Actions or Intentions … 

Perhaps you are free of this, or have no issues with it, but it’s an age-old twist on our thinking that causes a lot of us to become resentful, jealous, envious, or even bitter. We want people to judge us by our intentions while we choose to judge others by their actions. It’s another condition of being human. 

The solution is pretty simple. 

We must own this twist of thinking and correct it through our own actions and efforts and not our intentions. 

Think about it; are we able to see the results of others’ or our own intentions? 

I INTENDED to lose weight…. I INTENDED to get my college degree…. I INTENDED to be a better husband and father….. 

It carries no lasting effects. 

Only actions on our part bring the desired and needed results. … 

Check your experience. … 

“It is easy to let up on the spiritual program of action and rest on our laurels.” Big Book pg 85 

Lord let us put actions behind our efforts to be better people, seeking Your will and not our own, AMEN. 

"let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.” 1 John 3:18 

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Pray for its growth to provide helping hearts and willing hands to our organizations that need help! 

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Pray to WANT what we get INSTEAD of to GET what we want!

Focus… 

It’s amazing to me how elite athletes stay focused on their game despite the distractions all around them, or how actors and artists keep their focus on their craft and avoid distractions. It’s a great testimony to how focus leads to the end result. 

Spiritually speaking, we have the same opportunity with our focus. 

Practice in prayer over the years has taught me that when I focus my prayer life on being in tune with God’s will for the person, place, thing, or situation I am praying for...

 

I get the blessing to be free from praying to GET what I WANT and instead I have the Spirit, 

heart, and mind to WANT what I GET from my prayers. 

How’s this working out for you? Check your experience… 

“praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.” Big Book pg 59 

Lord. Let us pray to want what we get instead of praying to get what we want, AMEN. 

“Pray in the Spirit at all times and on every occasion.” Ephesians 6:18 

 Furniture Bank Continues to help those in need! 

Until we are clear from the world heath challenges, Furniture Bank is neither accepting nor scheduling pick-ups of donated items. 

We are using our cash reserves to order new items that can be drop shipped and delivered to our clients. 

Furniture Bank is a 501c3 public charity and every penny donated goes toward helping our families, veterans, and individuals in need. 

Please help us continue to help others! 

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"For wherever your treasure is, there will your heart be also." Luke 12:34 

I enjoy this verse because it brings me instant perspective along with a truthful reminder to watch my motives and efforts. 

When I am struggling, frustrated, stressed, and just plain mad reflecting on this verse gives me the path I need to take to find happiness and let go of whatever it is that is causing these negative emotions and feelings inside of me. 

Do I WANT to look at myself at times like this? 

Heck no! I like to sit in anger and resentment and focus on the wrongs that I perceive being done to me! 

I have learned that I must first look at my attitude in order to restore order to my mind and peace to my soul. 

I look at my motives first. I ask myself what I am trying to gain, get, or avoid through my actions, attitudes, desires, and behaviors. I next look at my efforts. Am I sitting in the negativity of the situation? Am I refusing to see the other side? 

Am I willing to accept this person, place, thing, or situation exactly as it is for this moment and refocus my mind toward the positive attitude I need to move on? 

This is when I learn firsthand where my “treasure” is. When I look at my motives and efforts, I can see where my heart is! 

Lord let us fill our hearts with the treasures of Your Truth, Grace, and Love, AMEN. 

“As we felt new power flow in, as we enjoyed peace of mind, as we discovered we could face life successfully, as we became conscious of His presence, we began to lose our fear of today, tomorrow or the hereafter.” Big Book pg 63 

How about a daily dose of hope and inspired thought? 

Join me in looking at the things we face daily with passages from both the Big Book and Bible! 

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Right actions... 

It's a fact of life that things don't happen unless we provide the efforts and actions. We have to work to support ourselves and our loved ones. We have to put the right foods in our bodies in order to be healthy. 

It's the same in our Spiritual life and growth. We have to provide the actions in the forms of prayer, grace, and humble motives so the Lord can see that we are freely providing our own efforts to meet His will. ...Check your experience. ... . 

"Before we begin, we ask God to direct our thinking, especially asking that it be divorced from self-pity, dishonest or self-seeking motives." Big Book pg 86 

Lord let us come to you in prayer with open hearts and minds, AMEN. 

