First February WINS-DAY!!

WINNING this WINS-DAY!!  How about YOU??

There is no video today because the day has been jam packed with appointments and meetings.  Just to give you a sample of the day: I worked on upgrades we are making for supporting our church music ministry, I performed website upgrades and marketing efforts as a board member of a community foundation,  met with an advisory board as we worked toward the creation of a tremendous new mentoring program for teen students in our area, worked on a multi-church women’s ministry project, and enjoyed lunch with a dear friend. Then, there was the rest of the day!

In fact, this entire week has had its share of many successes, sized in small, medium and large!  For that, I am immensely thankful!

Now, I don’t want to mislead by sounding as though I did all these things today, and many others throughout the week, and life is just sailing smoothly along with nothing rocking my boat, because that is not my reality nor is it realistic on any level.

Successes come from efforts exerted over time moving toward an identified goal. Click To Tweet

Anything worth doing is going to bring its own set of challenges in order to be accomplished. So the questions to be answered are         1) What are we doing? 2) What is the value of what we are doing?    3) Why are we doing it? 4) Have we identified the end goal and are we taking the necessary steps to accomplish it?

When we are seeking God’s Kingdom and His righteousness to be manifest in our own lives and serving His Kingdom by pouring ourselves into our work for the purpose of God’s glory and honor, He promises to provide all we need and to crown our efforts with success. (Matthew 6; Proverbs 3:5-6)

Tonight, at the end of this highly productive day, I will dwell on these promises and rest in this truth:

Do you not know?
Have you not heard?
The Lord is the everlasting God,
the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He will not grow tired or weary,
and his understanding no one can fathom.
He gives strength to the weary
and increases the power of the weak.
Even youths grow tired and weary,
and young men stumble and fall;
but those who hope in the Lord
will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not be faint.                                                         Isaiah 40:28-31

May your day and your week be FILLED with WINS in CHRIST and may each night hold REST for you to be RENEWED in HIM!

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leah@vinesweet.org

I help overwhelmed people confront and collapse problems of the past and collect right information about themselves so they can connect to life and relationships in a brand new way! With her joyful, enthusiastic attitude, Leah has an exceptional ability to extract significant lessons learned from life-experiences and turn them into teaching points we can all relate to and help connect us more closely to Jesus Christ. In addition to speaking, Leah is a blogger and author with two works to her name, Faith Lessons: Experiencing the Miracles (Insight, 2008) and Success Simplified (Insight, 2011). She is currently completing a book project of her signature program, The VineSweet Connection: 5 Steps to a Fruitful Life, scheduled for publication later this year. Additionally, her radio broadcast, The VineSweet Connection, has aired on the Kingdom Keys Radio Network. A Licensed Pastor with the Church of the Nazarene, Leah serves as the Worship Arts Pastor at First Church of the Nazarene in Amarillo, Texas. Taking ministry outside the walls of the church building and serving the community, Leah has been invited numerous times to lead opening prayer at the City of Amarillo Council Meetings, led and served on community task forces, several non profit boards, professional associations, and ministry boards. Most recently, Leah was appointed Chaplain of the Amarillo Association of REALTORS and served as a member of their Board of Directors. She also served as President of the Board of Directors of Worth the Wait. Currently Leah serves on the Board of Directors of the Amarillo Education Foundation. Leah and husband, Mike, an accomplished musician, have served together in worship ministry more than thirty years. They have traveled in ministry and performed at many events, as well as having performed on national television. The Forts have been married more than 35 years and make their home in Amarillo, Texas. They have a daughter and son-in-law, Sydney and Chase Clark, a son and daughter-in-law, Lane and Neeley Fort, and six grandchildren.

2 thoughts on “First February WINS-DAY!!”

  1. Leah ,
    Thanks for all the work you’re doing for Him . The best leader is one who knows how to serve.

    I enjoy your posts that inspire and encourage . But I also find great understanding of what it is to enjoy some form of normalcy as well.

    T. Grove

    Reply

    1. @TGrove, Thanks so much for your encouraging feedback. My goal is to provide content from my own life lessons that will encourage and help. Glad you are onboard!

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