How Do We Lose Our Way In Life?



  • I think you go wrong in life. Maybe you haven’t, but you’d have to have a compass. If you were traveling through life and trying to find the destiny for your life, the best direction of your life. I have a question for you this morning. I’m Jeffrey Paul, and this is your morning inspiration. And I’m just going to ask you, do you have a compass for your life?

    Do you have a compass to know, first of all, where you’re at and then are you true north true north meaning are you really headed in the direction that you began on? You know, it’s like, let’s say a marriage, a marriage has its process of, of, of travel. You know, you meet somebody and you either inspired by them and you’re touched by them and you fall in love with them.

    And then you move into marriage with them. And there’s a fork in the road. Either this marriage continues to go in the right direction because they have a compass, they have the direction or divorced. What happens in a situation like that, or you start a career, you know, destiny that you want to become an astronaut, or you want to become a,

    you know, a hairdresser or you want to become whatever you want to become. And then suddenly you lose your direction. You lose your compass, you lose where you were going. How does that happen? How does that happen? Well, let’s just talk a little bit about how that can happen and how you can find your compass and get back in the direction that you started.

    Or maybe you’ve been called to in so many times in the scriptures, especially Isaiah 30, I’ve left it here, just here in the, in the screen, as well as in the, in the comments and Isaiah 30 verses 15 through 22, it’s worth reading often. I mean, because I need it very, very often, but it talks about an individual who is absolutely finding the,

    his way. He finds the, the voice of God. He finds the understanding of God. He, he is revealed the knowledge of his destiny, the plan that God has for him. But then he has this super natural process of thought. It says, I’m going to run faster than God’s plan. I’m going to go in the direction, but I’m going to go with it with all energy all out.

    And I’m going to take every new, you know, sharp and shiny thing. And I’m going to, I’m going to, I’m going to go, I’m going to go for it. And it says that he ends up on the hill, like a Flagstaff with no flag, many. He lost his way. Now the good news in that scripture. And I’m blessed by it.

    It says that, but God waits anxiously to bring him back. Like he does all of us. But so often we get distracted in life, on her journey or a destiny. And when you have had the moment that I’m sure you have, if you come with here from morning to morning, you must had this moment. Let me ask you, if you had that moment where you’ve heard God in an inkling inside you show,

    you kind of pull back the curtain and reveal your future, reveal your career, reveal the relationship of the person in your life, reveal something to you. And then what, well then what is the most important part of it all? Because if you don’t have a compass, you get lost. You start off with whatever it is, career relationship, marriage,

    your spiritual journey, and you don’t have a compass. Well, what is that compass Jeffrey, please tell me what does that compass in your, in your bone was not that one that won’t lead your life, that might get you to Disney world, but it’s not going to lead your life, but hearing God’s voice remaining close and allowing his true compass that he has given us each and every one of us,

    which is his word. And as we really seek at every crossroads of our life every day and in every circumstance, in every situation to really seek him with all our heart, the scripture says, we’ll find our way. Jeremiah speaks of that. So often, especially in every chapter of 29, verses 11 through 14, if you seek him with all your heart,

    that means that if you’re going to do anything, you need to have the compass of God’s voice guiding you and leading you and the holy spirit, bringing you along and stopping you from going where the bridge might be out, going into a relationship that can destroy and demolish anything that you could imagine. And it’s interesting in the book of Proverbs where the father takes the,

    I don’t know how old the child is, but I’m thinking it’s bar mitzvah, time, 16 years old. And he takes him to the window and he throws the, the shutters open. And he stands there with his son. And he begins to tell him about this road, the road of wisdom and knowledge and this road. So the road of the prostitute,

    and he begins to express the right way and the wrong way in the journey of life. And it is the most magnificent as a father and our grandfather, the ability to open the eyes of a child and we’re children of God to reveal the free will that we have in the choice of our journey. And as we do that, my goodness, it’s amazing.

    If we stand with our father, father, our God, and listen to what he says in the instructions of the crossroads, that we hit in life in the opportunities called them in life to leave the right path. Then as we listened to him, we take the right path. He gives the illumination of our steps. As the scripture talks about it.

