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Journal vs iPad

February 10, 2012 in Uncategorized with 0 Comments

Journal vs iPad …. that is the question that I have been asking a lot lately …..

Friday’s is normally a day that I spend at home, look after the kids, get caught up on errands and a bunch of other things. One of the main things that I like to do on Friday’s is to have an extended time writing, dreaming, Bible study and the list could go on. In 2011 I used my iPad most of the time to achieve my goals in this ‘Balcony Time’.

For my iPad I used apps such as:

        

      • YouVersion – Amazing online Bible with a qadzillion translations
      • Logos Bible Study Program – The most in-depth Bible scholar program available
      • Evernote – in my estimation the best note taking program out there right now that is available on my computer, iPhone, iPad and from any other person’s computer if needed.
      • Notes ‘n More – I use this interchangeably with Evernote
      • iPhone/iPad music player ….. gotta have some good tunes when writing and studying

I do truly love my iPad …. access to the web, documents, the cloud, google and a long list of other app’s allows me to have immediate access when I am in a writing and studying mode …..

It also provides for a lot of distractions … twitter and facebook tend to just jump off the page plus a host of other distractions …. name your own here ___________ .

[see below the picture for my thoughts on the paper method] 

 The Paper, Journal, Moleskin, Diary or whatever you feel you need to name it!

Recently, in 2012 I have returned back to the paper version. I still use my iPad for my Bible and a few other things … play music while I write but most of my writing is now going down on paper.

Here are the advantages that I currently see for myself [Yours can always be different - what ever allows you to move forward is best]

  • Speed – I have tried a host of keyboards but I still feel slow ……
  • Creativity – I use a red pen, blue pen, highlighter and pencil …. yes a little skitzo but it really allows me to get my creative juices going.
  • I have been journaling since 1996 and as early as 1992 …. I keep them in a closet and once in a while will pull them out and breeze through them to see God’s faithfulness. I would say that this is NUMBER 1 REASON for journaling …… seeing how God has worked, is working and will continue to work in your life. I tend to think that this would be a little harder in the digital form ….. but will continue to become more popular as many of our teens are moving directly towards digital form.
  • I like to draw, sketch and brainstorm various thoughts that I have …. still having a tough time finding an app that would work well for my mind that tens to jump around .
I would love to hear your thoughts below.

 

What I learnt from the Daniel Fast

January 28, 2012 in Christ Life Church, Church, Daniel Fast, Devotions, Family, Health & Fitness, Ministry with 4 Comments

Tomorrow Christ Life Church ends its Daniel Fast, so I thought I would jot down some notes titled “What I learnt from the Daniel Fast”, mainly for it to serve as a good reminder for next year!

  • We saw some tremendous miracles happen in our church – Phil Goldsberry, our Lead Pastor will be sharing a huge miracle in his life tomorrow during all our services.
  • Fasting the garbage of this world totally turns you towards God! i could seriously get on my soap box right now but I will reserve myself. All I need to say is look at the time we spend watch tv, online and gaming, plus the ever growing obesity epidemic ……… ok ……. next point.
  • It reminds me every year how powerful our physical bodies are vs our mind and spirit.
  • I LOVE seeing new Christians take this on with passion and intensity ……..
    • By the way ….. these young Christians see massive break through in their lives
  • It SADDENS me how the ‘mature’ Christians pass this by as just another ‘thing’ the church is doing.
  • For myself, this tends me a time of high-octane quiet times and a heightened sensitivity to the Holy Spirit
  • Every single year that I have done this ( 7 years) I have seen demonic strongholds broken over people lives.

Mark 9:25 When Jesus saw that the people came running together, He rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it: “Deaf and dumb spirit, I command you, come out of him and enter him no more!” 26 Then the spirit cried out, convulsed him greatly, and came out of him. And he became as one dead, so that many said, “He is dead.”27 But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up, and he arose. 28 And when He had come into the house, His disciples asked Him privately, “Why could we not cast it out?” 29 So He said to them, “This kind can come out by nothing but prayer and fasting.”

  • Accountability is KEY. Danielle and I keep each other in check, I always recommend that you find someone to journey with during this time. 

  • The 21 Day Daniel Fast has become pretty popular over that last few years and there are a number of good books out there. Jentezen Franklin, Fasting is one of the top books to read and get your mind and heart in the right place.
  • Once again, my church does a 21 Day online devotional to help keep you focused each day, and at one time we also provided a drive time CD for you to listen to in the car.
I could keep the list going but there just so much to put down about what God is currently doing in my life!
NOW IT YOUR TURN …. I WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU IN THE COMMENT SECTION

Leadership Tip #1

December 17, 2011 in Leadership, Leadership Tips with 1 Comment

Leadership Tip

#1 from a new category that I am starting on leadership tips – so feel free to help me out by emailing some in or hitting me up on facebook or twitter

Starting a quarrel is like breaching a dam; so drop the matter before a dispute breaks out.dam breach over road

Proverbs 17:14 NIV 1984 (NIV84)

I try to read the Book of Proverbs every day as it seems regardless of the day and the situations that I encounter, I will find that the book of Proverbs that I just read that day will bring out some incredible leaderships tips.

Today we start with leadership tip #1.

As people/leaders we:

However to become a better leader of people we need to:
  • Ask ourselves – is the forthcoming discussion really worth it
  • Is this an issue of us wanting to be right for the sake of being right
  • Is it the right time. For example Danielle and I have a rule that we don’t get into deep discussions super early in the morning or after 10pm at night. This right here might be the best leadership tip #1 you just received.
  • With the issue at hand …. will the person be open to this or not? Tony Morgan recently reviewed Henry Cloud book, Necessary Endings on his blog and noted that Cloud says; “You cannot fix people who will not take feedback, because from their perspective, they do not have a problem.”
This obviously is a short post compared to what we could discuss on this topic – that is what we could use the comment section for and I would love to hear your thoughts on this topic.
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