Task of the Day

T.O.D.
Task of the Day--- A daily inspiration and spiritual call to action.


The Challenge:

Creatively enrich your/my/our spiritual growth and personal relationship with Jesus Christ while utilizing this forum to regularly hold each other accountable and lift each other up!

How it Works:

Following prayer and consultation with the Lord, I will post a task every day. Each task will correspond to a Word from God/scripture. At each day's end, you are invited to post the results of the task in action including artifacts from the journey. I imagine that some days will feel more successful than others. Additionally/realistically, "daily" may end up being "weekly" during certain seasons.

The Goals:

The overall goal is to deliberately carve out the time and put work into each day to become better lovers. Let us love ourselves better, love strangers, friends, enemies and family better. Let us love God better. Did you know that of all the richness that is God's Holy Scriptures, the two greatest commandments are to love God and to love people?! (Matthew 22:36-40) Basically, love is a big deal and we want to get better at it and walk in it.

Each T.O.D. is meant to focus on a bite-sized, actionable step to help us recognize what love looks like on a day to day basis so that we may recreate it and dwell in it... and it in us.

Let us welcome God into our lives and allow ourselves to be perfected.

The Invitation:

You are invited to join me in each T.O.D. and I encourage you to post your results as well. Although tasks are designed as "daily bread", definitely wrap them into a week, month, year, until they are engrained into your daily members. There is only one rule. You must be honest and transparent about your struggles and successes! Testify! Please invite others to join us on this fantastic voyage!


Be Blessed!


Thursday, September 11, 2014

First and Foremost



Scripture:
Matthew  6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

Inspiration:
What we prioritize on a daily basis is just as important as why we prioritize it. What is at the top of your To-Do List every morning? Every afternoon? Every evening? WHY are those items at the top of your list? Are these items prioritized obligatorily, out of braggadocio, or is your heart sincerely in them? Where are your priorities/interests/values/heart today?  

Matthew  6:21 
For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

God's word tells us to seek the kingdom of God and his righteousness FIRST... and in doing so, all the other good stuff will be added to us. Essentially, if 1) pleasing God, 2) making peace with all men and 3) walking in the joy that comes with having the Spirit of God ARE OUR PRIORITIES... then we won't have to stress and toil about everything else (meat & drink a.k.a. bills and provisions) because God will work it out! My life and testimony are living proof of this! 


Romans 14:17 
For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.

James 3:18 
And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.

Task of the Day: Sure, the dog needs to be walked, the rent needs to be paid, and the kids need to be fed. In the midst of all of your "busyness" and "doing", or rather BEFORE all of your busyness and doing, SEEK GOD. See God BEFORE the task and in the task...in your To-Do list... Ask God how He can be glorified in your doing... in your going about... in your hustling and bustling. Not sure where God can fit into your busy day? Ever heard of the Parable of the Good Samaritan? What if you stole a moment to bless someone else? Would God be pleased with that? #T.O.D.forGod #BetterLover


This is a photo I took this morning by the beach in my neighborhood.
I had my heart set on spending morning alone time with God in the presence of the sun.
Every time I get to see the sunrise, I truly feel blessed!

Bonus T.O.D.: I'd love to add your photos to future blog posts! Take a photo of something amazing that reminds you of how AWESOME God is and send it to me @ joniquesimpson@gmail.com with the subject line: "Matthew 6:33". 

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