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Encourage the timid, challenge the wandering and embolden those who are on the front line.

• Job had purpose even when he had no idea what was happening to him
• Moses trained for his purpose in the desert
• Joseph trained while in prison
• Paul was compelled and driven to fulfill his purpose
• What is yours???

Perhaps you are right on track but don’t like the journey. Perhaps mediocrity has taken control and life has no passion.  Come and be challenged to be who God created you to be.

• We are told to invest our talents well. Matthew 25:14
• Cultivate them with intentional diligence.  1 Timothy 4:14-15
• Fan the spark into a  hot flame. 2 Timothy 1:6

Start Something that Matters by David Bowden.  Watch as he unpacks what God put in HIS box as he shares it with you. Then UNPACK YOUR BOX.

No Excuses by David Bowden. Sometimes we forget it’s not about us. However, we do have our part and can choose our impact. How cool is that?  Why not pick a significant one. DO YOU HAVE PASSION FOR USING YOUR GIFT LIKE HE DOES?

Francis Chan has had challenges that could have been excuses to sit it out and play it safe. Learn from his life challenges and how you should view your “routine” of life. He wrote a book called Crazy Love to challenge us to leave the “normal”, “safe” life, which is an illusion.  Instead to engage in a love walk with the Creator, Savior, Lord. Step into the real life you were intended for.  The video is a never forget message. WHAT IS YOUR SCORE? YOU ONLY GET ONE ROUTINE.

Please share your encouragement or challenges that have helped you. Post a comment below.

Help us include positive messages here that are the Heart of Jesus so we may all be more effective. Hebrews 10:24

Need courage today?

Life can be brutal sometimes. This picture was taken in the Great Fire of 88 in Yellowstone Park. Actually it was taken 2 years later. During the fire however, there was outrage that the park service was letting the forest burn. They were ruining the Yellowstone Park or so it seemed at the time. In fact what the fire did was to open up the dead, sterile, impacted lodgepole forest so light could get through. Where once there was no life in the forest, now there was purpose from the fire. After the fire went through, the ashes became fertilizer and the heat released seeds to start a lush new foundation. The forest burst to life. Grasses and flowers, bushes and trees sprang up, which brought bugs , birds, squirrels and all sorts of life. The big game animals moved in now. There was room to move and life was there. This fire that brought pain, loss and hurt, when opened to the light of the Son (Jesus) brought new beauty that the forest hadn’t seen. It would never have seen it without the fire.

I have asked many times, “Why do you allow the pain Lord?” Over and over He has said, “I endured pain for you my precious one”, “you will endure pain in this world too… for a short time, then I will make all things new and spend an eternity of joy, not pain, with you.” “I love you.” “I’ll be back.”

Until then, we have a race to run, and we will have obstacles and pain. Some will come from the fallen world we live in and some will be from our own foolishness. That’s His plan. The reality is, that there is both hope and purpose in the trials we face. Since it is tough, we must encourage one another all the more since we see the day drawing near. Let us help each other run with endurance the race set for each of us.

Beauty Through Adversity

Encouragement = Infusion of Courage

Encouragement is a specific gift given by the Holy Spirit Rom 12

Paul gave it and Paul needed it. Barnabas was named it.