Coffee and the Cross: Love, Life & Money
Thanks for checking us out. This show is about wow we as christians are to live life. Scriptures tells us that our number one thing we are supposed to do is to first Love God with all our hearts and all our minds and all our souls. Then we are called to love our neighbors as ourselves. I mean come on that was over 2000 years ago, what does that look like today? In this show, we are going to tackle some of the difficult topics for us today. Including Loving others, Living our lives dedicated to God.... and that includes our finances and our possessions. Thanks for doing us and I pray that in some small way you are blessed today. ~ Steve
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Coffee and the Cross: Love, Life & Money
Decision Making
Decisions: Making the right one…
I’m a morning person so getting up at 5am was no big deal for me. BUT, staying up past 10pm was a hassle. I’ve been in construction most of my working career. Started off as a carpenter, then took some time off to became an HVAC technician. Started off installing residential systems… and while I could install equipment… it wasn’t my favorite part of the job. But as a self diagnosed ADHD person (well myself and friends who know how to spot it).
What I found was I was exhausted in the evening, sometimes so much so that I was falling asleep sometimes before dinner. Most evenings while my intentions were good, I found myself unable to concentrate enough to read a book, have quiet moments with God to listen and talk with Him… I’d just fall asleep in the middle of reading or praying.
Alright I see the problem here… I’ll just get up an earlier and read, pray and get on with my day. Sounds good right? Going to bed earlier wasn’t an issue. I remember ever since I was a kid, I was asking if I could go to bed around 9:30/10 O’Clock in the evening and now I was trying to stay up for whatever reason. So, around 9:30, I get up, do the daily evening checks, evening routine, and am usually in bed by 10:30 at the latest.
As a morning person, it was fairly easy to get up earlier too. The first morning it was 4:30 BOOM I killed it on the first day. I got up and thought… Alright, I’m awake, Let’s head to the gym and get a good workout in. Came home, got ready for the day, and not once thinking about the reason I went to bed earlier or got up earlier. Even though I had gone to bed early and gotten up early, I hadn’t made the decision to follow through on the plan. I decided to go to bed earlier, check and wake up earlier, check and have my quiet time with God, not checked. It wasn’t until I decided to do the devotions that I started actually doing them.
Albert Camus said - Life is a sum of all our choices. In an April 2, 1981 article of the NY Times magazine, former NSA Zbigniew Brzezinski said, When seen from the outside, decisions may seem clear, concisely formulated… but one learns that much of what happens is the product of chaotic conditions and a great deal of personal struggle and ambiguity… I’ve heard others say that wonder how they make some of the decisions they wind up making.
The problem is that many men don’t want to make a decision for fear of making the wrong decision. Fear it may ruin their life, the
#LovingGod, #budgeting, #men,
Steve is married to his HS sweetheart for over 35 years, has 4 kids and 4 grand kids. Steve grew up in church and was saved at a young age, but it wasn’t until the last 10 years or so where Steve has been walking closer with Jesus, realizing the importance of ‘Just a closer walk with Him’.
He is a member of Riverside Community Church and is a leader of the Men at the River Mens group. He is also part of the worship team. Thank you to God for allowing me to do this podcast.
Thanks to my wife for encouraging me to do this.
Thank you to Men at the River - Riverside Community Church for continuing to push me to be a better Husband, Father, and Jesus Follower.
In high school, my mom used to listen to a 10 minute devotional before the bus came. If we heard Robert Cook saying, "Walk with the king today and be a blessing." we knew we were running late.
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