A Higher Calling

  Quarter 1 Reflection and Planning Exercise Q 1 is ending today. How is your journey into 2025 so far? What lessons are you moving with to Q 2? Which habits have worked for you & which ones have sabotaged your growth? Here are a few tips to help you plan for a more impactful Q 2. hashtag # Pause and Reflect In one word, how would you describe Q1 of 2025? Write down your three biggest wins from Q1. What made them successful? Identify one challenge you faced. What did you learn from it? hashtag # Evaluate and Refocus Look at your goals for Q1: What progress have you made? What habits or actions helped you move forward? What held you back? List one thing you'd like to carry into Q2 and one thing you'd like to leave behind. hashtag # Plan for Quarter 2 Set one overarching goal for Q2. Break it into actionable steps. Identify one new habit or practice to adopt for Q2 to help you stay on track. Name one person, resource, or tool that can support you in achieving your goals. ...

Matthew 7:7, 11 AMPC [7] Keep on asking and it will be given you; keep on seeking and you will find; keep on knocking [reverently] and [the door] will be opened to you. [11] If you then, evil as you are, know how to give good and advantageous gifts to your children, how much more will your Father Who is in heaven [perfect as He is] give good and advantageous things to those who keep on asking Him! Reflection  Trust and mistrust is a stage of development for each of us. We learn as small children if the world is a friendly place or a hard place based on the encounters we have in our environment, especially our parents and guardians. Unfortunately, any wrong perception is easily transferred to God and we wonder, can He be trusted? We have an opportunity to get it right with the next generation, by showing them the true promises of our Father, Jehovah. We show them through our lives that His promises are YES and AMEN 🙏  Prayer  Lord, thank You for Your Word wh...

Do I know Him? He Knows Me! Scripture   Mark 6:48-49 AMPC [48]  And having seen that they were troubled and tormented in [their] rowing, for the wind was against them, about the fourth watch of the night [between 3:00-6:00 a.m.] He came to them, walking [directly] on the sea. And He acted as if He meant to pass by them, [49]  But when they saw Him walking on the sea they thought it was a ghost, and raised a [deep, throaty] shriek of terror. Reflection  Jesus saw that they were troubled, He was very much aware of the turmoil that they were going through. He is aware in deep detail how troubled we get as we live in this world, nothing about our lives catches Hom by surprise. When He came, He acted as if He would pass by shows us that He is within our reach, we just need to recognize Him for who He is, lest our circumstances cause us to confuse Him for something else. When we receive Him into our boat, every situation calms down, He doesn't even have to...