    He straightens the crooked road. He says in his scriptures, he lowers the mountains. He raises the Baileys. He says in his scriptures and it gives us strength, divine power, and the ability to walk and not faint run and not become tired and sore like on wings of Eagles. If we’re on the right path, that does mean doing everything right,

    and being perfect whole, not at all. That’s why. Thank God we’ve got, you know, salvation, God, God’s salvation of the cross of Calvary, this paid for every wrong move. So when we get, and that’s what you’ll learn in that Isaiah scripture, when we get the relationship of what I said in regards to off the track off the beaten track,

    missing the due north, the true north he’s right there. It says in the scripture today, he’s right there eager to bring you back to the path, to stand at the window with the, with the shutters opened up and say, now, listen, let’s go through this again. This is the way this is the way walk in it, walking it with me.

    And there’s one beautiful, beautiful term that is used in Matthew 1128 through 30 in the message Bible. It’s the rhythm of grace. And as you want your day to day, life on your journey to eternity, but through all of the circumstances, situation, calendar, dates, and birthdays of this life. If you truly walk in the rhythm of grace,

    it’s a different journey. It’s a journey that is absolutely worth, truly listening to his voice, following his ways, and truly making him as your partner in your life long journey. Let me know what your thoughts are. In fact, let me know what you’re going to take away from this. What’s the one thing the one thing is I talked about yesterday,

    the, today you listening right now can take away from this, put it in the comments for me. What’s the one thing today that we’ve shared in regards to the Isaiah 30 and the compass and the different things that I’ve shared with you. What’s the one thing today that you’ll take with you, write it in the comments and then write it on a tablet,

    write it on a post-it note, write it on your hand. Like the kids do whatever it is, write it out. So you really, truly will be motivated, inspired by this. And for sure, listen to that voice will lead you to the Right and you’ll see, you’ll see the fulfillment of your destiny that he has planned for. You have a beautiful day,

    see you tomorrow. Oh, so the weekend I’ll see you Monday, but I may pop up anytime during the weekend. So you never know. The Lord might inspire me to do that.

The ONE THING For You!



  • What’s the one thing in your life. What’s the one most important thing? Well, you know what, that’s a pretty big question. I’m Jeffrey Paul, and I’m here with your morning inspiration and we’re going to dive into the depth of what is the one thing, you know, people are searching all over the world, searching all over the globe for that one thing,

    for that one thing in their life. Well, there’s a teaching of a real life experience where Mary and Martha out of Luke chapter 10, get the answer to the one thing, you know, this morning I was, I was going through my journaling and going through my process of my day-timer. And, you know, I try to be really disciplined and got done with my exercise.

    And I checked that off in my, my, you know, daytime. And I went through the process of getting my coffee ready, and I get my vitamins. I don’t know all those things, all those things. And I finally finally sat down. I started reading a devotional and went through that and it was really good. I found some really good things and that led me to another thing.

    It led me another thing. I was even on the internet to find some of the things that I was learning and finding the people that were teaching it. It was a dust storm around me, remind me like peanuts, that kid that would walk and he’d have a dust, you know, dust flying everywhere. He would go, Hey ed, I began writing to the father and my journalist said,

    father, how can I focus on the one thing? There’s so many voices, there’s so many things to do. There’s so many opportunities. There’s so many voices. And I finally Simon to those voices listened to his voice and he began to pour out to me some of the most incredible things that you can imagine. And I want to share those with you today because in the story of Mary and Martha,

    the answer in a very few verses, and I’ve told you this before, all the answers are in the scriptures. You may not a hundred percent believe that, but all of the scriptures are filled with illumination of the steps that you need to take. But that takes one step at a time. And if your scattered, if you were, you know,

    going in multiple directions, if you were like all of us that have so many things to do, and so many places to go, the reality is that truly you lost you using so much energy. You use in so much of your, your love and your compassion to, to really just feed a whole lot of other things that are not feeding you.

    Then they’re not giving you what you need to do. So let’s get to Mary, Martha, you know the story, Martha’s got a beautiful home. She invites Jesus and the HUD Tire gang over for dinner with the big, I mean, we have spaghetti dinners. Every Sunday. We got a pretty big family that all come together. Thank God. But you imagine 12 disciples,

    Jesus, and whoever else came through the door, she was preparing the meal for everybody because she really loved Jesus. But her sister, Mary Is nowhere to be found. She wasn’t in the kitchen. She wasn’t in the pantry. She wasn’t, you know, she wasn’t cooking. She wasn’t, where is Mary Martha Saying, I’m doing all this work.

    I’m taking care of all these people. And this is all for Jesus. This is all for Jesus. So she finally goes into the living room where Jesus is teaching and lo and behold, where’s Mary right at his feet, right at his feet. And she comes over, interrupts the Bible study. Can you imagine that she is so frustrated? She’s got her apron on.

