Would I Want to be Married to Me? | Facing Your Blitz Weekly Video Devotion

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When it comes to your marriage (or your approach to relationships and dating), are you a casual consumer or a committed investor? Are you focused on yourself and what you deserve and want, or are you focused on the other person’s needs and wishes?

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

 

The Playbook:

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. You must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had. (Philippians 2:3-5, NLT)

 

Time Out:

  1. Does my selfish consuming attitude work our very well for me?  Am I causing a better or worse response in my spouse, kids or associates at work?
  2. What can I practically do daily to tap into the attitude and investor actions of Jesus?

 

Go Deep:

Want to know if you lean more towards an investor or consumer mindset? Check out the Marriage Consumer Quiz in chapter 9, “Strengthen Your Marriage,” of Facing the Blitz.

Reach out to at least one person today by investing in their needs.

Pass it on.

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Remember VHS Tapes? | Facing Your Blitz Weekly Video Devotion

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“Some people can deliver truth, but do so with no love or grace or respect…Many people can give kindness, grace, and affirmation, but they can’t fully deliver what is best for others because they can’t present the truth. Great leadership…true leadership…does both.”

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

 

The Playbook:

“If you listen to constructive criticism, you will be at home among the wise.” (Proverbs 15:31, NLT)

 

Time Out:

  1. What’s harder for you? Speaking the truth or speaking in a loving way?
  2. What’s a truth you have needed to share to a friend or family member?

 

Go Deep

Check out how Jeff’s wife Stacy applies this principle to parenting in Chapter 8 of Facing the Blitz.

Make it your goal to bless people, to build people, to lift people to be their best.  Forward this life-changing principle to a friend or family member today.

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Saturday Night with Coach Bill Walsh | Facing Your Blitz Weekly Video Devotion

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Quote:

“I can live for two months on a good compliment.”  – Mark Twain

Strategy #3: Reach Out to Others from Facing the Blitz

 

The Playbook:  

Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.     Philippians 4:8 (NIV)

 

Time Out:

  • What holds us back from compliments, praise and credit toward others?
  • What will it take (attitudinally and practically) for you to look for and record the highlights of those you love?

 

Go Deep:

Check out the power of LIFT in chapter 8 of Facing the Blitz

Look. Decide. Pass.

Be a treasure hunter.  Look for the good.  Mentally (or physically) record the positives in those close to you. Playback someone’s highlights.  Catch the positives in them and compliment/thank them/encourage them for one of their great traits.  Pass this positive highlight idea along to a friend.

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The Power of LIFT | Facing Your Blitz Weekly Video Devotion

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“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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Will Daddy Be at My Whole Birthday Party? | Facing Your Blitz Weekly Video Devotion

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My wife and I organized a cool backyard birthday party for our 5 year old son Kolby. I ran all the outdoor games and relay races. I had them crawling under army camouflage netting, flopping over hammocks and running around obstacles. It was serious boy fun.

About half way thru the party though, I had to hug Kolby goodbye, rush in the house, grab my pre packed suitcase and head off to the airport for a speech. Half a year later, with no prompting and out of the blue, Kolby posed a question he had been pondering to my wife Stacy, “Mommy, when I have my birthday party this year, will daddy be there for the whole party?”

Dads… We don’t have to be there all the time, or at everything event. But we do need to know how much it matters to them! We need to keep our word and make the special efforts.

You are the only dad they have and you are a champion to them. Be honest, Be real, be present, be intentional. Dads, I honor you and the huge impact you make.

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Start the Healing | Father’s Day Video Series

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Most all of us have a father wound of some sort or another, especially in our society with so many missing dads and fragmented families. Admitting that pain is the first step to moving past it. As soon as we do that, we can do something about it.

I learned a lot about this from my former teammate on the Seattle Seahawks, Steve Largent. Steve’s dad divorced his mom and left the family when Steve was little. For years Steve buried the pain of the wound and channeled it into his heroic work ethic and football success. Bitterness was natural…and it only increased when his dad, who had been painfully absent for decades, finally reached out to Steve one year when the Seahawks made the playoffs. His dad wanted tickets. Steve was hurt and bitter.

But, Steve’s faith in Jesus compelled him to keep growing as a person, and that meant healing relationships. Finally, a couple years later Steve initiated the healing. He approached his dad and took the road less travelled. He actually apologized to his dad for his own shortcomings and lack of respect as a son. His dad apologized as well and a father son relationship started healing from the wounds of the past. Don’t wait for your dad or son to apologize. Lead the way with an apology for anything on your end. Choose to forgive and start anew today. Face your blitz.

 

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Dad in the Overhead Compartment | Father’s Day Video series

We never went to the Super Bowl when I was on the Seattle Seahawks. Years after I retired they made their first trip to the Super Bowl. And I made it a special father-son trip for my 3rd son Kolby and me. We jumped on a United flight to Detroit and pretty soon were fascinated by two fanatical Seahawk fans. These two young men were brothers in their late 20s. They were so hyper excited I asked them why they loved the Seahawks so much. They told me it was their dad. He’d taken them to every home game when they were little, and they’d watched all the away games on TV. It was obvious they were gung ho about their dad and crazy about the Seahawks. They gushed that they couldn’t be more excited to be going to the Super Bowl, and bringing their dad. “Cool…where is he?”, I asked. “Oh, He’s in the overhead compartment. We have his ashes in a blue and green urn up there.”You’ll probably find a different way than their dad in the blue and green urn did…but you gotta do it. Be intentional. Be energetic. Be enthusiastic. Find out what they love and build traditions and memories together! HONOR YOUR FATHER 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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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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