July 28

Word of the Day
Daniel had to have faith. That we know for sure. He had faith when he went to the lion's dens. But his faith started way before then. He had faith when he knew that the king issued the decree not allowing anyone to bow except to him. Daniel knew what was going on. Daniel knew the consequences. But Daniel knew his God. Daniel, in faith, continued to do what he knew what was right - day by day. Sometimes life is like that. Sometimes faith is just in getting up each morning, and doing what the Lord wants you to do. Day in, day out.

What's up
This week I started ramping up on the school work. I had classes all day Mon and Tues and will work at the lab Wed and Thursday. Next week I will be attending seminars all week long. We have a men's breakfast this Saturday and lots of visiting and ministry on my schedule. Tell every man you know to come and join us for a new study with Tony Dungee. God is moving as I live His Will day in, day out.

July 23

Word of the Day
Today I ran with the Faith Chasers - well actually I walked more than I ran! I watched my daughter and others who are 10 years my juniors take off down the street as I helplessly tried to keep pace. There was no chance, not even from the start. As I ran, I momentarily thought to myself, oh to be young and in shape again. But, then I realized, would I really go back. Would I really want to start all over again. Nah, probably not. The wisdom, the experience, the way the Lord has looked after me. It is all worth the age. I realized it is not in the speed that you run, but that your out there. Your still on the road, taking it one step at a time. Breathe in, breathe out. God wants us to take life one breathe at a time!

What's up
Today was a long day of work. I am looking forward to taking tomorrow off. I am amazed at how God continues to bless. The ministries at the church are growing - and we are still in July. Ministries usually don't start growing until the end of August. But God is faithful. I have great leaders who are doing awesome jobs. I need to tell them this more.

July 21

Word of the Day

Sometimes making the right choice in the Lord is very difficult. Many times we are not really sure what the right choice is. It gets even more confusing when our choice affects others. I am reminded of Paul when in 1 Timothy it says that he actually turned two people over to Satan. How difficult a decision that must have been. Somewhere along the line, Paul had to make a choice of allowing the hurts of many people to continue, or to turn over two people over to Satan. What a difficult decision! I guess it would be the same as a military commander would have to make. The choice to lose people in the hope of saving others. Wow! That is tough. Living in an imperfect world sometimes puts us in no-win situations. So what are we to do? Ask God, follow His direction, and know that God will work the rest out. We need to make our decisions based on God, based on what is best for everyone involved, and keep our motives and hearts pure. We don't know what happened to the individuals in Pauls case. We can only hope they found thier way back to Christ before it was too late.

This Week
This week I will be working at the lab all day on Thursday. The rest of the week is pretty normal. All the family is gone and vacations are over, so now it is time to really hunker down and get to work. I went to Amarillo today and bought the next Men's ministries study for the men's breakfast on August 1. I am very excited about it. Things have been going great and I can't wait to see what God is going to do next!