Leaders Serve...

H Ross Perot once said; “Inventories need to be managed but people need to be led.” 

Leaders lead by serving. 

The easiest example I can think of is a coach. We don’t see the coach out on the field physically involved in every play. We see them on the sideline constantly encouraging, guiding, and directing. Always watching and paying attention to help the team by helping each individual improve. 

Leaders serve by paying attention to the needs of others. 

Through serving, respect is earned, and trust is gained. 

Think about this. All managing does is keep things in order. We manage our house, our laundry, and our schedules. 

When it comes to those you love in your life are you leading or managing? 

Check your experience… 

“Our leaders are but trusted servants; they do not govern.” Big Book pg 562. 

Lord, let us lead by serving and let us serve by helping others, AMEN. 

“Whoever wants to be a leader among you must be your servant,” Matthew 20:26 

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Don’t drop to their level… 

Sometimes we encounter people, places, situations, or things that are neither pleasant, nor supportive. 

Now maybe it’s different for you, but my initial gut reaction (get it?.. REACT-ion) is to give it right back to them the same as they are giving me! Match attitude with attitude and that will show them! 

Luckily for me, time and bad experiences has taught me that this way does not work and only brings about more misery. 

Growing up spiritually and emotionally has allowed me to quiet that initial reaction and instead RESPOND in the way that I wish to be treated. 

That is, no matter what the situation is, I give it grace, tolerance, and open my heart to try to understand instead of “putting them in their place”… 

What level are you operating on when you encounter conflict or unpleasantness?.. 

Check your experience…

 “We are then in much less danger of excitement, fear, anger, worry, self-pity, or foolish decisions.” Big Book pg 88. 

Lord, let us match unpleasantness with grace, rudeness with tolerance, and anger with a heart that looks to understand, AMEN. 

“Never pay back evil with more evil. Do things in such a way that everyone can see you are honorable. Do all that you can to live in peace with everyone. Dear friends, never take revenge. Leave that to the righteous anger of God.” Romans 12: 17-19 

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Now where is THAT key?.. 

“So often it happens that we live our lives in chains and we never even know we have the key”… verse from Already Gone by The Eagles. 

We tend to do many things out of love. 

There are many types of love. 

There is the love we have for our spouses, children, and family. We also have love for our friends, pets, community, and material things. We may even have a love for a hobby, sport, or a job. 

All of these are love, but different types of love. 

There is one more kind of love that we spend our lives seeking and it is the unconditional love that God has for us. 

The tricky part is that because we are human, sometimes we are let down because we tend to expect unconditional love from our jobs, family, and other earthly things. 

The blessing is that we have the unconditional love living inside of us through the Holy Spirit. It’s ours for the asking if we can only quiet our minds and turn off our expectations and demands to receive it... 

Check your experience… 

“Patience, tolerance, understanding and love are the watchwords.” Big Book pg 118. 

Lord, let us receive your unconditional love and know it’s the key to our relationships with self and others, AMEN. 

 “Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.” 1 Corinthians 13:7 

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The gift that keeps on giving… 

Have you ever noticed that most folks have a thing or 2 that they are really good at and then some other things they are not so good at? 

Michael Jordan is probably one of the best, if not the best ever to play basketball, but he was an “OK” baseball player. 

There are quite a few famous and successful actors and actresses that cannot sing.

I am pretty good with people, but tools and handyman stuff are like a foreign language to me. 

The point is that each of us has a God given skill that is a talent, and it is a spiritual principal that we should share it with others. 

Had Michael Jordan decided against playing basketball after he was cut from his high school team, the world would have never got to enjoy his immense talent and passion for the game. 

We need to share our talents in an effort to help others. 

How’s that working out for you?.. Check your experience… 

“Giving, rather than getting, will become the guiding principle.” Big Book 128 

Lord, let us use the gifts and talent You have given us to help others, AMEN. 

 “There are different kinds of gifts. But it is the same Holy Spirit Who gives them. There are different kinds of work to be done for Him. But the work is for the same Lord. There are different ways of doing His work. But it is the same God who uses all these ways in all people. The Holy Spirit works in each person in one way or another for the good of all.” 1 Corinthians 12: 4-7 

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Most of y’all know I am neither a construction guy nor a fix –it repairman. 

So, I had to figure out why the Lord put this verse in my heart today as I studied His Word… 

“The stone that the builders rejected has now become the cornerstone.” Luke 20:17 

Now according to the “Book of Google”, the cornerstone is that stone which forms the junction between the two most prominent walls of a building. From what I understand that without it, the building will not be very secure. 

What comes to mind is the question I constantly must ask myself as I measure my motives and efforts in my daily walk. Is what I am doing, saying, thinking, or wanting, helping me to stay in God’s will, or is it guiding me to the illusions of my self- will? 

Is my foundation based on my cornerstone of faith or am I attempting to construct a free-standing wall based on self that will crumble? 

What foundation are you using to build on for your life? 

