The difference between knowing and doing… Until 90 plus days ago when I got honest and joined Overeaters Anonymous, this was my daily dilemma… I was supposed to be losing weight, yet I had dessert. I needed to make healthy eating choices yet I found myself at the Taco Bell drive thru …AGAIN! Is it because I am weak willed and cannot control my sugar addiction? Nope, it’s the fact that I continued to choose my selfish and self-centered will over seeking God’s will. My heart KNOWS what I need to do, but my head does it anyway. This is not only the difference between knowing and doing, but also why my character defects left unchecked keep me unhealthy and in self-will. Do you have things you are doing that you know you should not be?... Check your experience… . “Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character” Big Book Step 6, Pg 59 Lord, let us give you our weaknesses and temptations in return for strength and support to stay in Your will for us, AMEN. I want to do what is good, but I don’t. I don’t want to do what is wrong, but I do it anyway.” Romans 7: 19 Have a blessed day y’all! Furniture Bank has been nominated for nonprofit of the year!! WE NEED YOUR VOTES!!!!! AZ Foothills Magazine will be giving away a media sponsorship package to the winner! 1 vote per email address per day now through April 27 https://www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com/nonprofit-of-the-year-2018/voting/227.html

Is your battery fully charged? … 20 plus years ago when cell phones were new, they were an oddity and not accepted yet as a necessity, rather just an expensive “toy” if you will. Now days they are in everyone’s hands. They are our time keepers, personal assistants and sadly in ever growing numbers, our main form of communication and connection with others. What is funny to me is that with all this technology in our hands, we are now a society dependent on electrical outlets! Tour any airport for the best example of this! We are reduced to depending on the electrical outlet to give us the power we need to run our lives electronically. I am sure this will change in a few years but it’s a great example of where our dependence for power rests. What about our spiritual lives? How and where are we drawing our power from? Red Bulls are great but I am not receiving the spiritual boost I need from the little metal can. Self-help books are great supplements, but alone by themselves, the needed power is not there. God is our power source when it comes to things spiritual and especially when we face life’s, twists, turns, trials, and temptations in our daily lives. Plug into His Word and Promises and recharge. … Check your experience… “Much has already been said about receiving strength, inspiration, and direction from Him who has all knowledge and power.” Big Book pg 85 Lord, thank you for being our never-ending source of power, energy, and life, AMEN. “He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.” Isaiah 40:29 Have a blessed day y'all! Pastor Mark’s next book is here! Daily Devotions with passages from the Big Book and Bible as they apply to our daily lives. Amazon Kindle edition is available here Just $4.99 and….EVERY PENNY goes to our nonprofit 501c3 Furniture Bank! Please help us help other and grab a copy today! https://smile.amazon.com/Daily-Devotions-Pastor-Mark-Devotionals/dp/1980273847/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1520092403&sr=8-2&keywords=pastor+mark+farley

Thought battles... Perhaps you don't experience this type of thought, but this thought still tries to negatively influence me from time to time. It's a thought born of self-will and fueled by fear, and lack of faith. The thought comes and tries to convince me that I am not good enough and or I don't have what it takes. Thank goodness for the Holy Spirit living in my heart! It reminds me that faith overpowers fear and if I just seek God’s will and not my own, it will turn out just fine. Guess what? It does! How do you handle your doubts? Are they fueled by fear and self-driven thinking? ... Check your experience. .... "I had needed and wanted God. There had been a humble willingness to have Him with me-and He came." Big Book pg 12 Lord thank you for you Holy Spirit residing in our hearts to help us quiet fears and doubt, AMEN. "For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love” 2 Timothy 1:7 Have a blessed day y'all! Furniture Bank has been nominated for nonprofit of the year!! WE NEED YOUR VOTES!!!!! AZ Foothills Magazine will be giving away a media sponsorship package to the winner! 1 vote per email address per day now through April 27 https://www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com/nonprofit-of-the-year-2018/voting/227.html

Is it time for "Spring Cleaning"? ... January has come and gone, perhaps the "resolutions" we made followed suit too. When March arrives thoughts of Spring Cleaning begin to fill our minds. Have you ever considered a spiritual spring cleaning? Sure we can pray for changes in our life circumstances and trust me, God is ready, able, and willing to bring the needed changes in our lives... BUT ....He cannot bring about these changes until we roll up our sleeves and participate in our own "spring cleaning". We must willingly look at and take action to rid our lives of toxic behaviors, actions, and thoughts. ... Check your experience… "There has been a revolutionary change in their way of living and thinking." Big Book pg 50 Lord please help us be willing to provide the needed efforts and actions to bring about the needed changes in our lives, AMEN. "So get rid of all the filth and evil in your lives, and humbly accept the word God has planted in your hearts, for it has the power to save your souls." James 1:21 Have a blessed day y’all! THERE IS STILL TIME to get your 2017 AZ Tax Credit! YES for 2017! Come on now….MAKE A DIFFERENCE! $400 provides furniture to make a house into a home for our clients and families escaping homelessness and hopelessness. Furniture Bank is a 501c3 public charity and every penny donated goes toward helping our families, veterans, and individuals in need. We are in the hand-UP business and not the HANDOUT GAME! You can donate any amount for a tax deduction and tax receipt, BUT…. a gift of either $400 as an individual or $800 as a couple to Furniture Bank, Inc. a 501c3 public charity, can also reduce your tax bill to the State of Arizona by that amount dollar for dollar! Visit our website www.FurnitureBank.us and click on the PayPal button for a secure transaction and tax receipt that will follow within 48 hours. Please help us help others! We are in the hand-UP business and not the HANDOUT GAME! Please help us help others! http://www.furniturebank.us/arizona-tax-credit.html

