The Power of LIFT | Facing Your Blitz Weekly Video Devotion

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Quote:

“My father always gave me the vision that any situation can be improved. Any problem can be overcome. Any goal can be accomplished. Any blitz can be beaten. Any trial can bring deeper meaning or growth. We can change. That’s LIFT—“Life Is For Transformation.”

—Facing the Blitz, Strategy #3: Reach out to Others

The Playbook:

Let us think of ways to motivate one another to acts of love and good works.

Hebrews 10:24, NLT

Time Out:

  1. Who do you admire or know who represents a lifestyle and leadership style of lift?
  2. What will you need to do differently to encourage, stimulate and prompt hope, love, kindness and excellence in the people around you?

Go Deep:

You can find out how to leverage the power of LIFT at home, work, and with anyone in chapter 8 of Facing the Blitz.
Regardless of how tough your day is, make it a goal to LIFT up 2 or 3 spirits today.

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Honor Your Dad—Always Improve | Facing Your Blitz Weekly Video Devotion

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Today’s FACING YOUR BLITZ devotional from Jeff Kemp is a special Father’s Day edition. In today’s devotional, Jeff shares some of the things his dad, Jack Kemp, did well and is open about some of the things he didn’t do well. Then, Jeff challenges himself and other dads to not let the shortfalls in our fatherhood keep us from improving as dads, no matter our age or our children’s age. All of us can continually improve and that includes us, dad.

There is no guide for this week’s devotional to download.

“Honor your father and mother. Then you will live a long, full life in the land the Lord your God is giving you. – Exodus 20:12, NLT

How have you honored your father? Our friends at the Fatherhood CoMission have been promoting a great campaign for fathers – Honor Your Father Today. Check out the Honor Your Father Today website and view some of the videos from guys like Tony Dungy, Kirk Cameron, Dr. John Trent, Dennis Rainey and many more. Dennis Rainey has also written a book called The Forgotten Commandment about honoring parents. If you’ve never taken the time to write a tribute to your father (or mother) maybe the best gift you can give your dad this Father’s Day is not another tie but something that tells him what he has meant to you. He doesn’t have to have been perfect for you to tell him “thank you” for what he has done for you. And, if it’s been a real tough relationship, maybe this year you can take the first step in honoring your dad by just asking God to forgive you for the bitterness and to help you be released from those memories and to move forward. Remember, God did not suggest we honor our parents but he commanded it! That doesn’t mean condoning or pretending some of the bad things never happened but rather it means letting God be the One who judges and takes care of the issues between Him and your earthly dad. It will free your soul.

Tell us in the comments how you’ve honored your dad. Share how you’ve overcome some of the father wound blitzes to be at peace despite difficult circumstances with your father. Or, share how your dad left a powerfully positive legacy for you.

From all of us here at FACING YOUR BLITZ, a very happy Father’s Day to every father who is doing the best he can to intentionally lead his family.

 

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My Worst Fan Letter | Facing Your Blitz Weekly Video Devotion

In this week’s Facing Your Blitz devotional, I share a “fan letter” I received while playing with the San Francisco 49ers as the backup to Joe Montana. I learned some valuable lessons from that letter and wanted to share some things I hope you can use in your daily life! Use this devotional for some personal reflection or start a small group discussion. I’m excited you are checking this out and hope it helps you as you and those you love face life’s blitzes! Please share it with others if you find this of value!!

Quote:

“Reality must be faced. We are not what we do, whom we work for, or who the public sees us to be. We’re persons with spirits, souls, personalities, emotions, stories, wounds, fears, virtues, strengths, and weaknesses. To understand these things about ourselves is to know ourselves. We become free to live at peace with others, to live with contentment, not dependent upon circumstances, and to handle the losses in life —including the loss of certain dreams.”

—Facing the Blitz, Strategy #1: Take a Long Term View

 

The Playbook:

For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.

Ephesians 2:10 (NLT)

 

Time-Out:

  • Do you measure yourself by what you accomplish and how people view you?

 

  • What’s one way you would live differently if you didn’t worry so much about what people thought of you?

 

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Go Deep:

You can discover more on how to create a big vision out of broken dreams in chapter 3 of Facing the Blitz.

Look around and make it your goal to make others feel like first string, like valuable masterpieces. Lifting other up will help you feel like more than just a back-up player.

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Dead Generator | Facing Your Blitz Weekly Video Devotion

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Quote:

C. S. Lewis once said, “You don’t have a soul. You are a soul. You have a body.”

 

The Playbook:

 I have strength for all things in Christ Who empowers me [I am ready for anything and equal to anything through Him Who infuses inner strength into me; I am sufficient in Christ’s sufficiency].

Philippians 4:13

 

“I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.”  – Jesus

John 15:5

 

Time Out:

  1. Why does God let me struggle on my own, even when I seem to be trying to do the right thing?
  2. Throw around some ideas about how to be reliably and consistently plugged into Jesus and His power.

Go Deep:

It’s hard, if not impossible, to deal with blitzes without our Creator. Plug in to Him today and encourage others to do the same.

 

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To get this video and devotional guide delivered to your inbox each Monday, SUBSCRIBE TODAY.

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