Don’t neglect the gift that’s inside of you.

We all have various gifts inside of us. But we also have a responsibility to use those gifts. Don’t neglect it.

It is so easy to forget about your gift, lay it aside and stay busy with other things. But you suffer and everyone else does too when you don’t use your gift.

Encouragement may be your gift. It’s one of mine. I remember years ago when I was still leading worship. The Lord spoke to me on the way to church: “Be strategic in the use of your gift today.” I knew He was talking about my gift of encouragement. As I was leading worship my eyes scanned across the congregation and I spotted a particular person whom I sensed needed some encouragement. After the service I went up to them and asked how they were doing. They responded and my gift started working. I started encouraging them and they walked out that day having been blessed.

Don’t neglect the gift that’s inside of you.

Do what you do well and do it often.

God has blessings in store for you and
God has blessings in store for others in you.

Blogging may be one of my gifts, sorry for neglecting it.

Love ya
Joe

Hey Friends,

Boy its been busy.

We’ve got to learn how to manage our lives.

• There are so many things that you could do.
• So many things that need to be done.
• So many things that we need to do.
• But there are certain ones that will bear the most fruit.

These are the ones that we should do.
God did not call us to be busy, but to bear fruit. Fruit for Him. Fruit that will last.
Keep thinking and meditating on what He wants you to do in your life.

• Let it fill you.
• Let it captivate you.
• Get excited about it.

Then when you have a decision to make about what you should do right now that excitement will speak to you. It will demand your attention. It wall actually call you into God’s will for your life.

If you’re like me, the really important things get pushed off for so long that when you actually have time to do them you’re in the habit of not doing them.

For me it’s playing guitar and worshiping the Lord one on one. I used to do it so much, and it gave me such fulfillment. I believe it blessed Him as well. But there seems to have been this constant flow of “other” things that have pulled me away from that that now its been kind of hard to get the ball rolling. But when I do it, when I press into it. I get blessed. He meets me right there.

And He’ll meet you there too, right in the center of His will.

Love ya
Joe

Hey Friends,
Sorry its been so long.
That’ll be changing soon.
If you get a chance listen to my message from tonight.
It came out stronger than I expected.
I hope you’re blessed.
Joe