November 2: Whatever You Have to Give. Give It Lavishly.

Affirmation: I am at the right place at the right time doing the right thing.

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Ponder, Personalize, Practice: Focus today and tomorrow on PRACTICING Romans 12:12. Don’t be hearers only but doers.
Romans 12:12 Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.
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Wholehearted Guidepost from Brené Brown Cultivate Gratitude and Joy. Let Go of Scarcity and Fear of the Dark. 

Brené outlines the difference between feeling grateful and actually practicing gratitude. It's during our darkest times when we don't feel gratitude that practicing it makes the difference.

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Having joyful experiences is not what makes us grateful. Recognize that it's the opposite: Practicing gratitude leads to joyful experiences.

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Mastering the Seven Decisions. By Andy Andrews

The Active Decision 

3. I AM A PERSON OF ACTION. I am Resilient 

I will create a new future by creating a new me. I inspire others with my activity. I am a leader. I will create a habit of lively behavior.

I will walk with a spring in my step and a smile on my face. My activity will create a wave of success for the people who follow me. As a leader, I have the ability to encourage and inspire others to greatness. I do not fear failure, because failure exists only for the person who quits.

I do not quit. I am courageous. I am a leader. I seize the moment. I choose now. I am resilient. 

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Walk in Grace. Live in Love. By Bob Goff 

                         Nov 2

WHATEVER YOU HAVE TO GIVE, DO IT 

LAVISHLY. THE AMOUNT DOESN'T MATTER TO GOD, BUT THE HEART DOES. 

Whoever has will be given more, and they will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them. 

MATTHEW 25 29 

There's a story in the Bible about a widow who gave a small amount of money, and Jesus said she gave more than those who gave a lot. To Jesus, the widow's "mites" were worth more to the kingdom of heaven than all the gold bars in Fort Knox. Why is that? It's probably because God cares more about the heart of the giver than the actual amount. 

How should we give our "time, talents, and treasure" to the people around us? How should we give our love? These are real questions we all have at some point. If we're being honest, most of us live with the fear that there isn't enough to go around, and we have to fight to get what's ours. In a culture that thrives on consumerism, we're suckers for believing we don't have enough of whatever someone is trying to sell us. We start to believe we need more money, more education, more dish soap, or more attractive qualities than the person next to us, and it's easy to give way to these fears and store up, save, and withhold. 

 

Without realizing it, this affects the way we give our love away too. We love people by giving away our time, our attention, our money, and our personal space. And in a world where we're told to store up and gain more in order to get ahead, it's easy to slip into fear that we'll run out if we're not careful. 

Whatever you have to give, give it lavishly and generously. Be a little reck­less with your love. We're rivers, not reservoirs. God sees the golden heart that gives sacrificially, no matter the amount. 

 

What reckless act of love can you do today?