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Think about how often you serve or when you serve. Do you only serve when it convenient for you?

Are you a leader who leads others or do you reproduce leaders?

Do you drain the energy of others or help energize others?

Are you looking for a church that meets your needs or to be part of the church?

Will you do for others but only if…………..

I want to but what’s in it for me?

Look at all these different color bracelets I have to support my favorite causes.

Do the things you own define who you are?

Do you support a lot of causes till you get board and move on?

Are you a producer or a consumer?

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• Do not take the easy way out – You’ll never learn anything new, nor will you get better this way.
• Do not give up – Even the best of us at times wants to quit but those are the times we need to keep pushing on.
• Do not do what you’ve always done – Even if this has worked for years change it up or you’ll keep  getting the same results and in this ever changing world you’ll soon be left behind.
• Do not stress out – I know with bills, dead lines and everything else going on it’s hard to not do this, but if we give our best in everything we do it makes this easier.
• Do not ignore your family – I know life is hectic. You’ve got work to do around  the house and your family loves you for that but they also just want to spend time with you.
• Do not be cocky – Yeah I know……… your the Lebron James of what you do. Let your work speak for its self – not your words.
• Do not eat out everyday this week – Sure its the easy thing but take a nice healthy lunch with you – your body with thank you.
• Do not be in a pain in the butt – Always treat people with kindness, respect and honor.
• Do not watch 30 hours of TV – read a book, go for a walk, and do something beside being a couch potato.
• Do not ignore what God has called you do to – yes it risky, your not sure what  might happen but that’s why it’s called faith.

What do think are  there somethings that you should NOT be doing, share you thoughts or your own list………….

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“Stop Making Things Difficult” the title says it all as Scott Williams from Bigisthenewsmall.com breaks down simple ways we can stop over complicating things.

“Development-The Fine Art of Telling People they Suck” now this is never an easy thing to do but Anna Light hits a homerun on this one.

Anything to do with the Old Spice Guy, the stuff he does just makes me laugh. You can even set it up for him to be your voicemail message try it here.

Things I’m tired of hearing about this week anything to do with Lebron James and how the Heat are the greatest thing since slice bread.

What are some of your favorites this week, what are tired of hearing about?

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Do you have a dream, what is God calling you to do?

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1. Be thankful- In a world where it seems like getting more is the thing to do lets all take a moment and be thankful for what we do have.
2. Showing love to others - Not just saying it but actually showing it.
3. Flossing – Yes flossing, I once  heard someone once say “only floss the teeth you want to save”
4. Using manners – Some  where along the line ‘please” and “thank you” got replaced with “it’s bout time”and “hurry up”
5. Listening – I know tis is hard one, that’s why we have to practice it
6. Eating healthy – Not sure why we won’t to wait till we can be a contest on the  ”Biggest Loser” before we take our health serious.
7. Pray - Yes it works, Yes God answers prayers you might not always like the answer but He always answers.
8. Learning – Each day is an opportunity to learn something whether it big of small you can learn.
9. Honesty - and the truth shall set you free. Lying  benefits no one.
10. Fun – Life is gift enjoy it!

What do you think, do you have things you like to practice daily, something you think should be added to the list share your thoughts……………..

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I see other people practice stuff all the time – from athletes to lawyers and to doctors. Yet, the one thing I hardly ever see people practicing is on their relationships.  Look around you, listen to conversation, look at the statistics on divorce rates or just look at how many people no longer talk because of something silly. I guess you could say we practice relationships; we practice how to walk away from them.

We can all remember as a kid having someone do something annoying or distracting or hurtful to us. We would go and tell a parent or teacher and they would be say “just ignore them, they’ll stop”.  As a child hearing   “ignore them” over and over again has taught us to do just that. If someone does something we don’t like we just ignore them or just walk away.

The other day my kids got in to a “he pushed me, she pushed me” thing. So I got to the bottom of it and decided they needed to work on their relationship. They need to practice not ignoring each other but communicating with each other and resolving their conflict.   Not just apologizing but spending time together and practicing their relationship so they could get better.

So what started out as my daughter wanting to force her help on my son and then him not wanting it and pushing her out the way, ended up as them doing the following

Adriana   “Xavier do you need some help with that?”

Xavier   “ No thank you, but thanks for asking.”

Adriana “Ok, if you do, just let me know I’ll be glad to help.”

Xavier   “Thanks, I will.”

Let’s us get better at relationship let us practice relationships it’s never to late to start.

Share your thoughts do you practice relationships……………………….

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That got me thinking. As a Christ follower we are called to look different. If we look vastly different from everyone else, then people should be asking us questions. They should be asking us “Why do you that?”, “Why don’t you act like that?”, “What’s that all about?”, “Where do I get what you have”, and on and on.   As a believer we should be living lives that look so different from the world around us that people stop us and just have to know why.

Think about it. Every time you do something different, get something different, or see things differently, people always ask you questions. So, let me ask you this… Are you being asked questions about your life? Does your life look different like my Vibrams or does your life look as ordinary as a pair of regular white sneakers blending in with the sneaker world around them? Do you stand out?

Please share your thoughts today about how your life looks different.

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At this point you might be laughing or thinking that I’ve decided to go pro-nudist. But, just think about it for a minute, what if we all  really did walk around naked?  People might be more apt to take care of themselves or at least they would be less likely to point out others flaws when theirs are so readily exposed.  I know the last thing you want is for everyone to be able to see your flaws. Of course, I’m not really talking about physical nudity. I’m talking about exposing our hearts and minds that we so often hide from the world. We hide our imperfections, our scars, our struggles, and our battle wounds in order to make others think we are perfect or at least to make them think we have it all together. But, when we hide our imperfections the light of God can’t shine through us. God wants us to expose our imperfection to each other and share our struggles and the not so good things we have done. It is HIS grace and mercy that has saved us, not our attempts at trying to look perfect for others. By exposing our imperfections He is glorified and others see He Is Good because they can see the work that He is doing in us.

Share your thoughts what do you think should we all walk around naked…………….

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Now I think this is great idea asking the people who they want to hear from. The interseting thing is in this poll not only can you vote for someone  you can vote against them. Now I usely thought a vote for someone  was a vote againts another. Yet what threw me for a loop is that people actually voted against pastors. Now I can’t speak for every name on that list. Yet I’ve had the chance to either meet several of these pastors(great place to name drop but I want), read their books or hear them preach and I can say that they have a heart for God and are kingdom minded and truly want  to see changed lives.

I can’t speak to the hearts of those who voted agaist people or even their reason why. It could be anything from I don’t like there  doctrine to I don’t like their hair style.  It just reminded me of 1 Corinthians 1:10-17 . Did I mention that it actually shows you a pic of those who voted “against” oops!  Be careful voting against someone that’s on the same team.

Don’t forget to vote and check out “The Nines”

What do you think? Share your thoughts and comments……..

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