    She probably got a little, little, a flower on her forehead. He had the reality is that she goes, Jesus, don’t you realize I am taking care of all your gang. And I want to bless you with a wonderful meal. And my sister, Mary is not Even helping Me to realize how many things I have to do. And let’s see what Jesus had to say to her in Luke chapter 10,

    verse 41 and 42. How did the amplified version? But the Lord replied to her. Martha, Martha, you are worried and bothered and anxious about so many things, but only one thing is necessary for Mary has chosen the good part, that which is to her advantage, which will not be taken away from her. Wow. What was he talking about?

    She was remaining in him as John 15 seven, and you’ve probably been here even more. One other time. I’ve heard use that scripture because it’s my Paramont scripture remain in me and allow my voice to remain in you. That’s the one thing, that’s the one thing after you’ve accepted him, if you let him come into your house, Martha and Mary,

    after you asked him to live in you, it is in necessity to remain at his feet, listening to him, dialoguing with him, getting to know him better and let him let you know how he knows you best. There’s one thing. There’s really one thing. And it isn’t a question mark of which one of the things you need to do. It’s one.

    And the one thing is absolutely to listen to his voice, to put all your energies in this and his voice. Does that mean I don’t go to work? Jeff, does that mean that I don’t? I don’t take care of my household. I don’t cut the grass. I just have a Bible study. No, not at all. God has gone through the Bible many,

    many times with regards to how you need to be responsible to your family, responsible for your work response. He’s the Bible has those answers to those kind of questions. To try to take you off the track, then what is it? The 24 7 24 7. You are seeking to hear his voice. 24 7. You are dialoguing with him. You are continually within his presence,

    that he is holding you at his feet within his presence so that you can hear his voice clearly discerning his voice. See, David even said, even while I sleep, your voice speaks to me. So if you’re really seeking to know the one thing, the one thing in your life that is the most important that will get you to the Heights, get you to your destiny,

    get you to the best life you can live in this fallen world. Then the one thing is to hear his voice, discern his voice, read his word and continue to put it into application in your life. How that buzzes you. It buzzed me this morning, cause I was buzzing around in my, to do and my things to do. And my list,

    if I showed you my list, it probably would overwhelm you. But the reality was when he settled me down and he sat me at his feet and I began to dialogue with him and he began to truly stop the world around me and really allow me to hear his voice. And he said this out of Isaiah 30, you said, this is the way walk in it.

    Isaiah 30 verse 21. This is the way walk in it. It is to remain in me, dialogue with me, share with me, work with me, play with me, continue to do all that you do and be with me and allow me to show you the very beautiful way to live your life. If you feel the sense of that word,

    speaking to you this morning, please put in the comments, put in the comments right now the way, just put the words the way. And now you don’t have to put a question mark behind it. You know that he has told us this morning, the way as he told Martha and Mary, the ways to remain in him to hear his voice,

    the dialogue with him to find it precious, to be in his presence, to ask him the questions that Google doesn’t mean. You can’t use Google. And it doesn’t mean you don’t need to use Siri, but the reality of your life, the real life, the spiritual life that we live on this earth that we’re in, but not have need to have one thing need to have one thing.

    And that one thing that’s a highest priority above all of the priorities, which doesn’t mean you don’t have other priorities, but the highest priorities as Steve Covey said, first things first aligned your life so that you can walk the way that he is showing you the why. And that’s the best path because he’s promised that of Jeremiah 29, 11 through 14, he has a plan for you.

    A plan not to harm you, but to prosper you and bless you and bring you right into the gates of heaven. If you listen to his voice and say, yes, Lord, to the way he showed you have a beautiful day. Let me know what you think and have this shared on your Instagrams, on your, on your Facebook. I knew whatever so that you can truly help others find out the one thing.

    In fact, put hash mark, would you read it right now? Put hash mark. One thing in the comments, hash mark, one thing, all capitals letters that you can hash mark one thing and send it out to the world. So they really realize, wow. There is an answer as Martha father. There’s really an answer to one thing.

    Yes, there is. I have a beautiful day. I look forward to seeing it tomorrow.

