March 2016 - Jeff Kemp Team

Quarterbacks & Receivers…Investors not Consumers | Facing Your Blitz Weekly Video Devotion

Devotionals, Facing Your Blitz Devotional

Have you been waiting for your spouse to apologize? Have you been hoping he or she would treat you better? Have you been hoping your kids would quit frustrating or disappointing you? You probably need this message.

Game Plan:

“Don’t be selfish; don’t try to impress others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves. Don’t look out only for your own interests, but take an interest in others, too.” Philippians 2:3-4, NLT

Time Out:

Have you built up a list of expectations that’s way longer for others than yourself? Do you think you deserve better than this? Are people letting you down? Here’s a wakeup call: ARE YOU LIVING LIKE A CONSUMER? Relationships are to be invested in, not consumed from.

Go Deep:

Ask God to kill your pride and selfishness. Admit. Apologize. Ask forgiveness. Invite God to help you become an investor. Change your mindset. Set some new expectations and high standards. Decide to demonstrate more kindness, more gentleness, more consideration and more honesty wrapped in love. Be an investor, not a consumer. Be first to apologize. First to forgive. First to compliment.

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Throwing the Perfect Pass | Facing Your Blitz Weekly Video Devotion

Devotionals, Facing Your Blitz Devotional

Do you often get disappointed by people? Are you frustrated with certain people? Have you gotten lazy or fallen into some negative habits in how you speak to the people you love, and to people in general? Maybe its time to raise your standards…for yourself, not others.

Game Plan:

“Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.” Ephesians 4:29 NIV

Time Out:

Are you a person of high standards and high expectations? OK. But, are your standards and expectations mostly about how other people treat you? The key to great relationships and thriving in life is to demonstrate high standards in how you speak to and treat other people. It’s way more successful, and less frustrating, to build your expectations around what you can control…how you consider, speak to, encourage and build up other people.

Remind yourself every morning to be an investor in relationships, not a consumer.

Go Deep:

Go to the notes section of your phone or laptop, or get a pen and paper out. Write down three standards for how you want to treat and speak to people. Remind yourself every morning to be an investor in relationships, not a consumer. Stop expecting perfection from other people. Expect more from yourself…more kindness, more truth and more encouragement

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Drop Desire for Dignity | Facing Your Blitz Weekly Videvo

Devotionals, Facing Your Blitz Devotional

You probably have some lingering pain or bitterness over being snubbed or disrespected. This story and message is about how to break free from the pain and chains of having to please, impress or get the credit in life.

Game Plan:

“Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.” Philippians 2:5-8 (ESV)

Time Out:

If the only perfect man in history didn’t get any dignity when he first left this world, perhaps we should let go of our desire for “dignity”. Do you strive to get credit, significance and approval? Does it bug you when you don’t get what you think you “deserve”? Consider what Jesus, God Himself, gave up and endured so that we could be rescued and healed by His love.

If the only perfect man in history didn’t get any dignity when he first left this world, perhaps we should let go of our desire for dignity.

Go Deep:

Have a talk with God and attempt to adequately thank Him for what Jesus sacrificed and endured for you. Think about each of the areas in life that you complain about. Decide to drop your self-centered quest for credit, dignity and praise. This is all about humility. As you humble yourself, you will treat others better. You’ll serve and lead like Jesus. You are and will be significant in His eyes…the true audience that matters.