PromiseLand West

1. I AM FULLY FORGIVEN AND FREE FROM ALL SHAME AND CONDEMNATION. ROMANS 8:1,2

2. I TRUST IN THE LORD WITH ALL MY HEART; HE IS MY SOURCE. PROVERBS 3:5,6

3. I WILL OPEN MY MIND TO ‘GOD IDEAS’ INSTEAD OF GOOD IDEAS. 1 CORINTHIANS 2:7

4. I AM FULLY RESOURCED TO DO EVERYTHING GOD CALLED ME TO DO. DEUTERONOMY 8:18, PHILIPPIANS 4:13

5. I WILL SPEAK THE 3 GREATEST WORDS OF PROPHETIC POTENTIAL: “LET. THERE. BE.” GENESIS 1:3

Hey, check this King out in the center. Adorable. Even Kings need to help themselves sometimes.

Love it!

Ever make a wrong turn? Ever waste time trying to find your way around because you didn’t listen to instructions? Me too. Ever make a wrong turn in life… not a car? Often we examine our lives in terms of pass and fail. Did I marry the right person? Did I choose the right career path? Do I live in the right city? Did I put my kids in the right school? Is this right church?

My dad was running on the trails of Lake Austin when he crossed paths with Leslie. You know Leslie. The cross-dressing-tiara-beard wearing man. So dad says, “Nice to meet you Leslie. I want you to come to my church.” To which Leslie replies, “No one has ever invited me to their church.” “Well, you’re welcome at ours”- my dad says.

So Leslie says to my dad, “Can I wear my skirt?” Dad pauses. Then says, “Yeah, just let it out a little bit!”

That’s funny right there.

1. The way we receive and handle our blessings as a family: Are we rivers or reservoirs? Talk about the difference between the two concepts. Be specific with examples. Reservoirs receive and hold. Rivers receive and flow.

2. What are the little things we spend on each day that, over time, could add up to a large blessing for someone?

3. Read about the man in Luke 12:16-25. Ask your family, "What is the real matter that Jesus is addressing?" List specifics how you can be 'kingdom minded' and not 'self minded.'

I pray you’re doing well!  I tweet everyday if you want to follow me @randypcd.  I don’t blog as much as I used to.

I started a new message series called “WALLS.”  What is the wall in your life?  That thing that is keeping you from your best life.
I want to tell you, that your days of confinement are over!

Let me ask you a few questions:

1.    Do you expect annual income up/down?

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When the Apostle Paul wrote in 1 Cor. that the things he should do – he didn’t want to do, and the things he shouldn’t be doing – he wanted to do, you have to wonder where am I in this spectrum?

There are so many wonderful things about pastoring.  Changed lives!  To see people move from darkness to light is such a rush.  Most of what I do is based on faith.  Believe in God.  Believe in yourself.  Have faith.  Believe God is able.  These are wonderful topics, but I deeply love baptism.  It is the visible sign of an inward change.  Born again!  Nothing like it.

Hey friends;

Tell me how this quote hits you.

“Dream a dream that’s destined to fail without divine intervention.”

A little terrifying isn’t it?  But isn’t that the nature of faith?  These economic times have shaken people’s confidence in a dramatic fashion.  We’re just not sure when the next shoe is going to drop.  These are the times when most of us constrain, constrict, pull back, pull in, pull away.  Hold tight!

I happen to love this poem:

Earth’s crammed with heaven,
And every common bush afire with God;
But only he who sees takes off his shoes;
The rest sit around it and pluck blackberries.
-Elizabeth Barrett Browning