The Love Affair That Transforms Lives



  • We’re going to talk about a love affair. I don’t know about you, but I sure hope you had a love affair, but we’re not going to talk about the typical love affair that you might have between a man and a woman. We’re going to talk about an incredible level of fear that transforms lives. Good morning. I’m Jeffrey Paul for your morning inspiration,

    and we’re going to dive deep into the love subject. And I hope that you’re willing and really wanting to learn more. Let me, let me take you to a couple of things that are really going to kind of touch you to scriptures that will represent what I want to share with you today that the Lord has been putting on my heart in the book of the songs for the song was sound of songs or called songs of Solomon.

    That is the old Testament, right near Psalms and Proverbs and Ecclesiastics. Solomon wrote a poem that was so powerful, so meaningful, and so metaphorical because although it represented a man and a woman going through their relationship and their search for each other and their wonder of each other, the representation was God, the lover, the male and the female, the beloved in love,

    like nothing we could write about or put into a card from hallmark. And that message in the song of songs is so powerful because it represents God’s desire. God’s will God’s plan that you and he have a love affair. And so often we don’t realize what love is because we don’t get enough time to experience it. We’re rushing around. And even if we get married,

    we’re writing the to life right after the honeymoon, but here’s a quote that I’ve got scrolling along the bottom. I want you to kind of really just meditate at what that says in regards to what love is love is to know, and to be known and desired by another. When you agree, if you agree, give me an agreement, let me know that you feel the same way that love is to know,

    and to be known and desired by another. We all are born with that God hole inside of us. We are all born with that need within us, but what happens somehow, somehow we missed the mark. Somehow distortion of love in the human understanding really messes it up or in the religious level of misinterpretation. We misunderstand the whole Bible is representative from the beginning of Genesis to the revelation,

    close the love affair of the lover of God Seeking desiring the encounter of lover, you and me, Jesus in John 17, he prayed for it. He prayed that we would know the love affair that he had with the father and that he had with us and wants us to have that same love affair so important. But let me take you to a scripture.

    I really want you to see this in the scripture itself. I want you to, let me read this to you. And I would almost recommend that you just close your eyes and let me read this from the message Bible and the representation of a fusions chapter three, verse 14 through 19. And I’m going to pray this for you. So this is kind of a prayer gift from me to you today,

    but let me, let me speak. As Paul spoke 2000 years ago today, as current is God is it says this, my response is to get down on my knees before the father, this magnificent father parcels out all heaven and birth. I ask him to strengthen you by his spirit that a brute strength, but a glorious, inner strength that Christ will live in you as you open the door and invite him in.

    And I asked him to give you both, both feet planted, firmly on love. You’ll be able to take in with all the followers of Jesus, the extravagant dimensions of Christ’s love, reach out and experience the breath, test its length, plumb. The depths rise to the Heights, live full lives, full in the fullness of God. God can do anything,

    you know, far more than you could ever ask or imagine or request in your wildest dreams. He does it and that pushing you around, but by working with us, his spirit deeply and gently within us. Wow, well, that’s my prayer for you because so often we are missing the mark. We’re looking for the right series of rules and we’re looking for the right things to do,

    or we’re looking for when we get ourselves, you know, transformed and into the place of that relationship of, of a better person. Well, I have another scrolling point here, and I want you to look at this quote came to me this morning, right? From my heart, from my journal. This is what it said, that I know the Lord spoke this to me.

    And it was really the very thing that I realized because I teach so often transformation that love love of God is the only power that can transform lives. Again, the true love of God is the only power that can transform lives. Romans talks about transforming lives and renewing your mind. We can’t do that. You can’t do that, but as you begin to truly become in depth in the,

    in the, in the relationship, the love of your songs of Solomon, I put the scriptures here that I want you to read, and I want you to take the time. Take the time. Love is worth. The time love is worth. The time your experience of my prayer for you is from putting your time into the word and the love of the word love a fear of is intimacy of talking to you in journaling his words down on paper.

    The real love affair is between you and God. And he will do anything for that. And he’s proven it through Jesus on the cross and the resurrection. He loves you. He loves you more than you could ever ask or imagine, but I want you to realize that it takes time. It takes the ability for you to like a love affair, to gain the ability for yourself to know it is.

    I gave you that quote to know, and to be known in, understand his desire for you, men. It doesn’t get better than that. It doesn’t matter what you have or don’t have. It doesn’t matter how old you are or how young you are. It doesn’t matter what the circumstances are in your life. When you have this love, this love,

    affair, all things, all things come together. All things really wraparound the physical part of you and eliminates that. And you go to a depth in your heart. That is absolutely beyond expression of words that I could ever give you. But I want you to experience it. I really want you to experience it. I want to also note something for you.

