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Are You Teachable?

   October 28, 2024 0 Likes 33 Views

 Becoming teachable…
Remember the last time you were able to lay aside your preconceived notions, expectations, and self-made opinions in order to truly learn something new? 

Yeah, it’s been a while for me too! Part of having free will and becoming an adult is this magic magnifying mind that we have that likes to unconsciously grow and feed from our perceptions and experiences. 
It tries to predict situations for us as well as attempts to harden our hearts through our own self-made assessments and judgements. 

Until we stop this process and set aside the ability and power it has over us, we cease to truly grow spiritually. 
Kids don’t have this. 
They look to us with wide eyes and open minds thirsty to learn. 

It’s only when we can open our minds willingly in this manner can God truly teach us and fill our hearts with His Spirit and wisdom.
 Are you still willing and able to be teachable?..
Check your experience…

“But after a while we had to face the fact that we must find a spiritual basis of life-or else.” Big Book pg 44 

Lord let us set aside our own thoughts and become teachable like a child for Your Word, AMEN. 

“He said: I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.” Matthew 18:3 
Have a blessed day y’all! 
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Fixing Broken Connections

   October 25, 2024 0 Likes 32 Views
 Fixing those broken connections… 


Have you ever noticed the amount of stuff available that helps us to fix things? 


From the self-help meccas of Home Depot and Lowes to the auto parts stores, hardware stores, deep discount big box stores, and even grocery stores, there are kits, tools, parts, and supplies that allow us to fix just about everything. 


There are even YouTube videos available for non-mechanical folks like me that will show us how it’s done! 


What about the spiritual and relational connections in our lives that need repair? 


Sure, there are self-help books, counseling, and therapists to help, but just like all the stuff in our homes we can fix, it requires willingness, effort, and honest hard work on our part. 


The good news is that when Jesus sees our efforts and willingness, HE uses the Holy Spirit living within each of us to guide us on the repair of the relationship with Him as well as others in our lives… 


Check your experience… 


“The central fact of our lives today is the absolute certainty that our Creator has entered into our hearts and lives in a way which is indeed miraculous.” Big Book pg. 25 


Lord let us open our hearts to let the Holy Spirit guide us in repairing and maintaining all of our relationships according to Your will and not ours, AMEN. 


“Jesus replied, You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. A second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.” Matthew 22: 37-38 


Have a blessed day Y’all! 


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What’s Your Power Source?

   October 24, 2024 0 Likes 37 Views
What is your power source?..


Red Bull, coffee, Protein shakes, Power Bars, and all sorts of other products promise us energy. 


Many other products promise to enhance our power. Bodybuilders and folks into fitness and exercise routines gain physical strength and stamina, but, ….


Where do we really get our POWER from? 


 We see stories from time to time about folks doing superhuman feats to save another or help someone in danger. 


I bet if you take a look at the events of your lifetime there have been a few times where you have had to “dig deep” to find that extra needed effort to complete a task or endure an unpleasant situation. 


Where did that power come from? 


Honestly, I know I am lying to myself if I try to claim it came only from me. 


I know for fact that through my faith in God and my walk with Jesus that He equips me with the power I need for every situation. 


 How about you?..


Where does your power come from? …


Check your experience. … 


“We had to find a power by which we could live, and it had to be a Power greater than ourselves.” Big Book pg. 45 


Lord thank you for giving us the strength we need to not only accomplish the task or endure the situation, but also to allow You to work through us to help others, AMEN. 


 “I can do all things because Christ gives me the strength.” Philippians 4:13 


Have a blessed day Y’all! 


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How’s Your Eyesight?

   October 23, 2024 0 Likes 37 Views
How’s your eyesight?… 


Why is it so much easier to see the problems that other people have when compared to our own? 


Now maybe it’s different for you, but my cross wired head can point out the faults in others while overlooking the issues in my life that need attention. 


The funny thing is, no one ever asks me what’s wrong with them, yet my head likes to show me what it sees that is wrong with others. 


Thank goodness I am used to this twisted thinking and for the most part manage to keep my opinions to myself, and my mouth shut. 


I have learned the hard way that when something in another person bothers me, be it their actions, appearance, behaviors, or words, it’s a strong signal that there is something in me and my life that I need to look at and address… 


Check your experience…. 


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


Lord, let us look in the mirror to see what we can change in us instead of looking to change others, AMEN. 


“Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?” Matthew 7:3 


Have a blessed day Y’all!


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Corrupt Data?

   October 22, 2024 0 Likes 40 Views
Corrupt data… 


Have you ever heard of this term? 


Corrupt data comes from errors in reading, writing, transmitting, and processing data. 


These days, we can have computer trouble, TV trouble, and even car trouble when data is corrupted. 


It can be fixed by finding and fixing the error. 


We can also have corrupt data in our lives. 


The thoughts that we allow to drive our behaviors and influence our actions can be corrupted from misunderstandings, bad examples, and self-will unchecked. 

This leads to hardened hearts and misery for all. 


 God can fix the errors that corrupt our spiritual data. 


We just have to become willing and let Him. 


How is the data transmission from your head to your heart?.. 


Check your experience…


“Nevertheless, we find that our thinking will, as time passes, be more and more on the plane of inspiration. We come to rely upon it.” Big Book pg 87 


Lord, let us open our heats to allow Your Spirit to guide our thoughts, actions, words, and will, AMEN. 


“Everything is pure to those whose hearts are pure. But nothing is pure to those who are corrupt and unbelieving, because their minds and consciences are corrupted.” Titus 1:15


Have a blessed day Y’all! 


