Tenth Dot Ministries » Strength

Happy to fail

Joe — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 07:00:42 +0000

I spoke at our recovery ministry tonight and got a lot of strange looks. Ok, there might have been a lot reasons for the strange looks, BUT I THINK it had something to do with what I said in my intro. It went something like this:

Hi, my name is Joseph Castañeda and I’m a grateful believer in Jesus Christ.

[Hi Joe]

I’m grateful to belong to Christ.

I’m grateful to be a pastor.

I’m grateful to be a husband to an amazing woman.

I’m grateful to be a father to three pretty amazing kids.

I’m grateful that I have addictions I’m working through.

Progress-God’s giving + our strength and courage to go = success

Danny — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 08:01:14 +0000

PROGRESS: Living for today, planning for tomorrow

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

Progress — Part 19 of 28 (The Nehemiah Effect 5/7)

Joe — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 05:01:41 +0000

PROGRESS: Living for today, planning for tomorrow

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.

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Danny — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 04:00:48 +0000

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Danny — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 04:00:40 +0000

Sometimes our lives get crazy and hectic. What do you have to rely on when your world is not as easy-going as it was yesterday? –God’s promises.

Not one word of all the good promises that the Lord had made to the house of Israel had failed; all came to pass.

- Joshua 21:45

Instead of trying to clear your head today, ask God to fill your mind with His promises. I will share some promises in the Scriptures with you, but if you have your Bible, you can also look up promises that you know you need to rely on today.

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Danny — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 04:00:09 +0000

If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!