“And when you pray, .your Father in heaven knows what you need before you ask him." Matthew 6:7-8 

How about a daily dose of hope and inspired thought? 

Join me in looking at the things we face daily with passages from both the Big Book and Bible! 

Every penny goes to support Faith Through Works Fellowship ministries including Furniture Bank! 

Order today and help us help others! 

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Have a blessed day y'all!! 

When we mind what matters, what matters will be on our mind… 

It’s pretty easy to see what matters us. Just look at who we associate with and what we tend to do. 

The things that we focus on as well as the people places, things, and situations we seek are a great indicator of what matters to us. 

It’s a spiritual principle that what we allow to influence us shapes our attitudes, thoughts, behaviors, and ultimately our life. 

I learned long ago and it’s still shared in AA and most 12 step meetings to this day that...

 when we mind what matters, what matters will be on our mind… 

Check your experience… 

“Here was something at work in a human heart which had done the impossible.” Big Book pg 11 

Lord, let us fill our hearts with the things that matter most to us, AMEN. 

“For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” Matthew 6:21 

Looking to volunteer or plug into an existing helping opportunity in the Greater Phoenix AZ area? 

Visit Servants Hearts! 

It’s a free site to help connect folks with volunteer and helping opportunities! 

Furniture Bank and Spiritual Solutions Group are pleased to sponsor and share this free helping service from Faith Through Works Fellowship. 

Pray for its growth to provide helping hearts and willing hands to our organizations that need help! 

http://aservantsheart.us

Have a blessed day y’all! 

Check your motives and efforts..... 

Have you ever been in a situation where the harder you try the further behind you get? It's frustrating not only because you are wasting tons of effort, but also it is not very enjoyable. 

Have you ever considered that perhaps your motives for doing this may be based on the wrong things and that is why the efforts are not bringing results? 

My best example was trying to lose weight but never changing my diet. Sure…I go longer at the gym, yet I continue to eat more carbs and junk. 

Perhaps it's different for you, but I have learned to check my motives to make sure they are good and then see that my efforts match up... 

Check your experience... 

"We ask God to direct our thinking, especially asking that it be divorced from self-pity, dishonest or self-seeking motives." Big Book pg 85

Lord, let us check our motives to make sure they align with Your will for us and not our selfish wants, AMEN. 

"…and as long as he sought the Lord, God made him prosper." 2 Chronicles 26: 5 

 Furniture Bank Continues to help those in need! 

Until we are clear from the world heath challenges, Furniture Bank is neither accepting nor scheduling pick-ups of donated items. 

We are using our cash reserves to order new items that can be drop shipped and delivered to our clients. 

Furniture Bank is a 501c3 public charity and every penny donated goes toward helping our families, veterans, and individuals in need. 

Please help us continue to help others! 

http://www.furniturebank.us/arizona-tax-credit.html

Have a blessed Day y’all!

The blame game... 

It's because of them, or they made this happen, leads to the famous, 'it's not MY FAULT'. 

Think about it, we all tend to have these feelings from time to time and it's very easy to garner support from others when we share this thinking. 

Now while it is true we cannot control what other people, places, situations, or things do or say,...

 We CAN control how we allow it to affect us in our actions and attitudes. 

This is why God allows us to keep our free will even after we turn it over to Him. He wants us to have the ability to use our gifts and grace to not become "sheeple" getting caught up in the emotions of the moment blaming them and they. 

Rather, He wants us to look inside ourselves and choose how we respond... Check your experience... 

"That is how we react so long as we keep in fit spiritual condition." Big Book pg 85 

Lord, let us control how we react and respond using the grace You have given us, AMEN. 

"There is nothing that enters a man from outside which can defile him; but the things which come out of him, those are the things that defile a man." Mark 7:15 

How about a daily dose of hope and inspired thought? 

Join me in looking at the things we face daily with passages from both the Big Book and Bible! 

Every penny goes to support Faith Through Works Fellowship ministries including Furniture Bank! 

Order today and help us help others! 

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=pastor+mark+farley&ref=nb_sb_noss

Have a blessed day y’all!