BLUEPRINT

Have you thanked Him?

Have you praised Him?

Have you made it your priority to agree and cooperate with Him today?

Have you taken that deep breath and listened for what He has for you today?

1 Timothy 2:1 (The Message)

The first thing I want you to do is pray. Pray every way you know how, for everyone you know.

I was providing a little leadership training and encouragement to a burgeoning recovery ministry team last night and just before I left them to continue to work on their vision/mission, I shared this little bullet list I pulled from 1 Thessalonians 5 (TPT) as "things to think about" as they crafted their plan.

·       Be skilled at gently encouraging those who feel themselves inadequate….

·       Be faithful to…Help the weak to stand again.

·       Be quick to demonstrate patience with everyone...

·       Let joy be your continual feast.

·       Make your life a prayer.

·       Never restrain or put out the fire of the Holy Spirit.

·       Avoid every appearance of evil.

Let’s unpack that for today!

Let’s be SKILLED at GENTLY encouraging; being faithful to HELP

let your words become beautiful gifts that encourage others; do this by speaking words of grace to help them. – Ephesians 4:29 (TPT)

Demonstrate PATIENCE.

Remember…LOVE is PATIENT (1 Corinthians 13)

LET JOY have its way!  It is your strength after all! Nehemiah 8:10

PRAY PRAY PRAY! 

"There are parts of our calling, works of the Holy Spirit, and defeats of the darkness that will come no other way than through furious, fervent, faith-filled, unceasing prayer." - Beth Moore

GIVE ROOM to the HOLY SPIRIT!  Don’t get in the way of what HE wants to do today!

…the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things – John 14:26 (ESV)

And lastly avoid the evil stuff.

It most certainly is out there and just waiting to derail the day.

Ask GOD to help…

Remember that…lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil…Matthew 6:13 (KJV) prayer?

I don’t know about you, but this is a good blueprint for today (and everyday really). 

Put it in motion.

Remember…

Every day God invites us on the same kind of adventure. It's not a trip where He sends us a rigid itinerary, He simply invites us. God asks what it is He's made us to love, what it is that captures our attention, what feeds that deep indescribable need of our souls to experience the richness of the world He made. And then, leaning over us, He whispers, 

"Let's go do that together. - Bob Goff

 Let's!

Have a blessed day…

I love you all.

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