“Journaling is the LEAD DOMINO for my life and my finances!” – Dr. Randy Peck
“SEEK, and you will find” (Matthew 7:7b)
What did Jesus mean when he told his disciples to SEEK?
What is Jesus’ promising you will find when you SEEK?
What type of coaching will help you SEEK more deeply to experience breakthroughs?
Journaling is the LEAD DOMINO for my life and my finances. I first began keeping a written diary on February 26, 2001, 7 weeks after committing my life to Jesus Christ. On January 1, 2002, I began keeping a …

The whole duty of many is to enjoy God.
“Seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness and all these things will be given unto you.” (Matthew 6:33)
Are you embracing God’s glory each and every day?
What morning habit can you establish to do that?
There is so much noise in our culture. For me, it’s very important to pull away from that on a daily basis to hear from God and to soak in His presence – to embrace His glory. One day in His courts in better than a …

“Just remaining quietly in the presence of God, listening to Him, being attentive to Him, requires a lot of courage and know-how.” – Thomas Merton quotes
And it came to pass, when Moses entered the tabernacle, that the pillar of cloud descended and stood at the door of the tabernacle, and the LORD talked with Moses… So the LORD spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. (Exodus 33:9,11a)
How do you access the Holy of Holies?
Yesterday morning after a few hours of “doing the dew,” the …

Spiritual dew comes from quiet lingering in the Master’s presence.
Therefore may God give you of the dew of heaven. (Genesis 27:28)
Are you running on empty?
How can you best refresh your body and spirit?
On January 30, I received a high priority email from Anne Alder titled “I Will Be As The Dew Unto Israel.” This email particularly caught my attention because Anne is a faithful servant of Jesus, looks out for me, and rarely sends me any emails as high priority. Meditating on her email led me to spend the first …

“There is no love without forgiveness, and there is no forgiveness without love.” – Bryant H. McGill
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.(1 John 1:8)
What sin do you need to confess?
Who do you need to ask for forgiveness TODAY?
Last night I went to bed around 10:00 PM. Because I felt quite tired, I chose not to set …

“Champions are made not born.”
Then I was beside Him as a master craftsman; And I was daily His delight, Rejoicing always before Him (Proverbs 8:30)
In what area has God designed you to be a champion?
What easy things can you do each day to compound and make you a champion for Christ?
In the process of doing a Google search yesterday morning to find the date for the U.S. Olympic trials in 2008 for the women’s marathon, I came across the story of the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials for the Men’s …

“You have the opportunity to enter into God stories or walk right by them.” – Chuck Ripka
‘Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know.’ (Jeremiah 33:3)
How can you take God out of the box?
When I went to Argentina for the first time in October 2005 for the 15th International Institute on Nation Transformation sponsored by Harvest Evangelism, I met Chuck Ripka. He wrote four chapters in Rick Heeren’s book “The Elk River Story.” Chuck played a lead …

Our God is a giving God, a blessing God, a loving God!
“Then He spoke a parable to them, that men always ought to pray and not lose heart” (Luke 18:1)
Do you know that God wants you to pray for Him to bless you?
God doesn’t want to hear about my little problems. God would think I was selfish if I prayed for my own needs. God’s not in the business of taking care of me and I won’t ask him to do it. Have you ever made statements like these. If …

Abiding is all about the most important friendship in your life.
“If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.” (John 15:7)
In the 1980′s, Bruce Wilkinson found himself burned out with the world-wide ministry he had started. So he sought professional help from George, a Christian counselor. The following are quotes from Bruce Wilkinson in his book “Secrets of the Vine”.
When I arrived home from my meeting with George, I made three simple commitments to the …

It is not easy to take a Sabbath. You’ve got to decide to do it. A regular Sabbath puts a brake on overwork.
“Six days shall work be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation. You shall do no work on it; it is the Sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings.” (Leviticus 23:3)
How consistent are you at keeping the Sabbath holy each week?
Busyness is a great enemy of relationships. We must address the serious problem of busyness in our lives to …