Here is today's communion meditation.

Yesterday, my family read Proverbs 16 together and verse 24 stood out which says, " Pleasant words are a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul and healing to the bones." And so, we had a challenge for the day to only speak pleasant words to each other. 

The NCV version says, "Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, making people happy and healthy."

Pleasant or gracious words are very powerful, and to speak pleasant words means choosing the right words and combining them with the right emotions and tone. 

In today's communion we are asking God to help us be people who consistently speak pleasant words. 

Today's Health and Fitness Tip

Remember to take a gentle approach in your fitness. A gentle approach does more than we usually expect while also setting us up to be consistent over time.  

 I am praying for you.

Daniel

Here is today's communion meditation.

 Lately I have been in some discussions about business models, and the best way to set them up. While thinking about this I received an email from myself in our program the Abundant Life Blueprint, titled Business Models. 

The email discussed the importance of the business model we use, because we can create a business or ministry that imprisons us rather than sets us free. 

Every business, ministry, and organization is unique, and requires a unique model. And I believe God has been storing up the models we need for the right time. 

A couple of concepts that I have learned about business models are using models that don't limit capacity, creating a path of progression for clients, customers, and team members, and creating simple systems that can be replicated over and over again. 

In today's communion we are asking God to reveal to us the business and ministry models he has for us for each unique situation.

Today's Health and Fitness Tip

We can learn a lot about the way organizations are to run by studying the way our body works. This is because the human body is a representation of the body of Christ. The Bible tells us that everything in the body connects to the head. And for this reason it's very important to pay attention to where our head is positioned during our workouts. In most exercises the proper head position is to look slightly up. 

 I am praying for you.

Daniel

Here is today's communion meditation.

 The Spring season is a reminder of a fresh start. Everything comes back to life and is renewed. This is a reminder for us to always remember the love we had at first... To rekindle the love. 

In our relationships with God and people there can be the tendency to get into a rut and lose some of the energy and excitement that we had at first. 

In today's communion we are asking God to help us continually rekindle the love and excitement we had at first in all of our relationships, especially in our relationship with him. 

Today's Health and Fitness Tip

In our fitness we need a combination of consistency over time and keeping things fresh and interesting. One of the ways to do this is by being more present and making little adjustments to small variables in the workouts. 

 I am praying for you.

Daniel

Here is this week's Yearly Cycle update.

 This time of year is a reminder to run and accelerate. And it's also a reminder that God put treasure within us. 

What did he put within us:

Here is our filter for this week... What's Within You.

I am praying for you. 

Daniel

Here is today's communion meditation.

God has a lot of names... He is healer, provider, the all sufficient one, the God of all grace, hope, comfort, wisdom, our banner, love, light, and much more. The other night I was thinking about all of God's names, and I asked him what his favorite name is of all his names. 

The answer I felt like came through was... I AM. 

And when I asked why, the response was because I AM your healer, I AM your provider, I AM your banner, I AM the God of all comfort, hope, grace, and peace. 

Today's communion is a time of gratitude that he is I AM. 

Today's Health and Fitness Tip

Let's spend some time meditating on God being our healer, our peace, and our strength. 

 I am praying for you.

Daniel

Here is today's communion meditation.

Now that we are past Easter, I think of this time as a 50 Day Sprint to Pentecost. The spring is a time when everything grows very quickly, it is a time for accelerated results. This is a good time to seek God on what he wants to accomplish through us in the next 6-7 weeks. This time is also a reminder that life changing results can happen in a very short period of time. 

In today's communion we are asking God to show us what he wants us to focus on over the next 6-7 weeks and to accelerate greatly during this time. 

Today's Health and Fitness Tip

Let's really focus on accelerating our results over the next 6-7 weeks. 

 I am praying for you.

Daniel

Here is today's communion meditation.

This month our message is... The Best Use of Time, which has me thinking about accelerated results. The other day I heard someone say that it's easier to get much bigger results in a short period of time than it is to get smaller results over a long time. Something I observed while working in the gym is that some people get fast results by doing something extreme, but it seems that these results very rarely last. On the other side of the spectrum is taking a more patient approach, aiming for slow steady progress over a longer period of time, but this can be challenging as well. But I think God can give us the ultimate combination in that we can get accelerated results that actually last. 

With us just celebrating Easter I was reminded that in the Bible the third day seems to be correlated with accelerated results. 

In the story of Jesus turning water into wine(John 2) there is a small detail in the beginning of the story that says... On the third day a wedding took place in Cana. It was the third day when Jesus rose from the dead, but it was also the third day when he turned water into wine, which was a greatly accelerated result, because making wine takes years. 

In today's communion we are asking God to help us understand how to get much bigger results that last in a short period of time and to apply this to our lives. 

Today's Health and Fitness Tip

In the story of Jesus turning water into wine the key was doing what Jesus said to do. In the story of Peter catching a huge amount of fish in one catch was also dependent on doing what Jesus said to do. Let's spend some time this week seeking God on what the best ways to produce results in our health. 

 I am praying for you.

Daniel

Here is today's communion meditation.

 Easter was a reminder that we have God living within us and he is the source of everything good. He is the source of life, light, truth, energy, love, health, and so much more. If we need one of these things we can go directly to the source. For us to produce fruit in our lives we must stay connected to the source. 

Today's communion is a time of gratitude that we have the source of all things good living within us. And we are asking him to help us rely on him as our source and stay connected to him. 

Today's Health and Fitness Tip

God is the source of our health, strength, endurance and as we do our workouts focus on staying connected with him. 

 I am praying for you.

Daniel

Here is today's communion meditation.

 I used to play and coach college baseball, and the other day I was reminded that one of the keys to pitching in baseball is the combination of pitches. It's often a pitcher's ability to execute combinations of pitches that determines his success. This reminded me of the 1-2-3 combination of Passover, Unleavened Bread, and Easter/First Fruits.

We had a reminder this last weekend of this powerful combination of Jesus forgiving our sins, releasing us from darkness, transferring us into the light, making us righteous, rolling away our old heart of stone, giving us new hearts, and putting his Spirit and power in our heart hearts... what a combination.

In today's communion we are asking God to help us understand the combination of what Jesus did for us and to apply this understanding. We are also asking God to help us create amazing combinations that produce results in our lives. 

Today's Health and Fitness Tip

In our workouts and nutrition, the way we combine workouts and foods has a big impact on our results. We are also asking God to help us create combinations of workouts and nutrition that produce results. 

 I am praying for you.

Daniel

Happy Easter!

Here is today's communion meditation.

 In the Gospels one of the phrases that is used in the story of the death and resurrection of Jesus is "Preparation Day." In the Jewish culture the day before the Sabbath was Preparation Day. Everything needed for the Sabbath had to be prepared on the day before. Preparation came before rest. And after the death of Jesus the women prepared spices and ointment for his body before they went to the tomb. 

In today's communion we are asking God to teach us about the importance of preparation and become people who are always prepared so that we can enter into his rest. 

Today's Health and Fitness Tip

Preparation is a big part of health. To consistently eat healthy meals requires preparation. And to have a systematic workout plan requires preparation. As we train our bodies we prepare for higher levels activities. 

 I am praying for you.