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May-11-2020 | MJY StrategiesThe Top Priority For Reforming Chaos
Good business’s and productive people work out of priorities. What is the priority of the church?
Because none of us have been in a present day global lockdown before, and because there is still much not known about the coronavirus we are facing, it is hard for any of us to be an accurate voice on what the next 1-5 years hold. Knowing our priorities can help us make better choices.
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May-03-2020 | MJY StrategiesKnowledge Fails
There are many smart and educated people, and even many people who love God, on differing sides of politics and COVID 19 protocols. People with different positions and convictions who know the facts and have the expertise. Who is right?
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Apr-27-2020 | MJY StrategiesWhat is your M.O. & X.O.? — Considering our modus operandi and executive orders
1. Is your modus operandi (M.O.) getting you to your destination?
2. Is the modus operandi of the church working?
3. Do you know what your X.O. (executive order from God) is?
4. What is the X.O. of the church in this season?
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Apr-20-2020 | MJY StrategiesHow To Respond To A Severe Pruning Moment
Have you ever experience a moment when life took you down out of nowhere? “For there is hope for a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that its shoots will not cease (Job 14:7). Nothing is truly dead unless pronounced dead by God. Even in death, there is strong hope of resurrection.
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Apr-12-2020 | MJY StrategiesBreaking Free of Money’s Power
Do not make the mistake of thinking we are innocent of the subtle undertow in cultural values of spiritual powers like money. We need to break out from the power of money and our propensity to trust it and love it. We are called to something much more beautiful than money.
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Apr-07-2020 | MJY StrategiesHow Evil Matures in the World and God’s Bailout Package
How we think about sin will impact our understanding of societal transformation and of what our work really is as followers of Jesus participating in the systems of the world. It also impacts our understanding of why Jesus became a curse on our behalf and his heaven-backed bailout package for the human race.
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Mar-29-2020 | MJY StrategiesInsights on How to Live in a Broken World System (From an Old Jewish Prophet)
It's obvious our national and global systems are broken. They cannot be fixed in a permanent way. God still uses these systems. He offers solutions for them He even displays his care for people through them. He helps us build lives in smack in the middle of these flawed systems to express Jesus’ return and restoration of all things.
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Mar-22-2020 | MJY StrategiesNavigating Wisely
Wisdom — seven ways to assess the many negative and positive voices we are hearing and four way to move forward in the season we live in.
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Mar-15-2020 | MJY StrategiesPowerful Voices With Perspectives We Need
What should be your and my response to COVID 19? Here are some thoughts from a variety of leaders in the church. There are so many amazing voices out there right now and these are just a few that I’ve personally chosen to share with you.
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Mar-08-2020 | MJY StrategiesThe “Sky is Falling” COVID 19
The "sky is falling" with COVID 19. Our perception of the world is shifting and with that comes fear. What are some things you can do to overcome your fears today, buck the trend, and act in kindness?
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Jan-21-2020 | Sports MissionsWhen Accomplishment Counts
Since I live in Nashville but our family have followed the KC Chiefs for years, I named Chiefs my fav team for the playoff semifinals game but the Titans, the team I would root for because of how the way it impacts our city. Could we get creative and learn to see and to love both sides in a rivalry? Maybe we would get more wins in life that way. The rest of this blog examines what real accomplishment could look like.
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Jan-11-2020 | MJY StrategiesThe Purpose of Conflict
The purpose of conflict should not be to take out the person we are in conflict with, but to destroy the weapon—the disagreement—creating the conflict. Let’s make sure conflict focuses us on the true enemy.
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Jan-04-2020 | MJY StrategiesDoubly Anointed to Live in 2020
Double portion anointing. We often think about this like a double portion of charisma gifts but is that the only way to view this? Our inclination is to recall Elisha received after his mentor Elijah the prophet departed. Consider that we have “both Christ in us” and “Christ around us.” The Christ means The Anointed
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Dec-31-2019 | MJY StrategiesThe Gaps In My Conversation
A chasm exists between us and others. It’s called communication. We sit down for coffee or a meal and talk we try to find places to relate, to connect in a way that feels real. As we connect, it encourages us; the more we feel heard and understood or feel we can hear and understand. Did
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Dec-29-2019 | MJY StrategiesEnemies or Friends?
The picture is of Zoe Guasa and myself. We are both advocates and do workshops for leaders and communities on Love Your Enemy (LYE). The setting is a remote village that has some great LYE stories. Did you every have an enemy who later became a good friend? Did you every have a very good
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