Sunday is often my favorite day of the week because it’s a day for me to REFLECT on the previous week and plan for the upcoming week. It’s nice to set aside the time to remember and record some of the highlights and give God thanks for His many blessings. This habit helps me notice how God is at work in my life and those around me. Let me share just a few of the highlights. Monday March 28 started off with a bang.

Randy, what you have done with the 6 new people in the Prosper Now 777 course is huge. You and your team have helped them load their own space shuttles on the launching pads and now their rockets are firing to launch them forward into their destinies. That makes Me smile. I have blessed you to be a catalyst to release My UNCOMMON favor into My children’s lives. Rejoice and be exceedingly glad. I AM smiling upon you.

Do you have memories that make you suffer every time you revisit them? Does the pain resurface whenever you think of certain events? Is your heart broken over something that happened to you?

My friend Jeff Bernstein, founder of Gates of Zion, taught me that the word “Shalom” means much more than peace. It means complete peace and wellness — body, mind, soul, and spirit. According to Wikipedia, “Shalom is a Hebrew word meaning peace, completeness, and welfare [i.e. complete peace and wholeness] and can be used idiomatically to mean both hello and goodbye.”

“Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage me, and I will not forget you. Love me and I may be forced to love you.” – William Arthur Ward
When they had read it, they rejoiced over its encouragement. (Acts 15:31)
What kind of impact does validating others have?
What would the world be like if we all took a purposeful intent to be more validating of others?
In late October 2008 I went to the Relational …

God initiates change! Trying to change my life leads to failure and frustration.
“The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.” (John 10:10)
Am I frustrated with trying to change my life?
What are signs that I’m trying to change my life rather xthan allowing God to transform me?
In Session #1 of “The Life You’ve Always Wanted,” John Ortberg says, “The good news as Jesus preached it is that now it …

“A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.” Ralph Waldo Emerson
Never abandon a friend–either yours or your father’s. Then in your time of need, you won’t have to ask your relatives for assistance. It is better to go to a neighbor than to a relative who lives far away. (Proverbs 27:10, NLT)
How many friends have you encouraged this week?
When I retrieved my emails this morning and read the daily reflection from Jerry and Sharon Graham  titled “A Very Exciting Week,” tears came to my eyes. As many of …

“The faster I go, the behinder I get” – quote on coffee mug at Street Festival
The city had no need of the sun or of the moon to shine in it, for the glory of God illuminated it. The Lamb is its light. (Revelations 21:23)
In what ways are you seeing the glory of God manifested in your days?
In your community?
In what ways can you reveal the glory of God to others?
On Saturday September 1st, I went to Madison, Virginia for the fifteenth annual “TASTE OF THE MOUNTAINS” Street Festival, sponsored …