Sometimes life is just too important to blog about. Don’t get me wrong, I love writing. Communication is an important part of everyone’s life. I’m just learning that you have to have priorities. A great blog isn’t something to loose your [fill in the blank] over.
SOAP it up
15
Apr
How is your personal time with God? Awhile back I realized my priorities were way out of wack. I had more public time with God than private. I didn’t want to tell anyone. Funny how we cover up things like that. Publically everything looked on track but privately I didn’t have time (or make time) for God.
I choose to make my private time with God a priority. Here was the method: pick one verse and then S-O-A-P.
Here is how:
S: Scripture. Write out the 1 verse you chose, long hand in your journal.
O: Observation. Simply write what you observed in the verse that made you want to write it down. Remember, you don’t have to be a theologian, just write what you saw.
A: Application. Write down how this verse applies to your life? Nothing fancy, just apply it.
P: Prayer. This is where you turn your Observation and Application into a Dedication. Once again, don’t try and be over-spiritual, just simply write a prayer to God of how your life will be different today because of what He’s spoken to your heart through this verse.
That’s it! SOAP. It’s as simple or deep as you want it to be. The goal of our Spiritual Life from God’s perspective is that you and I learn to be Self-Feeders and SOAP is an amazing way to do that.
No Photo’s
10
Mar
I hate to state the obvious but my photo’s are not working. Once again a great reason to back up EVERYTHING before you transfer your website and add a new theme.
PHOTO’s
I asked Matt Keller, “What is the key to having a productive meeting.” He said, “Sit down and write 57 questions. Then ASK them.” Well here are my 57 Questions for Matt Keller. I’m sure you could use them for anyone.
57 Questions for your Mentor/Coach
1. What was your hardest leadership decision & why?
2. What did you learn from firing your friend?
3. When do you write?
4. How do you write?
5. When do your first and best thoughts come?
6. What is the hardest thing about marriage?
7. Why should I get married?
8. Who should be my accountability partner?
9. What if I asked the church planters to teach me how to plant a church?
10. What should I do with my savings?
11. How can I have a better relationship with my dad.
12. How can I have a better relationship with my mom
13. When do I know it is time to take a relationship to the next level?
14. When do I quit my job?
15. What could I do to grow right now?
16. If I could spend $100 on anything right now what would you recommend?
17. If I could spend $1000 on anything…
18. If I could spend $10,000 on anything what should I spend it on?
19. What if I had $30,000 to spend today where would you tell me to spend it?
20. What should I invest my life into?
21. What is the most important thing you have invested your life into?
22. What are 3 time management lessons you have learned?
23. What are 2 things that have helped you with your time lately?
24. What does a winter season in your life look like? Other seasons?
25. What kind of tree are would you be? (random I know)
26. What has been the key to accountability for you?
27. What books have changed your life?
28. Why should I read them?
29. Should I invest in a lot or few people?
30. How am I doing on time management?
31. If you could be any animal which one and why?
32. What character in the bible do you identify with most?
33. What have you learned in developing and sharing your story?
34. What parts of my story should I share?
35. Why Florida? Or your city you live in?
36. Where could you survive?
37. What is your favorite analogy?
38. What is the best sermon you have preached (or story told)?
39. Favorite story about yourself?
40. If you could unlearn anything what would it be?
41. What are you writing right now?
42. What skill do you wish you had?
43. What is the worst job you have had?
44. Your most defining moment?
45. As a leader what aggravates you most?
46. What do you like to see as a boss?
47. What do you like to see as a dad?
48. As a dad what causes you to be discontent?
49. How did you know your wife was the one?
50. What is the hardest thing about leading your self.
51. What do you do that you hate doing? Why do it?
52. If you could have any mentor who would it be?
53. If you could have any super power?
54. Solomon experience: God comes to you in a dream what would you ask for?
55. What do you look for in someone who is speaking into your life?
56. What has been your hardest life lesson?
57. What would you do if you were me?
This post is a little longer than most, sorry. Answer a few of the questions if you want. I could use the advice.
20 years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. –Mark Twain
Don’t disappoint yourself… Do something!
Or you might end up like this…
Here are some of my favorite Church Planting Blogs
Mark Batterson Dave Ferguson Seth Godin
Craig Groeschel Billy Hornsby Alan Hirsch
Scott Hodge Michael Hyatt Gary Lamb
Will Mancini Tony Morgan Perry Noble
Jud Wilhite <– just got a free book for reading
- What was it that the Terrorists hate about us again?, http://digg.com/d1nSGP #
- 12 days early filing my taxes! Thank you turbo tax for saving trees through e-filing #
- spending a longer time @ ascent than I planned. #
- “Women & money the reason for most mistakes in life” -Slumdog #
- Reading old cowboy stories again… #
- Good workout. About to go see @billyhornsby to put some guns on the internet! #
- Lunch today with some cool peeps @ highlands. Gonna talk about social media for ONE. #
- got gas. Now going to B’ham international airport to pick up @tj_mccormick church planter from FL #
- Listening to classical music, driving with @tj_mccormick #
- Thanks to my compass app and @tj_mccormick surperiour reasoning skills we maded it to see @slitton #
- my friend needs advice on website URL for a churchplanter http://bit.ly/URXmu comment on his blog #
- Spent all day learning how I can help pastors and congregations connect through social media! #
- Leaving nashville headed back to the the hunting lodge #
Health vs. Fitness
Of course health is a higher priority than fitness. One only tries to get fit when their health is in danger. John Maxwell said he only started going to the gym after he had a heart attack.
Look at the trend above.
Red line = amount of times “health” is googled
Blue line= amount of times “fitness” is googled
Apparently, at the end of every year, people in general care less about their health and more about fitness.
The purpose of this post is not to focus on this specific trend, rather to introduce my readers to Google Trends.
And ask the question: “What is important to YOU? What interesting trends have you found?”
I’m in my second job since graduating May 2007. This makes me wonder if what I’m learning now will matter in 5,3 or even 1 year.
Thanks to ChurchCrunch for this video.