    I promise that I was going to announce this last week, but my team definitely said don’t yet don’t yet don’t yet. We started a new podcast and it’s called morning inspiration, and it’s going to be every day. And we are so excited about it because beyond just interviews that I do on my other podcast, hearing God’s voice, this particular is going to be these morning sessions.

    So you can listen to it after you get off work, or anytime that you want to listen to it, we’re going to do Bible studies. We’re going to do a question and answer. We’re going to have a group discussions. It’s going to be just an absolute inspiration, and it’s not only gonna be mornings, but it’s going to be in the mornings and Erin in the mornings.

    And it can be an every podcast system that you have. So I put the link and I’d like you to go and subscribe, but I put the link right here. I’ll do it again. I’m going to put the link in here that you come and join us and truly, truly learn from it. Enjoy it. Be inspired by it, motivated,

    empowered by it because it truly is a programming that I believe God’s calling all of us to, to be inspired by him. So we can go into this world that has so many shades of darkness, so many difficulties and challenges that we need inspiration. But without we talked about today, the love affair without the intimacy that knows that love never fails. That love never fails.

    And one more school that I’ll put out there that love never, ever ends. There’s no end to love. It’s why we get ramped up into this understanding of love right now in this world where we’re at. Can you imagine what it’s going to be like when it explodes in eternity? So get on the launch pad of love. You don’t love it today.

    Put your stuff on the side, put your things aside and put your worries and your fears and your anxiety aside, and just have a love affair today with God in his word. It’s a beautiful day. We’ll see it tomorrow.

What Does God Say About Worry?



  • What does God say about worry? Good morning. I’m Jeffrey Paul. And I’m here with your morning inspiration and the try to give all of us a better understanding through the scriptures, through the wisdom of the holy spirit, how we deal with worry, because we learn what God has to say about worry. And I think the scripture that the spirit gave me this morning is absolutely perfect.

    It’s perfect because in fact, I’m going to put it in the chat right now for you that you’ve got that it’s Matthew 6 27, and it’s amazing how the word has absolutely every answer when you really search it for our lives. I mean, every answer to every question, can you imagine that my granddaughters always tease me and say, poppy, Google has all the answers and my answer back to them.

    And they chuckled because they’re waiting for my answer. And I say, oh no, Jesus, the holy spirit has all the answers. And so we chuckle and laugh, but it’s the truth. We’ve gone to believe that there’s an answer outside of the true realm of the creator himself. God who’s created you and me, the earth and everything in it.

    The scripture says, so let’s talk about worrying. Let’s take a look at what it says in the scriptures about worry and this simple verse, although please take the time to read the entire area of a, of chapter six in Matthew, but in verse 27, look at this. Can any one of you by worrying, add a single hour to your life.

    Now that’s a rhetorical question. I learned that word way back when, and I really liked that. It’s a rhetorical question means, you know the answer, you know, the you and I know the answer, whether you’re a Christian or not, you know the answer, why worry is not going to change a darn thing, but it does produce something.

    Oh yeah. Thoughts have a energy and worry produces negative energy and negative energy can produce very unbelievably, awful results from health to aging to losing your hair. It really can. It really can because science has shown that, that the, the, the process of our body developing and manufacturing, negative energy burns stuff up. And that’s the job of the enemy,

    which is John 10, 10. His only job is to Rob kill and destroy that which God gives. What does God give in this case scenario? What gives a beautiful scenario of study the birds of the year and the lilies of the valley that addressed more beautiful than Solomon, but the truth comes continually as you seek the scriptures because he gives us hope and hope is absolutely a positive energy.

    And is we look at a circumstance and the self, the ego, the mind wants to create that worry negative energy. Then hope that all things are working together for the good is truly a positive energy that produces. I mean, if negative produces illness and, and aging and everything else I said to you, then what is hope? Well, let me first read the scripture that the Lord gave me this morning in regards to hope out of Hebrews chapter six.

    And if one of you would put this in the commentary, because I didn’t add it to my notes for you to have, but I know that someone’s going to ask for it after the session today, but Hebrews chapter six, verse 19, again, I’ll say that again. And if somebody can put it in the comments, Hebrews six verse 19, this is what it says from the NIV version.

