Author: Mark Farley

Action Brings Results

   May 16, 2025 0 Likes 220 Views
Actions bring results … 


Perhaps you are free of this, or have no issues with it, but it’s an age-old twist on our thinking that causes a lot of us to become resentful, jealous, envious, or even bitter. 

We want people to judge us by our intentions while we choose to judge others by their actions. 


It’s another condition of being human. 


The solution is pretty simple. 


We must own this twist of thinking and correct it through our own actions and efforts and not our intentions. 


Think about it, are we able to see the results of others or our own intentions? 


I INTENDED to lose weight…


I INTENDED to get my college degree… 


I INTENDED to be a better husband and father… 


 It carries no lasting effects. 


Only actions on our part brings the desired and needed results. … 


Check your experience. … 


“It is easy to let up on the spiritual program of action and rest on our laurels.” Big Book pg. 85 


Lord let us put actions behind our efforts to be better people, seeking Your will and not our own, AMEN.


“Dear children, let’s not merely say that we love each other; let us show the truth by our actions.” 1 John 3:18 


Have a blessed day Y’all! 


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Easy Button

   May 15, 2025 0 Likes 246 Views
If we just had our own “Easy” button… 


Remember those Staples commercials with the “Easy” button? 


Wouldn’t it be great if we all had one of those? 


It seems life would be so much more manageable if whatever we needed changed, fixed, or done could be handled by just pressing the Easy button. 


Unfortunately, that is not how it works, unless you are a toddler! 


We have to put in effort, willingness, and old-fashioned work in order to survive and grow. 


This is a spiritual principle and sometimes we forget this. 


The Bible has a few examples where Jesus asks impaired and sick folks if they want to be well. 


He immediately heals them when they say yes, but like Paul Harvey used to share, there is always the “rest of the story” that we need to know in order to be able to understand the healings. 


These folks demonstrated faith, hope, and willingness long before Jesus came to heal them. 


This is why he healed them because he knew that they had put in the hard work and the HEART work ahead of time to prepare them to receive 
His healing. 


How’s that working out for you? 


 Are you just sitting on the sideline wishing and waiting for Jesus to fix you or your situation or are you doing something daily to demonstrate your faith by providing the needed willingness and effort to show you are doing your part?.. 


Check your experience… 


“Yet they got well.” Big Book pg 110 


Lord, let us provide action daily to show our willingness to change and grow closer to You and Your will for us, AMEN. 


“Would you like to get well?” John 5:6 


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Pressing On

   May 14, 2025 0 Likes 238 Views
Keep pressing on… 


Have you noticed how much more automated our lives have become? 


From the GPS systems in our devices and cars to the “smart” appliances that can alert us to when they need attention or restocking, we now have more things than ever that can do our thinking and work for us. 


While automation is a nice convenience that allows us to focus our time and attention on other matters, how do we keep our focus on our spiritual growth? 


I enjoy my daily Bible study along with the spiritual tools and devotions that are delivered to me daily via email, but I remain grateful that I still have to apply the humble willingness to study and learn daily. 


Applying what I learn in the Word to my life daily helps me to keep walking with Jesus and pressing on toward His will for me. 


Thank goodness I have not automated this part of my life! 


This would block me off from the sunlight of His Spirit and I could become lost in the illusions of this material world. 

 How about you? 


What parts of your life have become automated that perhaps are removing you from growing spiritually?.. 


Check your experience… 


“The point is, that we are willing to grow along spiritual lines.” Big Book pg. 60 


Lord, let us not automate our daily time with You in the Word, AMEN. 


“But I press on” Philippians 3:12 


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Clear Vision

   May 13, 2025 0 Likes 251 Views
Regaining our sight... 


Have you ever noticed how our attitudes, behaviors, and even our sight can be influenced by pride, anger, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, and or sloth? (PAGLEGS) 


These are influenced by our self-driven fears and change how we see things from how things actually are. 

Vision influenced by emotions is not clear vision. 


This poor vision leads us to all sorts of bad choices, actions, and decisions. 


Check your “vision” next time you are being led by emotions into hasty actions. 


Turn your will over to God and watch your vision (and emotions) be restored…


Check your experience… 


“His presence had been blotted out by worldly clamors, mostly those within me. And so, it has been ever since. How blind I had been.” Big Book pg. 12-13 


Lord open the eyes of our hearts so that we can see past the emotions of the moment, AMEN. 


“Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road by which you were coming, has sent me so that you may regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.” Acts 9:17 


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Count the Cost

   May 12, 2025 0 Likes 239 Views
What is the total cost?.. 


Anyone who knows me understands my preference to avoid numbers in just about every situation that I can. 


What I have learned in life and in school is that everything has a cost. 


Not only a numerical valued cost, but also the cost of time, effort, relationships, and growth. 


It’s pretty easy to count the numerical cost in most things. 


My wallet and my bank account are a constant reminder that I am not made of money. 


Now maybe it’s different for you, but it’s those other costs that are the most expensive to me. 


I have learned to ask myself what is the cost; to the relationship, time, as well as what value is to be gained. 

Needless to say, whenever Miss Tami or my daughter needs me, that automatically wins, …


but what about the time I spend on other matters that may or may not be healthy for me or my relationships with my family, friends, and Jesus?… 


Check your experience… 


“Simple, but not easy; a price had to be paid.” Big Book pg. 14 


 Lord, let us include our loves, our priorities, and our relationship with You when we count the cost of our efforts, AMEN. 


“But don’t begin until you count the cost.” Luke 14:28 


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Bad Moment

   May 11, 2025 0 Likes 271 Views
Don’t turn a bad moment into a bad day….


Have you ever noticed that what you focus on influences how you feel and act?


