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Tami- Wed Highlights

Our Lead pastors wife, Tami Miller, brought some heat Wednesday night. Here are a few thought provokers that stuck out about relationships w/ people.

• Are you involving God in every breath and heartbeat?
• 1 Thessalonians- Pray w/ out ceasing and in everything give thanks.
• Joy and thanksgiving- 2 keys to praying w/ out ceasing.
• Protect your thankfulness and don’t let circumstances steal your joy.
• Live out-loud, be who God made you- Do what only you can do.
• One action can ruin your entire testimony.
• When Jesus says to learn something, we should learn it.
• If the only time you have a relationship w/ God or other Christians is when you walk in these doors, it turns to religion.
• Make the most out of every opportunity.
• When our words dont line up w/ our lifestyle- there is destruction.
• Does your speech reflect God in your life?
• Seasoned w/ salt:

1. White= Pure = Pure Speech
2. Preservative
3. Flavor
4. Promotes Growth
5. Causes Thirst

• Make each conversation personalized. 

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A Dream

I had a dream last night. It was really short and simple, not to complex, but I learned a few thins from it. 

It was a vision of a man, lets call him Mike, going up to a storefront and ordering a drink. Mike liked this store because it was convenient, he was familiar w/ it and in his walking path. Mike always ordered the same drink, maybe out of habit.

This day mike asked for a different drink, a less fattening one. One w/ higher nutritional value. One that didn’t ‘weigh’ him down. But this place didn’t have any different drinks, they only sold one type of drink. A great big unhealthy fattening drink.

Mike just kind of shrugged his shoulders, said ok, well if that’s all you sell, that’s what I’ll take. Mike grabbed the drink of the counter, lifted his eyebrows, squished his lips together, and w/ a look of mediocrity on his face- strolled away.

That was it, short and sweet.

Things I gleaned from this short dream:

• People are drawn to familiarity
• People like variety, but will settle for the same old thing
• People sometimes want to change, see they need to change, but if not pushed that extra step, will stay the same
• We need to have options
• People like a ‘menu’ to chose from 
• People will change if presented the opportunity or even forced into it

Just some quick thoughts.

-Peace Out

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Got Purpose?

Hey guys,
Here is a video blog of some thoughts off the top of my head & some things I have been thinking on.

Enjoy!

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Ten Reasons to get Spiritually Connected Pt. 2

Here is the continuation of 6-10.

6. Connections keep us growing. Knowing the right thing to do is rarely enough to keep you doing the right thing over the long haul. You need friends and partners to do it w/ you when you feel like giving up. We all need mentors, rolemodels and friends. It doesnt matter who you are, we all need this! Look high and far to find this. If you dont have these types of people in your life, you will fail.

7. Connections help us balance our lives. Memory is our connection to the past. Vision is our connection w/ the future. Awareness is our connection to today. Without a connection to the past, we become rootless. Without a connection to the future, we become hopeless.  Without a connection to today, we are passionless. Without a connection to God, we are powerless. 

8. Connections increase our confidence. We are better together. The more spiritually connected you are, the less you will struggle w/ insecurity.  We gain assurance in knowing others have felt the way we do and have survived what we are currently facing. 

9. Connections make us more productive. Your lifes impact will be largely determined by the quality of your personal connections. The better you are connected to God and others, the greater the impact you will make.

10. We have to learn to connect. Making the right connection w/ God and w/ other people is neither natural nor automatic. That is why God sent Jesus. He did for us what we could never do for ourselves.

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Ten Reasons to get Spiritually Connected

I ran across this the other day- GREAT stuff. I am duplicating some of it and adding some of my own.

We were never intended to go through life disconnected from God, who loves us, or from loving relationships w/ others.

1. Connections are the essence of life. Our body’s organs, muscles and bones all work because they are connected. Disconnected, they would wither and die. Life is all about connecting. I think it is healthy to have a mixture of friends. Some that share your belief that you can enjoy and lean on. Then some friends that maybe you dont share the same faith w/, but you are there for them to lean on.

2. We were created for connections. The pains of loneliness proves God designed us for relationships. I am a person who wants to be needed, a longing to belong. Without connections, life feels empty. 

3. Love is the ultimate connection. Most important, we should love one another. Colossians 3:14- ‘Love is what holds you all together in perfect unity.’ When Jesus asked what matters most in life, He said, ‘Love God w/ all your heart, and love others as yourself.’  Love covers much!!

Sometimes this is a hard one for me. I think I really love all people. But in reality, I have offended some here and there, and in turn, they are not friends w/ me now. I still love them and want the best for them, but I really dont think we will connect and ‘friends’ from here on out.

Sometimes I have had to let some seasonal friendships go in order to have some other devine friendships.

4. Connections help us understand life. They enlarge our perspective. Life is a mystery, a series of random events, until you see all the connections. We are here for a reason. God links us all up together. He opens and closes the doors.

5. Connections empower us. Power flows through connections. A disconnected heater can not produce heat. A disconnected stereo can not produce music. A single wire disconnected from your engine will limit you to move forward. Likewise, if you are disconnected from God, we will lose warmth, beauty, power, and direction He intends for our life. 

There used to be an old saying, 'its not what you know, its who you know.' This saying still rings loud today. 

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