    We have this hope as an anchor for the soul. Now the soul is the mind feelings and emotions of the, the nature of the human being. So it says we have the hope as an anchor, as an anchor to from, and hold our soul secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain. What does it all mean? Well, if you read before and after that and should always do that on a scripture,

    because it puts it in context. But when we were apart from God, from Adam and Eve, there was no way to get, you know, into that personal intimate relationship. When Christ died on the cross, hope was exploded and reborn reborn, and that hope and knowledge and security was that we have eternal life, that we have life with God forever now.

    And in our afterlife, our eternal life. Well, Jeff, how does it have to do with worry? Let’s roll it back a little bit. What do you do when worry strikes you? And it strikes all of us. It can be a little tiny worry. It can be a worry about the future. It can be a worry about your health.

    It could be worried about economics. Again, you worry about so many things, especially today. If you, I hope you’re not watching the news, but if you were, you have a lot to be worried about, but in turn, as you go to the word of God and you listen to the word of God, whisper to your heart hope,

    and you begin to speak words of hope, just like Romans 10 talks about how our salvation comes, comes from hearing the word, confessing our faith and believing it and we’re saved well. If the greatest of all things, salvation is produced by hearing the word, speaking the word and believing the word in our hearts. Then if worry, attacks, you begin to use the word of God as it is a weapon,

    a offensive weapon that it’s, you’re like, you’re, you’re, you’re going for the score. And you use it by taking overtaking captive. Every thought of worry by having something like this and the many more that are there. This scripture out of Hebrews six verse 19, we have this hope as an anchor for the soul firm and secure. It says it enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain where God is in that intimacy of your personal relationship,

    where you hear his voice say to you, I got this, I got this. I’ll take care of this. Don’t worry about this. I’m going to work all things together for the good don’t ignore it. No, no, no. Abraham faced the facts that his body was as good as dead. Romans chapter four. It speaks about that. We’re not putting our heads into a,

    a foolish, you know, craziness of the wrong way of thinking. That’s denial. The truth is that the face, the facts that there might be a circumstance, but put the anchor in to your thoughts. God is working all things together for the good, he is my hope. He is my strength. He will work all things together for the good,

    he will work and complete a good work that he’s begun. And as you have these kinds of scriptures where he has no place where he has no place to find itself, but as it talks about the emptying of the house and the cleaning of the house, where the seven spirits, in addition to the first spirit come back because it’s empty. Well, when worry comes back,

    if you don’t fill it on a daily basis in your prayer time, in your reading time of the scriptures, in your meditation, in your, in your memories of, of reciting the scriptures throughout the day and all the other things that can help you, then your house is empty and worry will supersede, overwhelm and overcome you. But if your soul is anchored and you’re pouring out the spirit,

    you’re pouring through the mouth, listening to your ears and believing it by faith. As he said to Jaris, don’t be afraid. Just believe, then worry has no place in you. So don’t worry. Be happy. See tomorrow.

What Are You Telling Yourself?

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For as he thinks in his heart, so is he [in behavior—one who manipulates].
— Proverbs 23:7

What are you telling yourself? That’s a question that we’re going to dive deeper into because it’s easier to really realize what’s going on around you but we tend to do the blame game a lot.

It’s the weather. It’s the government. It’s the pandemic. It’s my wife. It’s my kids. It’s my boss – the blame game. What are you telling yourself? Because that’s what you’re living.



  • Good morning, Jeffrey Paul, with your morning inspiration and a question. What are you telling yourself? What are you telling yourself? That’s a question that we’re going to dive deeper into because it’s easier to really realize what’s going on around you in regards to the problems, the circumstances, the situation, and flip it, flip it, flip it, blame game.

    The blame game is it’s the weather. It’s the government. It’s the pandemic. It’s my wife. It’s my kids. It’s my boss. The blame game. What are you telling yourself? Because that’s what you’re living. The Proverbs. The book of Proverbs has one scripture. That is probably one that has been quoted across both the Christian realm and the non-Christian world.

    And that is in Proverbs 23, verse seven, especially from the new king James or the amplified version. It says as a person thinks. So there are, you see, we have a power that God has given us our free will, and we can decide what to believe or not to believe. And the process of belief I follow me now, the process of belief is,

    as you’re thinking and agreeing with your thinking, whether it comes from the news media from your mother, way back when, or your father or any other circumstances that have taken place, as you continue to think that this is true, or this is harmed you or they’re to blame or whatever it might be, you continue to live in that. Excuse my expression,

    cesspool, because it is, it is a mess. You know, the reality of what Paul says that I, I feel that what I had was filthy rags compared to what I have attained through Christ. And what does that really mean? But that he realized the, the way that he was thinking he was going to destroy and kill the Christian movement.

