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BOOK TO READ: Think and Eat Yourself Smart by Caroline Leaf. She said we are designed to be addicted to God.

Use possessions and love people!

Your eternal perspective will impact your earthly priorities. Steward, plan, save, but know that God is the one sure foundation to place your life upon. All the rest can be gone in a moment.

This book ended with one of Nannan’s life verse: “all things work together …

17-The author’s Grandpa walked through grief, deep pain, and failure for work. When he came home in the evenings, he would say, “Oh shoot. I’m not gonna worry about that.” then he would go to the piano and sing his songs. [Been there. Done that.]

A new heaven and a new earth. Heaven is not the end of the world, but the Earth will be renewed, made whole, complete and perfect.

16-When Mary asked how it could be she was just asking for logistics. It was not an issue of unbelief but a desire to understand. The Angel answered with Who, not necessarily the How.

“Nothing is impossible for God. Throw your life wholeheartedly into his hands and celebrate his rescue. Tell him today, “Let everything you want to happen to me happen to me. However, you will, however, you lead, I am yours.”

16-Luke 11:27-28 Jesus was not knocking his mother or diminishing honor. He was elevating and highlighting what she did. She not only carried and gave birth to the Messiah, she heard the word of God and stepped into obedience with this call.

A mature follower says let’s talk and more walk, not a one night bonfire, but a slow burn that lasts.

Sometimes you don’t need to pray you just need to obey!

16-Luke 1:38 AMEN!
Interesting thought: Did someone else say NO before Mary? I doubt it, but maybe. But think about how many YESes Mary said before the big yes to make her the chosen one!
Think about how many NOs are behind each YES. Example: saying “I do” to a spouse is NO to all others. But then I DO becomes a daily YES.

RESPONSIBILITY means Response ABLE or capable.

15-“My cup overflows …” God‘s provision spills over beyond our own capacity, more than the cup/I can handle. This creates a mess. After all, it wouldn’t be a miracle if I could contain it myself.

Before The Cross, dreams are mentioned in the Bible 104 times. After Pentecost, only 1 verse.

Jesus assigned a big dream. It’s called the Great Commission. So pray for boldness just like an Acts 4!!

15-God it’s not honored by our dreams. He’s honored by our faith.
Fortitude is courage in pain & adversity. Living in community helps us build. I have so many examples of not giving up when I am with people while running.
Be surrounded by a great cloud witnesses!

15-“Maturity is achieved when one accepts life is full of tension.”-Rabbi Joshua Liebman. We wrestle through those moments when we feel like giving up. It’s something we need to practice doing. Living the dream is different than dreaming it. The tension is the weight, and the weight is life. Remember that he will supply all the resources and wisdom you need.
Joseph’s were not all roses, mostly nightmares!

14-Boy saved by mom from alligator. He has scars on legs from alligator. He has scars on arms from mom pulling to save him!

“In the slow burn of Faith I found who I was in God and who he was to me.”

“The world is not looking for Jesus and perfect lives, but in broken ones he has come alive in. What can you praise God for in this season? How has Jesus proved faithful? Praise God on the mountain top AND valley

14-Sometimes we make our wounds the main character of our story, dwelling on our pain in life. But Jesus told us to just wait and this is where God is going to shine.

“Scar Experiment”: the people did not know the fake scar had been removed. They still perceived people acting different towards them due to the fake scar that was no longer there

Scars-visual testimony. -were for Jesus. Evidence the pain was real

13-We see the strength of God, not at the miracle, but in the middle of our despair, when we realize how weak we are. God is waiting for us to surrender to Him.

The author talked about music is vibrations of air entering our eardrums. She brought out the fact that the Spirit of God hovering over the face of the Earth in Genesis 1 probably had that same vibration.

Life is full unknown. David sang is unknowns.