Heppner Motivation

John 13:7 states, “Jesus replied, ‘You don’t understand now what I am doing, but someday you will.’”

Matthew 7:5

Reflecting on yesterday’s sermon…The main thing that stuck out to me was the fact to aim higher.  To illustrate, think of a high jumper trying to get over a bar. Depending on your relationship with Him, you can raise the bar on your own and settle for more, or you remove it completely because you don’t believe there is a bar.  No matter how you look at it, the only way to get over the bar is through Jesus.

PK said, “Jesus in His grace lifts us over the bar.”  What does this mean exactly?  It means that through Jesus’s sacrifice on the cross and our belief in Him, He will lift us over the bar for a life that’s filled with so much joy we can’t even fathom.  For some of us, this is difficult to understand because we’ve never fully given ourselves away to Christ.  However, no matter what, each and every one of us can be redeemed through Christ Jesus.

There’s one catch though.  In order to get over the bar and eventually help others how to get over the bar, we have to make sure that all of our own issues are addressed.  For me, my main issue is my anger.  I often times lash out in anger or lose my temper when I know I’m so much better than that.  And let me clear the air now, I never physically hurt anyone.  It’s all through my words, and that’s just as painful to the ones I love.  So, my #aimhighergoal is to calm myself and reset anytime I feel anger coming.  One trick that I’ve heard from #MelRobbins is to use the #5secondrule.  This basically states to count to 5 anytime I feel my issue coming along.  It obviously goes much deeper than that but at least you get the point.

So, to wrap things up.  Strive to aim higher.  Where in your life can you aim higher?  Read more books?  Study more?  Spend more quality time with your family?  Calm yourself when you’re feeling angry?  Whatever it is, #aimhigher.  

John 9

You know the feeling.  You wake up to a beautiful sunrise and you just think to yourself, “Wow.  I serve an incredible God.”  For me, this is a very real reality.  For others though, not so much, unfortunately.

John 8

Judgment occurs in many formats, methods, mediums, etc.  But why?  Why do we judge one another?  Lack of understanding?  Personal opinion on the world?  What is it?

John 7

Jesus is the living water that satisfies our thirst.  But what exactly does this mean?

It means that through faith in Him, we can have a faith that is so filled with joy, peace, and comfort, that we’re overflowing with the living water.  It means that when we’re filled with the living water, we can resist temptation and honor Him.

But say may say, “I do have faith in Jesus, and I’m still not feeling at peace with things.  I’m so anxious about the next step.”  Whenever this happens, you have to remember that we’re human.  We’re going to doubt, make mistakes, and feel anxious.  Trust me...I know.

During my current season of life, I am feeling an overwhelming amount of anxiety for what God wants from me next.  is it to stay at my current job?  Find a new one?  Build up my own business to where it sustains me?  Trade penny stocks?  Build up my Shopify businesses?  There are so many things running through my head and it scares the sh*t out of me.

But, anytime I’m feeling this way, God has a way of calming me down and reminding me of how incredibly powerful He truly is.  Through His scripture, God constantly brings me back down to earth and illustrates His love for me.

John 6

How often do we find ourselves questioning, doubting, and simply frustrated?  Geez, I know I do.  Especially lately.  In today’s #quiettime, I’m focusing on John 6 and rediscovering what it means to trust in God explicitly.  Although I will falter, the main point is to never give up.

In the beginning of this chapter, it begins with Jesus feeding 5,000 men (not even including the women & children, which probably doubles this amount).  But the story I want to focus on in this situation is when Jesus tests Philip.  Read carefully what I mean in verse 6 after Jesus already asked Philip how to feed these people, “He was testing Philip, for He already knew what he was going to do.”  Jesus ALREADY knew what Philip was going to do, but He challenged him anyway.

Do you feel like that?  Like God is testing us for something?  I know for me He’s testing me in my faith at this current moment in time.  It’s certainly not easy, but it’s necessary.  So...what will my response be?

Later in this story, the disciples were crossing the lake to find Jesus, however, a storm began and created massive waves.  This is obviously a very scary situation and potential disaster was bound to happen.  But in verse 20, Jesus reassures His disciples that He is there and to not be afraid.  This verse speaks volumes because no matter what happens in my life, or where I feel like I’m headed, God is always right beside me.  So why do I still feel anxious, worried, scared?  Well...I’m human.  I’m going to stumble, fall, screw up.  That’s just how it is.  But with God’s help and everlasting life with Him, I don’t need to stress about those poor decisions.  Rather, learn from them, and try to be a better person each day.

In verse 27, Jesus again reassures the people he’s teaching.  “But you shouldn’t be so concerned about perishable things like food.  Spend your energy seeking the eternal life that I, the Son of Man, can give you.  For God, the Father has sent me for that very purpose.”  Wow.  What else needs to be said about this?  If God is telling me not to worry...why do I continue to do so?  And again the answer is...I’m human.  Each step of my growth begins as I respond to God’s love for me.

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