April 14: GO PALMS UP AND YOU'LL GET CLOSER TO BEING LIKE JESUS.

Affirmation: Asking for help is a gift to myself and others.

“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.”‭‭Matthew‬ ‭7:7-8‬ ‭NIV‬‬~~~~~~~

Ponder: These next few weeks, I am going to focus on Psalm 23 for the biblical meditation practice. Today I encourage you to copy the 6 verses down. Read them over at least 5 times today. 


”The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake. Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. Surely your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.“‭‭Psalms‬ ‭23‬:‭1‬-‭6‬ ‭NIV‬‬https://bible.com/bible/111/psa.23.1-6.NIV


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Wholehearted Guidepost from Brené Brown
Cultivate Play and Rest. Let go of Exhaustion as a status symbol and productivity as self-worth.
Cultivate Calm and Stillness. Let go of Anxiety as a lifestyle.
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Mastering the 7 Decisions from Andy Andrews 
The Joyful Decision 

5. TODAY I WILL CHOOSE TO BE HAPPY.
Happiness is a choice. I am enthusiastic about each day. I am alert to its possibilities.
I will become the master of my emotions.
I will greet each day with laughter. I know that enthusiasm is the fuel that moves the world.
The world belongs to the enthusiastic, for people will follow them anywhere! My smile has become my calling card. It is, after all, the most important weapon I possess. I am the possessor of a grateful spirit. 
Joyful Decision
Today, I choose to be happy.
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Reading for Today
Walk in Grace. Live in Love. by Bob Goff

April 14

GO PALMS UP AND YOU'LL GET 
CLOSER TO BEING LIKE JESUS. 

Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him. 
PSALM 37.7 

I love Palm Sunday. It's the one time of year we get to bring trees into church and wave them around like lightsabers. You don't have to meet a certain standard to participate. There are no bad palm wavers. Every year when Palm Sunday rolls around, I get my branch and get ready to go palms up as we recite the story of when Jesus rode into Jerusalem to launch what we now call Holy Week. 

 

And every year as I wave my branch, it gets me thinking about what it would look like to go palms up the rest of the year. I don't mean we should carry trees around with us wherever we go; I mean we could be palms up with our hands. Here's what I mean. 


Did you know it's almost impossible to be defensive when we sit with our palms facing upward? Try it! Right now. Sit with your feet flat on the floor and your hands resting on your legs with your palms up. The position of our bodies and the position of our hearts are connected, so it's hard to be angry while sitting in a posture of welcome. 


What if you went palms up every day of the year? Instead of arguing with people or getting defensive, what if you made a habit of keeping a posture of welcome? It'll change you. 


What changes inside you as you go palms up? 

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