TOGETHER: Lead With Love - “You have heard the law that says, ‘Love your neighbor’ and hate your enemy. But I say, love your enemies! Pray for those who persecute you! In that way, you will be acting as true children of your Father in heaven.” Matthew 5:43-45a

TOGETHER: Speak the Truth - “Instead, we will speak the truth in love, growing in every way more and more like Christ...” Ephesians 4:15 “But now is the time to get rid of anger, rage, malicious behavior, slander, and dirty language. Don’t lie to each other...” Colossians 3:8

TOGETHER: ChooseTrust- “Make allowance for each other’s faults, and forgive anyone who offends you. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others.”Colossians 3:13; “In you, Lord my God, I put my trust.” Psalm 25:1

TOGETHER: BringYourBest-“And whatever you do or say, do it as a representative of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through him to God the Father...Work willingly at whatever you do, as though you were working for the Lord rather than for people.”Colossians 3:17,23

4Life:GoodFriends-With whom do you share your burdens?“Share each other’s burdens,and in this way obey the law of Christ.”Galatians6:2 “..pray for each other so that you may be healed.The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and..wonderful results.”James5:16

Rest in God’s grace...“There remains,then,a Sabbath-rest for the people of God; or anyone who enters God’s rest also rests from their works, just as God did from his.Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest...”Hebrews 4:9-11

24 hours where you did not produce anything? “Remember to observe the Sabbath day..You have six days each week for your ordinary work,but the seventh day is a Sabbath day of rest dedicated to the Lord your God.On that day no one in your household may do any work.”Exodus20:8-10

1 October: WE GRIEVE-“You keep track of all my sorrows. You have collected all my tears in your bottle. You have recorded each one in your book.”Psalms 56:8; WE OVERCOME #VegasStrong-“Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.”Romans12:21

SUCCESSION: Moses said,“Lord..appoint a new..leader for the community..so we will not be like sheep without a shepherd.”The Lord replied,“Take Joshua..who has the Spirit..lay your hands on him..and publicly commission him to lead.Transfer...authority to him..”Numbers27:15-20,23

SHAPED BY GOD: “Yet you, Lord, are our Father. We are the clay, you are the potter; we are all the work of your hand.”Isaiah 64:8; “But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us.”2 Corinthians 4:7

FULL HEART:“A good person produces good things from the treasury of a good heart, and an evil person produces evil things from the treasury of an evil heart. What you say flows from what is in your heart.” Luke 6:45 What is your heart full of? Words of LIFE?!

FULL HEART: Healing a Wounded Heart - Forgiveness helps- “..forgive anyone who offends you. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others.” Colossians3:13; “..be kind..forgiving one another, just as God through Christ has forgiven you.”Ephesians4:32

“And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be THANKFUL.” Colossians 3:15 - “Thankful FOR the hard times... Thankful IN the hard times...” and Thankful for our MANY blessings!

Favorite Christmas Carol Verses: “Long lay the world in sin and error pining... till he appears and the soul found it’s worth ... a thrill of hope a weary world rejoices for yonder breaks a news and glorious morn.. fall on your knees..” - O Holy Night

FavoriteChristmasCarolVerses:“What Child is this who laid to rest On Mary's lap is sleeping?Whom angels greet with anthems sweet While shepherds watch are keeping?This..is Christ the King, Whom shepherds guard and angels sing, Haste..to bring Him laud,The Babe, the Son of Mary!”

FavoriteChristmasCarolVerses: O come,O come Immanuel - “O King of nations, bind in one the hearts of all mankind. Bid all our sad divisions cease and be yourself our King of Peace. Rejoice! Rejoice! Immanuel shall come to you, O Israel.”

New Year-Renewed Focus - “..I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us.” Philippians3:13-14

40 Days of Prayer: Joni Erickson Tada, quadriplegic since 7/30/1967, now 69 yrs old, and two-time cancer survivor, about when God says ‘No’ to physical healing - “He has chosen not to heal me, but to hold me. The more intense the pain, the closer His embrace.”

Last weekend at Canyon Ridge: Felt very honored,feel very grateful-“To him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine...” Ephesians 3:20. Full of hopes and dreams for the future of CRCC. And excited for my next chapter as I “shepherd Kingdom leaders.” Yea God!

Fatherhood is a long-term investment.“So let’s not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don’t give up.”Galatians 6:9 Hang in there! Keep doing the right next thing and becoming the man you want to be. Happy Father’s Day!