PROGRESS:  Living for today, planning for tomorrow

Day 28 of 28 (start at day 1 by clicking HERE)

This is the final day of Progress. We hope that it has been an amazing journey. We hope that God has used this study to challenge you to become the person that He has designed you to be. For this final day of reflection I want to encourage you to really solidify the decisions you have made. 2010 can be the year that you make significant changes. This can be the year that God moves in and through you in miraculous ways. This can be the year that God surprises you with His healing power. This can be the year that you experience more success than ever before. This can be the year that you progress in the faith more than ever before!

Day 27 of 28 (start at day 1 by clicking HERE)

REFLECTING

ON THE

JOURNEY 

Day 26 of 28 (start at day 1 by clicking HERE)

EXPERIENCE 

THE

REWARDS

PROGRESS:  Living for today, planning for tomorrow

Day 25 of 28 (start at day 1 by clicking HERE)

[CONTINUED FROM YESTERDAY]

Yesterday we ended with this:

What if we don’t step out in faith? What if we don’t live out the purpose for which God designed us? What if we just play it safe? God wants to give you certain things- maybe it’s to plant a church, to start a bible study, to go on a mission trip, to start a coffee shop, to reach out to a homeless community, or write a book. I don’t know what God is giving you and what you must go after. But over the last few weeks, if God has been stirring a dream in your heart, at some point you must GO! At some point, you have to step out of your comfort and safety and . . . 

Day 24 of 28 (start at day 1 by clicking HERE)

Day 23 of 28 (start at day 1 by clicking HERE) 

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Day 21 of 28 (start at day 1 by clicking HERE)

The Nehemiah Effect:  Day 7

Blessings on you and your dreams as you finish up this week’s theme from the life of Nehemiah.  Take some time to meditate on these verses from Isaiah 40 that summarize the great work of God in our lives when we learn to trust Him for our strength.  These verses are written out of Eugene Peterson’s paraphrase of the Bible and give some fresh meaning into these pretty familiar words.  Meditate on God’s Word today as you lay your dreams before Him!

Day 20 of 28 (start at day 1 by clicking HERE)

The Nehemiah Effect:  6/7

Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. ⁹Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kind of sufferings.

-I Peter 5:8-9

Day 19 of 28 (start at day 1 by clicking HERE)

The Nehemiah Effect:  Day 5

Today is day 5 of the Nehemiah Effect, and my prayer is that your dreams are starting to take shape, that your faith is being strengthened and that your will is becoming more resolute as you trust God to see what only He can do in and through your life.  So far we’ve learned that trusting Him means abiding (John 15) and letting God move our hearts.  With hearts moved, we must pray for Him to kindle the fire and provide the resources, and through it all we pray, pray and pray some more.  A big part of our prayer is making sure that our dreams are BIG — so big that they must rest in God’s hands to complete.  Too many Christians live in the do-able, and God calls us to the impossible; dream BIG!  At this point we must take inventory of our lives and the circumstances to which God calls us and as we prepare for the task at hand we surround ourselves with Godly wall builders who will labor along side us.  These are the first five principles of the Nehemiah Effect that have played out in chapters 1-3, and I hope that you are starting to see them developed in your own life and dreams.