing this month from: Five of my personal daily dynamics? Daily spend time in the WordDaily spend time in prayerDaily love those closest to meDaily encourage someoneDaily eat right and exercise I shared that I've been taking these five “whacks” at my figurative trees for 25 years. Remember this:  Your daily decisions must match the size of your vision.  Diligence is doing little things, for a long time…until it makes a BIG difference! Last week we shared...

16 Apr

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Last week I shared with you that I have some really large trees in my back yard.  If I used an axe and simply gave one of my large trees five big “whacks” every day…eventually that tee would fall!   Many times we try and cut down a huge tree all at once. We then get tired and quit. Then we never go back to it overwhelmed by the size of the tree.  Remember this: You will never change your life unless you change what you are doing on a daily basis. Then I offer you five of my...

09 Apr

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This week we will do a quick review and learn more from our “Four Biblical Habits” that will radically change your life: Focus on firsts (Matt. 6:33).Foster new thoughts (Rom. 12:2).Find your purpose (Eph. 2:10) We learned that not only do you need to: Focus on firstsFoster new thoughts But you need to…Find your purpose! To assist you we began our “Seven Purpose Principles”: You have a purpose (Eph. 2:10).   Remember this:  Live your life by God’s design not human default.      2. You must have purpose beyond your pain. Remember this: You can’t be a selfish person and live a significant life!      3. There will be...

26 Mar

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Over the last few weeks we have been sharing “Four Biblical Habits” that will radically change your life: Focus on firsts (Matt. 6:33). Foster new thoughts (Rom. 12:2). Find your purpose (Eph. 2:10) Not only do we need to: Focus on firsts Foster new thoughts You need to…Find your purpose! To assist you we began our “Seven Purpose Principles”: You have a purpose (Eph. 2:10).   Remember this:  Live your life by God’s design not human default.      2. You must have purpose beyond your pain. Remember this: You can’t be a selfish person and live a significant life!      3. There will be competition for your...

19 Mar

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The Bible tells us that “diligence is our precious possession” (see Prov. 12:27 NKJV).  My personal definition for diligence is “doing little things for a long time, until it makes a big difference.”  Conversely, my definition of laziness is “neglecting little things for a long time until it makes a big difference.” That is why the Bible tells us, “The hands of the diligent makes one rich” (Prov. 10:4) and the “plans of the diligent surely lead to plenty” (Prov. 21:5).  That’s why diligence is our precious possession…when we diligently connect uphill habits with our uphill hopes…it will eventually make a...

12 Mar

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Over the last number of months we have sharing from our series Hopes & Habits. Let's take this week to review all that we have learned. We began with “8 Habit Helpers”: Hope is not a strategy (Heb. 6:19). The things we do and the things we should do don’t always line up (Rom. 7:19). The two greatest gaps in life are “wanting and having” and “knowing and doing”.  If you’ll close the second gap, the first gap will automatically close. We are what we repeatedly do. We form our habits then our habits form us. Always point your saying, sowing and...

05 Mar

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The first of each month we share First Tuesday's Teaching Tips. These are teaching nuggets from over thirty years in ministry. This March let's look at the words - Career & Calling God wants to add His super to your natural and his extra to your ordinary. Hope is not a strategy. If you don't know where you're going, you'll wind up somewhere else. A dream is what you want to do, a goal is how you get there. ~from Winning with Wisdom volume 3 (available for purchase in the Joy Store at Joy Church, Mt. Juliet, TN)...

26 Feb

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This month we have been sharing “Four Biblical Habits” that will radically change your life: Focus on firsts (Matt. 6:33). Foster new thoughts (Rom. 12:2). Find your purpose (Eph. 2:10) To assist you with this last week we began sharing “Seven Purpose Principles”: You have a purpose (Eph. 2:10).   God created us, we did not (see Psalm 100:3).  Therefore He knows how we will function at our best and highest.  The Bible tells us, “For we are His workmanship created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which He foreordained from the beginning of time that we should walk in them” (Eph. 2:10). The Greek...

12 Feb

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What’s “next” in your life is always determined by what’s “now” in your life!  All of us want a better “next” but what are you willing to do “now” to determine that better “next”? Many times we procrastinate away a better future by neglecting our today!  Sometimes we don’t start today because we are overwhelmed by all the things we need to change.  That’s why the Bible refers to itself as a “mirror” (see James 1). However that Greek word translated “mirror” denotes a small hand held mirror.  Have you ever awakened in the morning and then stood before a full-length...