As a Leader, we need to be consistantly moving forward. It's brilliant getting to know your area of ministry very well but never come to a place of such comfort that you aren't catching the beautiful waves of God moving us into our tomorrow's His way. With this in mind, this causes me to stop and really thinking about what I am doing from time to time, why am I doing it, what is the purpose, is it Kingdom work? It’s time that we re-evaluate what we are doing and why. If you have become too comfortable in what you are doing, then it’s time to connect with God in ways you’ve never done before. Pursue Him deeper, stronger, more fervently than you ever have. When you read in the O.T. you will find that God was a risk taker and never played it safe. He always did things with greatness, with purpose, and with deep passion. The beat of His heart is one thing: people. As you cultivate this deeper walk, find His heartbeat and be motivated to love and reach your girls and community in ways like never before!
My challenge to you as a Leader is this – get a blank piece of paper and sign it. Don’t fill in the blanks of what you want to do, what your agenda will be – instead, get out of the boat and start walking in faith and leave the page blank to allow God, your Father, to take you on a journey you’ve never experienced this year. I promise you one thing, He WILL fill in the blanks and when He gives you guidance that is when you can write it on the blank page. Living a life on the edge is what will connect you to His heart, His passions, His dreams, His desires and will CONNECT you to His people – the ones that live in the cities and towns that you live in. Compassion leads you to action…God is actively moving forward…move with Him.
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Monday, February 22, 2010
I'm so busy, busy, dreadfully busy!
Do you ever feel like there is so much going on in your life that you can’t even fathom how you’ll get it all done? Overwhelmed? On the edge of insanity because of it all? Having urges of pulling out your hair? Oh wait, I’m talking about myself! Lol! Welcome to my life at this very moment - So much to do, so little time. Makes my innards feel like they are going crazy at times but what is wild is I actually seem to get a lot done when I have an intense schedule. I actually work well when stressed and become quite creative. I know, that sounds totally crazy but it’s so true. Something that I am striving to grasp through these times because the seasons of craziness seem to be getting closer and closer together leaving me less ‘ahhhh’ moments is how to continually focus and keep my mind on Christ through it all.
It comes down to this – I want everything I do to have an eternal impact for Christ and to align myself and my life decisions that I make DAILY on the dreams that God has placed within me to please my Heavenly Father. I don’t want to look back on life and say, “If only…” So, today I was reading in Philippians and the thing that kept popping out to me over and over is how Paul made the most out of every situation he was put in, whether walking in freedom or in prison in chains. Phil. 1:21 Paul said, “For me to live is Christ and to die is gain.” In the craziness of life, Christ must matter most. How we react, how we respond, what we do, what we don’t do…aligning ourselves up with His will, His dreams, His plans for us. Everything counts, everything matters. Wow – read v.27 – ‘let your conduct be worthy of the gospel of Christ.’ Walking out your life and all your dreams w/out complaining, disputing, walking without fault but in all that God has given you to do every single day – do it with joy, being anxious for NOTHING, thinking of beautiful thoughts, things that are uplifting, knowing that God will give you the strength to do everything He has called you to do because He will supply ALL your needs according to His riches in glory. Now that totally rocks!! So, get busy doing His Kingdom work – get active for Him, do things that have eternal value and find joy that is so complete because that kind of joy can only come from God!! So, yes, I’m so busy, busy, dreadfully busy but I’m loving every single minute of it because I’m determined to keep my focus on Christ. What a beautiful life!
Living, Loving, Laughing,
Tracee
It comes down to this – I want everything I do to have an eternal impact for Christ and to align myself and my life decisions that I make DAILY on the dreams that God has placed within me to please my Heavenly Father. I don’t want to look back on life and say, “If only…” So, today I was reading in Philippians and the thing that kept popping out to me over and over is how Paul made the most out of every situation he was put in, whether walking in freedom or in prison in chains. Phil. 1:21 Paul said, “For me to live is Christ and to die is gain.” In the craziness of life, Christ must matter most. How we react, how we respond, what we do, what we don’t do…aligning ourselves up with His will, His dreams, His plans for us. Everything counts, everything matters. Wow – read v.27 – ‘let your conduct be worthy of the gospel of Christ.’ Walking out your life and all your dreams w/out complaining, disputing, walking without fault but in all that God has given you to do every single day – do it with joy, being anxious for NOTHING, thinking of beautiful thoughts, things that are uplifting, knowing that God will give you the strength to do everything He has called you to do because He will supply ALL your needs according to His riches in glory. Now that totally rocks!! So, get busy doing His Kingdom work – get active for Him, do things that have eternal value and find joy that is so complete because that kind of joy can only come from God!! So, yes, I’m so busy, busy, dreadfully busy but I’m loving every single minute of it because I’m determined to keep my focus on Christ. What a beautiful life!
Living, Loving, Laughing,
Tracee
Friday, February 19, 2010
Daring to Dream
Daring to Dream
So, this past weekend I was at our TN District Girls Getaway Retreat that was absolutely amazing. I had a beautiful opportunity to lead worship at this event but even beyond that, the way the Lord flowed in the services and what the Speakers spoke on was beyond amazing. Absolutely brilliant and truly life changing!!
The major thing that we were challenged on was Daring to Dream. A topic that is incredibly dear to my heart as I have dreams within me that have yet to come true. Oh the joys of the wait…..and more waiting…and more waiting…..lol!!! I’ve turned grey through the years just in the wait but I promise you – there are no complaints from me!! I want to get into my Promised Land!! FYI – you will see not proof of grey hairs thanks to a GREAT hairdresser!!!
Debbie Lindell, Pastor’s Wife of James River in Springfield, MO (they only run 14,000 people…lol!!) was the main speaker so the points that I’m about to share, I can take no credit for but I just had to pass them onto you so you can be inspired as much as I was….here we go…gotta keep this a lil’ short so you don’t feel like you are reading chapters…
Read I Cor. 2:9-10
When You Dare to Dream you have to prepare yourself for what God wants to do in your life –
1. You have to have your heart set on Godly things. Colossians 3:2 Change is required – it’s like a near death experience. It means you must desire to be more than ordinary but extraordinary.
2. You must be faithful in the little things. Philippians 4. This means that we must keep our eyes on God and not on the mountain top where our dream lies. That can be a toughie!! But soooo worth it!
3. Be prepared to Lead. It takes leadership to walk out your dream.
4. Be Confident that God can use you! I Timothy 4:11-16. No matter what your age – it’s NEVER too late for dreams to become a reality.
5. Be a Godly example through the entire journey. I Corinthians 11:1
6. Stay Devoted to God’s Word.
7. Commit yourself to Serve
Last but sooo not least – many times we wonder and ask ourselves, “What is my dream?” Your dream is attached to your gifts so what are your gifts? What do you do better than anyone else? In that gift, fly higher than you ever have before and DARE TO DREAM because no dream is too big for God.
Soaring Forward…..
Tracee
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