    He watched him at the get stone, realize the relationship of how we think is so important. It is so important. And we have the power given to us. If we’ve accepted Christ in our hearts, we have the power to now, here’s now over my shoulder, you see that little sword in the framework, you and I have the weapons to defeat these thoughts,

    to cut them out of our lives and to replace the thoughts that are those, that of God and change our life. That’s what transformation is. Transformation is going from what you’re thinking in your thoughts, your ways, your experiences, or your issues, and transforming into the mind of Christ, his thoughts, his ways, his words, but if you’re not putting into you,

    those words that come really from the, the sword, from the sword of the word. And I want to share that with you. Let me show you the scripture because it is so, so powerful. This scripture in second, Timothy chapter three, verse 16 and 17 says all scripture is God’s breath and is useful for teaching rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness so that the servant of God,

    you and myself, maybe thoroughly equipped for every good work. Wow. I love that because it’s true. But are we using what is true? Are we putting into practice? What is true? Are we really advancing ourselves? Are we really advancing yourself to the level that really necessarily gives us the ability to think the thoughts of God to say the words of God?

    Well, let me show you the mechanism. And then you’ve take this home and you try it for yourself. The first thing you do is you take in the holy spirit by asking Christ to come into your life and to take over your life, surrender your life unto him, that my will, but done by thy will be done Lord. And as you accept that,

    if you accept him into your life now in you, is the power, the divine power that Peter talks about super divided power to truly demolish all kinds of strongholds. They try to set themselves up or have been put in your life or that you’ve been thinking. Then what? Then from that point, you begin to fan into flame. As Paul told and taught Timothy in second,

    Timothy chapter one, verse six and seven Timothy, you’ve been thinking about yourself is timid weekend. You’re fearful, but you’ve been anointed. You’ve taken the holy spirit in you. He says, and he says, now here’s the secret, ban it in the flame. Here’s the secret Timothy, here’s the secret Jeffrey, Jen, Judah, Janet, and all of all of us.

    This is the secret. They had it in the fleet. And because it gets sit there just as an Amber and you could still be thinking those goofy, strange, crazy blame game thoughts on the hunt on a lifetime basis, still ending up with salvation of life has been burned off instead of fanning into flame and allow it to take over your thoughts to demolish the strongholds that set themselves up between you and the power of God.

    And even the relationships of people that you love and may love in the future. Understand the thoughts you’re thinking. The Bible says, you need to take care of. You need to recognize. You need to identify. You have to be the witness. It says that that in the lineup, like a police lineup, that’s not of God that doesn’t fall into the,

    into the, the sword that does not fit into Timothy of second Timothy chapter three, verses 16 and 17. It just is absolutely not of God. And suddenly you point your finger at the enemy and you then replace those thoughts. Demolish those thoughts is second Corinthians. 10 talks about demolish those thoughts with the power of God in his word. They work hand in hand.

    There’s a Tribune relationship working within you and you, whether you know it or not, you’ve got God. The father who love you so much that he sent his only begotten son to make a way to open the doors, to tear the curtains apart. It’s separated you from that power. Then, then it says that he blessed you with the holy spirit.

    He sent you the holy spirit to live in you so that you could do even greater things than Jesus himself working in this earth. As he said, from his own mouth, you will even do greater things because I’m going to be with the father. And we’re going to be working towards the strength of you. Being able to think the thoughts of God,

    speak the words of God for the same purpose as God, which is to bring others to know and see the image and likeness of Christ. So they too can take captive their thoughts. They have eternity with Christ. Isn’t that really the greatest purpose on this earth because we’re those of us that have accepted Christ know, we got a guarantee you’re under positive,

    ready for your eternal life. What about the next 20, 30 or 40 or 50 or 60 years that you might have on this earth? We’re going to burn it up, waste it and ended up with salvation, but look back and say, wow, I could have done so much more. Couldn’t be here without more family and friends. Well, that’s all up to us in the village.

    And it comes from taking time every morning, every morning, seven days a week, God doesn’t go on vacation or we take weekends off. It’s about journaling and dialoguing with God. It’s sitting quietly and hearing and listening to him. It’s about the things that work each every day. If you don’t know what works, don’t take my advice, go see how Jesus lived his life in the new Testament,

    how he got up early and went to a quiet place. How you said that is not my words, but God’s words flowing through me. I’m not doing things that I have created, but I’m doing things that I see the father do. Why did he have such an intimate relationship that he could hear? God’s voice see God in the application of what he needed to do next in the simple things of everyday life from carpentry to healing,

    to resurrection, because he had intimacy. So go learn from the scripture and you’ll see the answers are all there. Have a beautiful day. I’ll see you tomorrow.

