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[James @blvrinms]

@Fletch1171 @SweatPantsJohny @BornABuckeye330 @howertonjosh Aka a veiled cowardly post. No one read this and got courageous vibes. But ok

[James @blvrinms]

@nickblevins Is this available in hardback yet?
Getting ready to order a few more copies

[James @blvrinms]

Fewer molecules at the weak point.
Strength in numbers!

[Kevin DeShazo @KevinDeShazo]

I recently learned about a Prince Rupert's Drop.

A piece of glass so tough on one end it withstands a hydraulic press. Yet the other end is so fragile that one touch and the whole thing explodes.

Good lesson for leaders/teams.
Where are you fragile?

[James @blvrinms]

So true

[Andy Andrews @AndyAndrews]

A lot of people are waiting to feel confident before they take action.

I understand that. I've done it myself.

We tell ourselves that once we're more prepared, more certain, or more qualified, then we'll move forward. Then we'll make the call, start the project, have the conversation, or take the first step.

Years ago, my friend Jones helped me see the flaw in that thinking.

He pointed out that many people spend so much time worrying about what they can't do...that they forget what they can do. Then, because they focus on their limitations, they begin to doubt their value. Before long, they stop moving altogether.

What Jones understood is that confidence is rarely the starting point.

More often, confidence is the result of having started.
You help someone. You solve a problem. You finish a task. You keep a promise. Little by little, you begin to remember that you’re capable of more than you thought.

The truth is, confidence doesn't always create action.

But action will create confidence.

And sometimes, one small step is all it takes to remind you of the value you possessed all along.

[Mark Chironna @markchironna]

The Spirit does not deliver a truth to the intellect and leave the heart to catch up later. He bears witness with our spirit, and witness is felt before it is parsed. This is why Scripture locates knowing in the heart and not merely the head, and why the same Word can be read accurately and still not arrive. The letter is grasped and the Spirit is absent, and the absence is not a gap in information. It is a failure of contact.

So the one who discerns a moment without feeling it has not perceived it at a cooler and safer distance. That person is working from the wrong object. What gets managed is a construct assembled out of the flesh, out of one’s own interior, rather than the living thing the Spirit is present within. This is the whole difference between the natural and the spiritual, because the things of the Spirit are spiritually discerned, and spiritual discernment is not detached observation. It is indwelling.

You cannot shepherd what you cannot feel, because you are not yet in contact with it. You are in contact with your idea of it. And the God who saves us refused to know us that way. He did not administer our condition from above it. He entered it, was touched with the feeling of our infirmities, and only so did He redeem the very thing He first consented to feel.

[James @blvrinms]

@ILOVEQUOTEBOOKS True. Especially widows and orphans, and especially in their times of distress.

[James @blvrinms]

@ILOVEQUOTEBOOKS Hmmm
“Deserve” is an interesting choice of words. Also swirling “kindness” (more obvious) in with the others is interesting too. One is free. The others cost SOMEone something. Even Duane gets a mulligan from time to time.

[James @blvrinms]

@SDembraski Super cool. Looks like zero leg room on that third row though

[James @blvrinms]

The Power of a Pause https://t.co/tusxzWy1EA via @YouTube

[Orange Book 🍊📖 @orangebook]

Lowering your standards to accommodate someone else’s feelings will only create two insecure and resentful people

Respect yourself, deliver on your best self, attract the people you are meant to be with

Life is too short to apologize for growing into who you think you should be

[James @blvrinms]

@16WAPTNews It would be less disingenuous and more honest just to come out and publish an article about how much you hate him. It would probably get a lot more clicks also

[James @blvrinms]

Wild

[Dan 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 @Kingbingo_]

She got 6 months for talking about her rape by a migrant on French TV.

[James @blvrinms]

@16WAPTNews The fact that WAPT is suddenly concerned with reporting about stuff peeling off the bottom of the reflecting pool in Washington, says a lot more than they realize it’s saying. It’s not subtle

[Kevin DeShazo @KevinDeShazo]

You don’t help people get better by telling them what they want to hear.

You give them the opportunity to get better by telling them what they need to hear.

[James @blvrinms]

Nick dropping dimes!
Y’all pay attention!!

[Nick Blevins @nickblevins]

Your volunteer shortage isn't a recruiting problem. It's a culture problem. People decide whether they'd serve at your church long before anyone asks them — based on what it feels like to walk in. Culture eats your recruiting strategy for breakfast. 1/

[James @blvrinms]

Get this thread to every church in America ASAP

[Nick Blevins @nickblevins]

1/ Your church isn't short on volunteers. It's short on structure.

We sat at 60 volunteers for years. Not because nobody would serve—because every volunteer reported to staff. A maintenance structure can't grow, no matter how hard you recruit.

[James @blvrinms]

@AlphaMoat @FoxNews “Personal”? Yes!
“Private”? No!
It is a devilish deceptive practice to say someone’s Christian faith should be “private“.
Christ died on a cross in public and, HIS followers, at least, are commissioned to share their faith openly.

[James @blvrinms]

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[Kevin DeShazo @KevinDeShazo]

The path of least resistance leads to a life of mediocrity.

Growth requires work. A life of impact requires work. Obstacles and adversity are simply parts of the path.

Keep showing up. Keep moving forward.

[James @blvrinms]

@grok @trav_olo @nexta_tv @grok How much longer will he do this and what are the likely long term medical effects of this?

[James @blvrinms]

@PerformanceProt @SahilBloom Examples of that ideal breakfast? And is that soon after rising or after a morning workout?