Category Archives: General
My Cheat Sheet
This is the tool I used to help memorize my notes for Sunday. I thought you might be interested to see something behind the scenes. Click box for bigger version.
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Must Learn Focus!
(Originally posted 2008)
One of my favorite movies of my childhood is Karate Kid. I always wanted to find an old Japanese man to teach me karate after watching that movie. One of Mr Miyagi’s first lessons to Daniel was, “Focus Daniel-san!” Daniel was punching and kicking all over the place and he wasn’t landing any of them. He could punch hard and kick hard (just ask Johnny) BUT each punch and kick was wasted when not focused.
Tiger Woods won his 5th PGA tournament in a row this past weekend. He is known for his mental toughness and focus. He has enormous talent, but talent is useless if you don’t have focus. His golf talent doesn’t wake him up at 5am to hit the driving range. His golf talent doesn’t keep his mind centered on hitting the ball when people are distracting and other golfers are winning.
Maybe the ability to focus is a talent. If it is, I believe it is one that you can learn and practice. You might not be able to add talent, but you can set your mind to practice and be the best you can be. You can use and invest the talent that you have.
What are you focused on? What is it that you know you must accomplish whether anything else gets accomplished or not? When it comes to ministry, I believe we must all be focused on the task at hand. God’s power and anointing is ready to touch and chose you. That is not questionable. His power was poured out in Acts chapter 2. It has been flowing ever since. So, you don’t have to worry if God is ready.
Whether you have been given 5 talents, 2 talents, or 1 talent you need to learn to focus and use the amount you have been given. Don’t throw them around wildly. Don’t use them for whatever just pops up.
“Must learn focus, blogger-san!”
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We all break the same
The story of New York Govenor Eliot Spitzer reminds me of another great song by Mutemath. “We All Break the Same”
Mr. Spitzer was well known as an Attorney General that “went after” corruption. In fact here is a quote from cnn.com, ” Spitzer, whose squeaky-clean image as a corporate corruption-buster made him a rising Democratic star”
A few years ago, there was the story of the astronaut that traveled across the country in some weird stalking, sexual story. I remember hearing news anchors and “talking heads” saying that she was well educated. After all to become an astronaut, you can’t be dumb. But, being dumb and being smart has nothing to do with falling and breaking.
“We All Break The Same”
the crowds roll by
and im falling in
everyone’s invicible
but its just pretend
and we all freaked out
what a shame
when only tears
know how
to remind us we all break the same
we all break the same
and we all break the same
and everything we’ve built
could be our demise
it’s the sticks and stones
that wear us down
that often save our lives
the different stars tonight
will somehow fade the same
and all the tears we cry
tell us we’re made the same
and when we fall aside
let’s hope we fall in place
we built our different lives
but they all break the same
oh different worlds
and different hearts
and different souls
and different parts
and we all
we all break the same
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Robin Steele 