Allowing God to Redeem the Time in Your Hands

The best-selling author of Redeeming Your Time, Jordan Raynor, sits down with me for a delightful conversation on his new book to talk about the seven powerful biblical principles for being purposeful, present, and wildly productive in an age where we’re forced to just move through the motions of life.

What is a common misconception you have about the time in your hands? Mine would be that I need to be productive. All. The. Time. And being productive means constantly doing something that will greatly impact my future and the lives of those around me.

However, as I talked with best-selling author Jordan Raynor and after I read his book Redeeming Your Time, most of my misconceptions about “making time” and “time management” just went away. 

Simply put, the only way we can allow God to redeem our time is by shifting our focus on our Redeemer Jesus Christ (not on our growing to-do lists!), the most productive human being who has ever lived. If He can redeem us from sin, He can surely redeem us from slavery to time, too.

Fact: there are a lot of things that attempt to distract us from God’s will for us on how to spend every single day. And it’s the same with Jesus! 

When He was walking on Earth, there were a lot of times when people and circumstances attempted to distract Him and take Him away from what God wanted Him to do in a day—people were sick and dying and in need of healing and new life—yet He was always present. He was always in the moment. He was always with us

If you want to allow God to redeem your time, too, here are the seven principles that Jordan talked about in his book—in a nutshell. I pray that these will help you redeem your time, too, the way they did mine

Put God at the beginning of your every day

“Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed.” —Mark 1:35

Remember how Jesus always started His day by being with God? That’s the way we ought to do it, too. When we start our day by listening to God, we will learn to listen to how we’re meant to spend the rest of the day, too. This is the first and most important key to redeeming our time.

Let your “yes” be a “yes.”

“All you need to say is simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything beyond this comes from the evil one.” —Matthew 5:37

The problem with us is we say “yes” even when we actually mean to say “no.” Practice saying “yes” when you fully and wholeheartedly mean to say a “yes.”

Prioritize.

“​​While Jesus was in one of the towns, a man came along who was covered with leprosy. When he saw Jesus, he fell with his face to the ground and begged him, ‘Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.’ Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. ‘I am willing,’ he said. ‘Be clean!’ And immediately the leprosy left him.” —Luke 5:12-13

Since we’re only limited beings, we must prioritize the things we commit to. We don’t have to say “yes” to everything and to everyone, but we have to say “yes” to the important things or to the things where God is leading us.

Be okay with spending time in the quietness.

“But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed.” —Luke 5:16

Spend time in the peace and quiet with God. When your mind is starting to get cluttered, don’t be afraid to withdraw for a while and realign your day and time with the Author of Time—God Himself.

Be present.

“While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with him and his disciples.” —Matthew 9:10

We are not omnipresent like God. And, believe it or not, this is okay. God is okay with this. Jesus, who definitely had a lot of things to do and who was dealing with a lot of things during His limited time on earth, took time and stayed in the present. He was present in teaching His disciples and in being with the people He was meant to be with in the moment.

Embrace rest.

“Then, because so many people were coming and going that they did not even have a chance to eat, he said to them, ‘Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest.’ So they went away by themselves in a boat to a solitary place.” —Mark 6:31-32

Taking a break from everything is okay. Resting in God is okay. It is productive to be still and just delight and enjoy being in the presence of God. When we’re fully refreshed in God, we can also fully give ourselves to His will for us.

Eliminate hurry.

“It was just before the Passover Festival. Jesus knew that the hour had come for him to leave this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.” —John 13:1

In the words of Jordan, “God loves you regardless of how productive you are in this life.” Jesus loved us to the end of His life on earth. His joy was complete when He redeemed us from everything that enslaves us. 

This is why we can also eliminate being a slave to a life of hurry. We are now able to delight, enjoy, and cherish where God leads us every day because we don’t have to prove anything to Him.

What we do or don’t do doesn’t matter to God; He loves us regardless of how many things we’ve accomplished on our to-do lists. Today, may we keep this thought in our hearts: that we are loved by God, period.

If you want to dive deep into these seven powerful time principles, listen to my conversation with Jordan and don’t forget to purchase his latest book Redeeming Your Time.