Inspired Stewardship

I'm releasing three parts of the 5 part sermon series from Lakehills United Methodist Church. I will release Expand the Circle, Open Hearted Love, and Value the Vulnerable on the next three Saturdays. This part Open-Hearted Love is about how we all hold prejudice and bias in our hearts and it keeps us from recognizing the ways we act in ways that are biased against others for their race, their sex, or their sexual identity. I challenge us to move past that into real open-hearted love.

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In today's episode about developing your influence through stewarding your treasures, I talk with you about why vision comes first in fixing your finances. I share why vision isn't enough to create reality by itself. I also talk with you about why acting can create belief which creates confidence which creates reality.

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In today's episode about developing your influence through stewarding your talent, I talk with you about digging behind your gift to find the real gifts you have and why that's so hard. I share why we often focus on what we do as our gift but that's all wrong. I also talk with you about why our real gift is often about more than what you do and it's about why you do it.

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In today's episode about developing your influence by stewarding your time, I talk with you about why our microwave culture is often not the real measure of our influence. I also share with you why instead we need to focus on the process not the result. I talk with you about why the influence we have often takes time that we don't want to give.

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In today's spiritual foundation episode about developing your influence, I talk with you about why we need to know we are gifted, and flawed. I share how we need to honor others by noticing this same thing in others. I also talk with you about why we need to recognize that gifts don't create perfection.

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In today's interview with Michael Flynn about developing your influence, Mike shares with you his definition of leadership. Mike and I talk with you about how gifts and gifting and understanding them well helps us make an impact. Mike and I also share with you how identity impacts our ability to have vision, courage, and confidence when building influence and lots more.

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This is part 2 of a 5 part sermon series. Part 2, 3, 4 will all be posted on this feed. The others are available at the link in the show notes. This part is on Expand the Circle. How we are called to draw our circle as wide as possible when deciding who is worthy of God's love. The sermon is based on "Reckless Love" by Tom Berlin.

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In today's episode about investing in others through stewarding your treasures, I talk with you about why who you surround yourself with is often more wealth than money in more ways than one. I share why we often fail to look at our community the right way. I also talk with you about how this view can cause us to fail to really diversify our community.

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In today's episode about investing in others through stewarding your talent, I talk with you about the difference between confidence, competence, and comfort. I share why we should not seek comfort but should seek confidence in all we do. I also talk with you about why confidence doesn't always lead to comfort…

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In today's episode about investing in others by stewarding your time, I talk with you about why just do it is great advice in many cases. I also talk with you about why just do it is terrible advice as well. I also talk with you about how you can just do it if you recognize the reality (at least sometimes.)

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