For instance playing with children can make some older folks feel young and more alive.


How about the feeling of accomplishment after completing a workout at the gym?


What about the uncomfortable and unpleasant parts of our day that we all have?


Have you ever noticed what happens when we focus on that?


It tends to drag us into the negative mindset and bring us down.


Now maybe it’s different for you, but I have found that when I enter into the unpleasant moments of my day, …


instead of focusing on the anticipation of the impending doom or negativity,..


I remind myself of all the good in my life and that this is just a moment in my day that will eventually pass.


I find that when I greet negative times with cheerfulness, the negativity has a hard time taking me hostage.


How’s that working out for you?..


Check your experience…


“We were prepared to look at it from an entirely different angle.” Big Book pg 66


Lord, let us walk through the negative times knowing this is but a moment but You are in our heart forever and that we have blessings awaiting us, AMEN.  


“Do everything without complaining and arguing, so that no one can criticize you. Live clean, innocent lives as children of God, shining like bright lights in a world full of crooked and perverse people.” Philippians 2:14-15  




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Be the Good

   May 11, 2025 0 Likes 248 Views
If you can’t see it, then BE it!.. 


Here is a suggestion. 


Think about this and try it today and this week! 


While going about your normal day and doing your same routines, look around today using the eyes of your heart. 


Find someone doing some good and go out of your way to thank them. 


Do something good unexpectedly for another person today. 


You will make their day and your heart will thank you!…. 


Check your experience… 


“Helping others is the foundation stone” Big Book pg 98 


Lord open the eyes of our hearts today so that we can see and do good for others, AMEN. “


Therefore, whenever we have the opportunity, we should do good to everyone-especially to those in the family of faith.” Galatians 6:10 


Have a blessed day Y’all! 


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Seasons

   May 9, 2025 0 Likes 245 Views
Seasons…


It seems we have seasons for everything in our lives. 


We have clothes for the changing seasons. 


Heck, even Arizonans have a jacket in the closet somewhere! 


We have football, baseball, basketball, hockey, and other sports seasons. 


We even have seasons that we can put on our food to spice it up or change the flavor. 


What about our lives? 


It’s common to hear that folks are “going through a season” when there is change or challenge in their lives. 

Change is inevitable for all of us. 


It’s part of being human. 


However, it’s how we deal with the change and the seasons in our lives that helps us grow spiritually. 


Maybe it’s different for you, but I have learned to embrace change over the years. 


I may still bristle when it comes unexpectedly, but I clear my mind and remind myself that I turned my will and life over the Lord when I got sober, and that frees me from pride and fear taking control of my thoughts and actions. 


What about you? 


Does change bring resistance and lock you in a battle with your self-centered feelings and pride preventing you from growing? 


Perhaps change ignites fear inside of you, shutting off the Holy Spirit and trapping you within your closed mindset. 


Or maybe you embrace change knowing there is a lesson to be learned and the outcome will make you a better person…


Check your experience…


“Our whole attitude and outlook upon life will change.” Big Book pg. 84 


Lord, thank you for the seasons in our lives that help us to grow in spirit and understanding. Please give our hearts comfort and our minds relief in times of change, reminding us that You know what is best for us and will NOT give us anything we cannot handle, AMEN. 


 “For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven.” Ecclesiastes 3:1 


Have a blessed day Y’all! 

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Walk by Faith

   May 8, 2025 0 Likes 266 Views
Another way to see things… 


We use our eyes to see all that this world has to offer. 


That’s part of being human. 


We are also equipped with another way to see. 


Our Spiritual nature inside of helps us to see in a different way. 


We cannot see the air we breathe, yet we take it for granted that it’s here. 


We naturally take it for granted that when we flip a light switch the light will come on and when we put the key into the ignition the car will start. 


This comes from FAITH. 


We learn by doing and by feeling. 


This is how we develop our spiritual eyes. 


Now it’s a fact that we all crawl before we walk. So we cannot develop spiritual eyes overnight. 


Like the air we breathe, light switch, and the key in the ignition, we build up a continued and familiar experience over time that allows us to believe it will work. 


It’s the same with our faith. 


We have to build on it and grow it so that we can rely on it in times of uncertainty… 


Check your experience… 


“In this book you read again and again that faith did for us what we could not do for ourselves.” Big Book pg. 70 

Lord open the eyes of our hearts through building and growing our faith in You and Your Word, AMEN. 

“For we walk by faith, not by sight” 2 Corinthians 5:7 


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Don’t Judge

   May 7, 2025 0 Likes 250 Views
Don’t judge a book by its cover…


Looks can be deceiving, especially when we allow our judgement to be based solely on what we initially see. 


Perhaps it’s different for you, but I have shared before how my magic magnifying mind likes to trick me into trusting the ideas it generates on its own just for me. 

It pays to learn more of the story before we pass judgement. 


Years ago when I was living and working at the Salvation Army, we had this very small man named Joe. 


He walked funny and had a hard time finding words so it was easy to pass him by as another needy and hopeless cause. 


However as I got to know Joe and hang out with him, our friendship grew and I learned that he was a powerlifter in the gym and before he had a stroke in his mid-20’s, he was a college graduate with a promising career in engineering. 


Joe taught me and others to use the gym safely and encouraged me to get my college education and pursue God’s calling on my life. 


I am glad I took the time to get to know Joe before he went home to the Lord. 


He helped me a lot. 


 Any “Joe’s” in your life where you don’t know their story?.. 


Check your experience… 


“We let God be the final judge.” Big Book pg. 70.


Lord open the eyes of our hearts so we can see those You send to us, AMEN. 


“Do not judge according to appearance” John 7:24 


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