How’s that working out for you?.. Check your experience… 

“It has been repeatedly proven among us that upon this simple cornerstone a wonderfully effective spiritual structure can be built.” Big Book pg 47 

Lord let us anchor our life to our cornerstone of faith in You and Your Word, AMEN. 

Have a blessed day y’all 

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Watching our words…. 

Maybe it’s different for you, but sometimes the thoughts in my head that need to stay there slip out of my mouth as words and it’s never good. 

I learned a long time ago that words that come from negative emotions become reactions instead of responses that can harm and hurt just like any other weapon. 

Luckily for me… (MOST of the time)… I have learned to keep these words inside of my head and let the Holy Spirit hear them and help me to calm my emotions and allow my heart a chance to survey the situation and form a response instead of allowing the emotions of my initial reaction to come out as words. 

Allowing God to help me filter my words has saved me from many situations that could have proven hurtful had they gone unchecked. 

How do you filter your words?... Check your experience… 

“Our behavior will convince them more than our words.” Big Book pg 83 

 Lord, let us share our thoughts with you first before we form words that come from our mouths, AMEN. 

“In the same way, the tongue is a small thing that makes grand speeches. But a tiny spark can set a great forest on fire. And among all the parts of the body, the tongue is a flame of fire. It is a whole world of wickedness, corrupting your entire body. It can set your whole life on fire, for it is set on fire by hell itself.” James 3: 5-6 

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Well it aint no fast food... 

Have you ever noticed that there are certain foods and meals that “stick with you”, so to speak? In my world, homemade meals with real and healthy ingredients tend to do the most good for me. We have a few favorite restaurants and that offer entrees like this as well. 

Prior to my weight loss journey and joining the SCAA fellowship, whenever fast food was the choice, I was either hungry again in a short time or sleepy from the carb coma I just gorged on. 

It’s the same with our spiritual nutrition. 

When we digest the Word and apply it to our lives, it sticks with us and does our body good. 

How are you spiritually feeding yourself? 

Consider your Source and as always… Check your experience… 

 “Assuming we are spiritually fit, we can do all sorts of things” Big Book pg 100 

Lord, let us nourish ourselves from Your Spirit and Your Word, AMEN. 

“Jesus replied, "I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry again. Whoever believes in me will never be thirsty….I tell you the truth, anyone who believes has eternal life” John 6: 35 & 47 

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Another way to see things….. 

We use our eyes to see all that this world has to offer. That’s part of being human. 

We are also equipped with another way to see. 

Our Spiritual nature inside of helps us to see in a different way. 

We cannot see the air we breathe, yet we take it for granted that it’s here. We naturally take it for granted that when we flip a light switch the light will come on and when we put the key into the ignition the car will start. 

This comes from FAITH. 

We learn by doing and by feeling. This is how we develop our spiritual eyes. 

Now it’s a fact that we all crawl before we walk. So we cannot develop spiritual eyes overnight. 

Like the air we breathe, light switch, and the key in the ignition, we build up a continued and familiar experience over time that allows us to believe it will work. 

It’s the same with our faith. 

We must build on it and grow it so that we can rely on it in times of uncertainty. 

Check your experience…. 

“In this book you read again and again that faith did for us what we could not do for ourselves.” Big Book pg 70 

Lord open the eyes of our hearts through building and growing our faith in You and Your Word, AMEN. 

“For we walk by faith, not by sight” 2 Corinthians 5:7 

 Have a blessed day y'all!! 

Did you know a donation to Furniture Bank gets you an Arizona state tax credit up to $800? 

Earn yours today. 

The state of Arizona provides an incredible incentive for taxpayers who donate to certain qualifying charities like Furniture Bank. 

Thanks to the Arizona Charitable Tax Credit, you can donate up to $800 and get it right back on your Arizona tax return. 

Furniture Bank works directly with Phoenix based social services, programs, and faith-based communities to assist families, Veterans, seniors, and other folks with a hand up to regain self-sustainability as they work to escape homelessness and helplessness. 

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Walk your talk…Plan your work then work your plan….Stay in the now….

Keep your feet on the ground but keep reaching for the stars…. 

These are just a few of the takeaways and good reminders I have gathered over the years in the 12 Step rooms. 

What all these encouraging words mean to me is that I must walk daily on the path of humble spiritual growth. 

I have found the best way for me to do this is by keeping a picket fence of friends around me who not only share a strong faith but also practice spiritual principles in their daily lives that allows us to live transparently as we grow in our walk with Christ… Check your experience!.. 

“We shall be with you in the Fellowship of the Spirit, and you will surely meet some of us as you trudge the Road of Happy Destiny.” Big Book pg 164 

Lord, thank you for filling my heart with a humble willingness to know You better daily and surrounding me with others who also seek to know and do Your will, AMEN. 

 “Watch the path of your feet and all your ways will be established.” Proverbs 4:26 

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Be transformed..... 

Those pesky expectations I sometimes allow to sneak in and dominate my thinking always cause me confusion when real everyday life fails to match up to the picture in my head of what it's SUPPOSED to be like. 