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Pick Your Battle

   October 21, 2024 0 Likes 38 Views
Picking our battles… 


Perhaps it’s different for you but every now and then when I am alone with my thoughts, the quiet thought that has been with me for most of my life tries to remind me that not only am I a loser but also I am not worthy of others. 


Now thankfully I have enough Jesus in my heart and step work from over 30 years of sobriety to remind me quickly that this thought is not mine, it is from my disease; 


get it? 

DIS-EASE… 


The disease of addiction capitalizes on this for those times when we struggle with self-doubt and or fear. 


I am thankful for my picket fence of friends in sobriety and my brothers and sisters in ministry who constantly remind me that God is using me for His will and I need to continue with my passion for helping others. 


How are you handling your thoughts of DIS-EASE?.. 


Check your experience… 


“Our thought-life will be placed on a much higher plane when our thinking is cleared of wrong motives.” Big Book pg.86 


Lord, let us go to war on our thoughts and not let thoughts of doubt and fear control our minds, efforts, and actions, AMEN. 


“We fight with weapons that are different from those the world uses. Our weapons have power from God that can destroy the enemy’s strong places. We destroy people’s arguments 5 and every proud thing that raises itself against the knowledge of God. We capture every thought and make it give up and obey Christ.” 2 Corinthians 10: 4-5 


Have a blessed day Y’all!! 


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Be It if You Don’t See It!

   October 20, 2024 0 Likes 41 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! 


Join me in looking at the things we face daily with passages from both the Big Book and Bible!


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Eyes on Our Own Paper

   October 19, 2024 0 Likes 39 Views
Keeping our eyes on our own paper…. 


Remember hearing that when we were in grade school? 

The temptation to look at our neighbor’s work is based on the fear of doing something new and is a basic part of growing we all go through. 


This temptation takes a twist as we become adults. 

Instead of looking at our neighbor’s work to get the answer, we want to look to compare. 


It’s now a pride issue and not a fear issue. 


We want to either catch them doing it wrong or pat ourselves on the back for being better than them. 


Either way, we are stuck in a self-centered motive fueled by pride and the outcome is never healthy. 


Think about it, our best learning comes from working with others and not against them. 


 When we focus on doing our best and not on the other person’s work, we are fulfilling a spiritual principle… 


Check your experience… 


“What seemed at first a flimsy reed, has proved to be the loving and powerful hand of God. A new life has been given us or, if you prefer, “a design for living” that really works.” Big Book pg 28 


Lord, let us look at our motives and efforts to see that we are doing the best work that we can, AMEN. 


 “Pay careful attention to your own work, for then you will get the satisfaction of a job well done, and you won’t need to compare yourself to anyone else.” Galatians 6:4 


 Have a blessed day y’all! 


Did  you know that Mentorship can help you grow and achieve your goals and dreams? 

Inspired 365 Mentorship with Mark Farley!!


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Email today and let’s chat to see if we can make up a plan for you to get you to where you want to be! 


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Getting a Grip

   October 17, 2024 0 Likes 44 Views
Get a grip… 


There is a big difference between being in the grip and in getting a grip. 


When something has a grip on us, like an illness, we are almost powerless over it until it releases us. 


However, when we get a grip on something, like our Spiritual life, we control the effect it has on us through our motives and efforts. 


Experience along with good counsel from many wiser than me has taught me to get a grip on my Spiritual life instead of remaining in the grip of the worldly clamors of pride, anger, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, and sloth. (PAGLEGS) 


How’s this working out for you? 


As always, please ….check your experience… 


 “It is easy to let up on the spiritual program of action and rest on our laurels. We are headed for trouble if we do.” Big Book pg. 85 


Lord, let us get a grip on our relationship with You through time in Your Word and prayer, AMEN. 


“With all these things in mind, dear brothers and sisters, stand firm and keep a strong grip on the teaching we passed on to you both in person and by letter.” 2Thessalonians 2:15 


Have a blessed day Y’all!


Did  you know that Mentorship can help you grow and achieve your goals and dreams? 

Inspired 365 Mentorship with Mark Farley!!


https://www.faiththroughworksfellowship.org/inspired-365-life-coaching 




Email today and let’s chat to see if we can make up a plan for you to get you to where you want to be! 


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Hole in Our Heart

   October 16, 2024 0 Likes 44 Views
 Trying to fill that hole in our hearts… 


Have you ever noticed that in certain times of trial or stress, no matter how much thought, effort, and will you give it, it just doesn’t seem enough? 


Or perhaps you ar
e struggling with that empty feeling and no matter what you attempt to do or use to overcome it, the hole remains. 


That hole is in our hearts and no amount of food, relationships, material things, booze, drugs, or any other man-made solution will fill it. 

That is Jesus knocking on the doors of your heart asking to come in. 


Perhaps you invited Him in long ago but, like the well-worn pair of shoes in the back part of the closet, you leave them there but no longer use them. 


When we have a daily relationship with Christ, much like our daily relationships with our loved ones, the hole in our hearts gets filled and we become complete... 


Check your experience… 


“There had been a humble willingness to have Him with me — and He came.” Big Book pg 12 


Lord, let us look to You to fill the hole in our hearts, AMEN. 


“You have planted much but harvest little. You eat but are not satisfied. You drink but are still thirsty. You put on clothes but cannot keep warm. Your wages disappear as though you were putting them in pockets filled with holes!” Haggai 1: 4-6 


Have a blessed day Y’all! 


Join us in prayer and with your financial support as we tackle the challenge of helping and mentoring young adults aging out of the Foster Care System as well as those escaping homelessness and helplessness through the Furniture Bank 

https://homesfromheaven.org  


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