Walk your talk… In today’s world of social media you can share your every activity with the world on Facebook, post photos of your meals on a host of public sites like Instagram, and even broadcast your workout routines and progress for all to see on MyFitnessPal and other aps. What is weird to me is that we all want to look and see! I mean, really, I love my friends and family, but I could really care less what their gourmet healthy salad looks like, or that they are… whatever their current Facebook status is! It seems our lives have become broadcast material for all to see. In some ways, I feel this is a good thing. Leading a transparent life is a Spiritual principle and helps us to be accountable for our actions and deeds. However, with the ability of social media to show our lives to others instantly, we now must be aware that we live in a fishbowl and others can see our actions and measure them against our words. Now more than ever, it’s important for us to walk our talk!.. How’s this working out for you?.. Check your experience… . “As we go through the day we pause, when agitated or doubtful, and ask for the right thought or action.” Big Book pg 87 Lord, let us live transparently through seeking Your will for us daily, AMEN. “You can’t keep your true self hidden forever; before long you’ll be exposed. You can’t hide behind a religious mask forever; sooner or later the mask will slip and your true face will be known. You can’t whisper one thing in private and preach the opposite in public;” Luke 12:3 Have a blessed day y’all! WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE WHATS INSIDE!! Miss Tami of Rubble Revival and Pat from Salvage Co. are at it again! They have picked the country for AMERICA'S BEST VINTAGE, packed it up into GIANT shipping containers and dropped them in Queen Creek, AZ just for you! Visit our NEW location, THIS FRIDAY & SATURDAY from 9 AM to 4 PM each day • 16707 E Happy Rd, Queen Creek, AZ 85142 (inside Rezzonico Hay Sales) Y’all gotta see this! www.RubbleRevival.com

Are we producing good fruits? ... We are the product of our thoughts, actions, and behaviors. Actors play roles and assume traits of the characters they are portraying. I think I began to learn this when I realized that the 6 Million Dollar Man was not real when I was young. We are who we are and even though we can be tempted to hide behind a work role or a hobby role, God sees and knows us no matter what. We become the product of our actions, thoughts, and behaviors. If we are full of anger, resentment, and tend spout negative words, we become that angry miserable person that others avoid. If we look for the good and continuously focus on helping others then we tend to have the transparent life that others see and trust. What kind of fruits are you producing? ...Check your experience. ... "He was on different footing. His roots grasped a new soil." Big Book pg 12 Lord help us to produce your spiritual fruits of kindness, trust, and grace, AMEN. "Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad; for the tree is known by its fruit." Matthew 12:33 Have a blessed day y'all! Furniture Bank has been nominated for non profit of the year!! WE NEED YOUR VOTES!!!!! AZ Foothills Magazine will be giving away a media sponsorship package to the winner! 1 vote per email address per day now through April 27 https://www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com/nonprofit-of-the-year-2018/voting/227.html

Is your heart attractive? …It’s fun living with a teenager. Watching our daughter spend time attending to her looks made my heart smile to see that she is now at that age where she wants to put her best appearance forward, no matter what the occasion. I still do not totally get the outfits, but thank goodness her mother does! Miss Kai is so appearance conscious that I even get tips on how I can dress better. I am glad to know that while it’s good to pay attention to our outward appearance, it’s even more important to pay attention to our internal and spiritual appearance. Is our heart attractive and full of good thoughts and God’s will or are we trying to hide our selfish desires there and keep them covered in false words and deeds? God can see our hearts and knows us better than we can ever imagine. … Check your experience… “Here was something at work in a human heart which had done the impossible.” Big Book pg 11 Lord, open our hearts for a spring cleaning to rid us of selfish wants and desires that can guide us away from Your grace and peace, AMEN. “But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.” 1 Samuel 16:7 Have a blessed day y’all! Pastor Mark’s next book is here! Daily Devotions with passages from the Big Book and Bible as they apply to our daily lives. Amazon Kindle edition is available here Just $4.99 and….EVERY PENNY goes to our nonprofit 501c3 Furniture Bank! Please help us help other and grab a copy today! https://smile.amazon.com/Daily-Devotions-Pastor-Mark-Devotionals/dp/1980273847/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1520092403&sr=8-2&keywords=pastor+mark+farley