I do my best to neither set expectations nor try to live by expectations of others. Everyone is human, and like me, prone to faults, fears, and forgetfulness. 

I have found through years of trial and error, that when I try to be present in the moment and work with what I have instead of what I think or feel I should have, my day and my life goes better. 

When those pesky expectations try to grab my attention and sway my thinking, I turn them over to God and stay in the moment trying to be of maximum service to those around me. 

Maybe you can relate… Check your experience… 

"Before we begin, we ask God to direct our thinking, especially asking that it be divorced from self-pity, dishonest or self-seeking motives." Big Book pg 86. 

Lord let us renew our minds and refresh our hearts with Your Spirit replacing our expectations, AMEN. 

"Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind," Romans 12:2 

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Those dang emotional flaws and mental hang ups… 

How are we supposed to know the difference between self-will and God's will? 

Experience and others have taught me that if I am giving my best effort without regard to fear, pride, envy, gluttony, greed, anger, or sloth then I am doing God's will and not mine. 

IF I am focusing on my pride, anger, greed, lust, envy, greed, or sloth (PAGLEGS) then I am in self-will. 

AA’s Joe and Charlie said best with their explanation of Steps 6 and 7; "I don't do what I want to do. (Self-will) I just do what I ought to do.(God's will)" 

I find I can keep my self-will in check by checking my motives and efforts… Check your experience… 

“Driven by a hundred forms of fear, self-delusion, self-seeking, and self-pity, we step on the toes of our fellows and they retaliate.” Big Book pg 62 

Lord help us to recognize our emotional flaws and park our mental hang-ups in those times when our self-will seeks to overturn Your will for us, AMEN. 

"The sinful nature wants to do evil, which is just the opposite of what the Spirit wants. And the Spirit gives us desires that are the opposite of what the sinful nature desires. These two forces are constantly fighting each other." Galatians 5:17 

Have a blessed day y’all! 

 Looking to volunteer or plug into an existing helping opportunity in the Greater Phoenix AZ area? 

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If nothing changes then nothing changes…

None of us are perfect. We each have things that need our attention and cannot be fixed without our participation and ownership. 

We need to own our challenges, struggles, and shortcomings. 

The good news is that God can and will help us if we stay willing and provide the effort! When He can see our efforts fueled by our motivation to change, then He can heal us! 

Ask yourself if you are participating in your own improvement and as always… 

Check your experience… 

"..we did because we honestly wanted to, and were willing to make the effort." Big Book pg 22

Lord fill our hearts with the desire to change and the drive to provide the needed efforts, AMEN.

"Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple.” Luke14:27

Have a blessed day y’all

Did you know a donation to Furniture Bank gets you an Arizona state tax credit up to $800? 

Earn yours today. 

The state of Arizona provides an incredible incentive for taxpayers who donate to certain qualifying charities like Furniture Bank. 

Thanks to the Arizona Charitable Tax Credit, you can donate up to $800 and get it right back on your Arizona tax return. 

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Donate today! 

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Happiness comes from…. 

Now I know this is not your experience, but my self-will is greedy for things that my delusional head likes for me to think that I need. 

For me, my self-will is starved for for attention and for worldly things. It likes me to think that in order to be happy I need a Harley, a Corvette, a bigger house, and on and on it goes. 

While these things are nice, my happiness does NOT depend on them. The minute it does, then I have a major problem. 

Luckily, I was blessed with the opportunity to find my life in AA through the Big Book and the 12 Steps, and they led me back to the Lord who has given me a life better than my wildest dreams filled with a marriage, a family, ministry, friends, and more blessings and happiness than I ever deserved. 

I find that I need to check my motives and efforts to measure my happiness. 

When I am able to do this I see that my happiness does not come from things, rather it comes from my relationship with God and those wonderful folks in my life. 

What do you measure your happiness with?.. Check your experience...

 

"Selfishness-self-centeredness! That, we think, is the root of our troubles. Driven by a hundred forms of fear, self-delusion, self-seeking, and self-pity,..." Big Book pg 62

Lord, please remove the selfish thoughts driven by our self-centered fear, pride, and greed that block our hearts from Your will and Spirit, AMEN. 

"Then He said to them, Beware, and be on your guard against every form of greed; for not even when one has an abundance does his life consist of his possessions." Luke 12:15 

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What book you are you reading from?!?... 

In today’s world we can get books in many forms. 

From the standard printed book form to kindle, books are available to us in whatever media we choose. On top of that, we have books available on every subject and just about every situation that will tell us many ways to try to accomplish the thing we are working toward or trying to learn. 

Now maybe it’s different for you, but for me, my experience has taught me and continues to teach me that the Bible and the Big Book are the best sources for me on learning how to live and handle the daily challenges we all face. 

What book are you reading from?... Check your experience… 

“Well, that's exactly what this book is about.” Big Book pg 45 

Lord, let us look to Your Word for guidance and when we need to learn how to handle people, places, and things, AMEN. 

“For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace,..” 1 Corinthians 14:33

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