Love you all, praying for you, 
 
I just love God’s Word – it teaches us how God thinks, what He does, what faith can do, and what can be released in your life through simple obedience.  There are really two questions in life.  What did God say?  and Will you obey?   What if you always knew the first, and always did the second?  What would your life be like?  You couldn’t even imagine!  Have you ever just stopped for a moment - to think about Jesus?  He always knew the first, and did the second.  What an example for us!  What a Friend, what a Savior, what a Healer, what a Deliverer, He is truth and light, and love and hope.  He’s joy, He’s worth it, nothing good for your life is found apart from Him.  He created everything, He holds everything together, His love for you is eternal and His plans for you are good!  He’s closer than a brother, He’s your Defender and your Redeemer.  He’s the hope of your future, and the joy of your present.  He never leaves you nor forsakes you.  He’s your Mediator and your Advocate, He believes in you!  He loves you like you are, no matter what you’ve done, because He knows what He’s about to do in you and through you.  Your story is not finished, your life is not over, His best for you is yet to come!  He’s your strong tower, and your power, your example and your director,  He will lead you, and give you grace to follow.  The more you know of Him, the more free you become.  Because He whom the Son sets free is free indeed.  Free to live in victory and goodness and blessing and significance.  So your life is not wasted, but invested, not fruitless, but fruitful, not meaningless but purposeful.  His plans for you are more than you can imagine, beyond what you could dream, better than what you could ever think.  He can turn your past into victory!  And all the good that He has for you – which you can now walk in – is because of what He did, not what you did or didn't do.  All of His plans for your good come down to these two questions.  What did God say? and Will you obey?  First you gotta know what He says!  If that is your priority - His best will surely come!  Praying that PiVAT before dinner is your absolute commitment.  Not just what did God say, but what did He say today?  To know His plans for your life, you must start with His plans for your day!  They're awesome!  What did He say?  Will you obey?  Praying that PRISM is your lifelong habit – it’s how you know His heart, and His commands, and His love for you.  It confirms what He told you, and how to do it best.  It’s how you learn "What did God say?  So you can obey.  It’s how you walk in the blessing He has for you.  God said exhort one other daily, so I'm praying that your Daily Call – is your habit for life.  He definitely said to do it, and for those who obey - He promised that we will overcome by the blood of the Lamb and the word of our testimony.  Praying that you will be so close to Him today, that anything He will say, you will fully and immediately obey.  So God’s love can shine through you, so your testimony propels you, and draws others.  So your life is full of His goodness, both His goodness for you, and His kindness through you to others.  Praying that you will make obeyers (It takes one to make one). That's another thing he definitely did say - "teaching them to obey everything He commanded them."  Praying that as you make choices today.  You will always remember... What did God say? and Will I obey?  Every time you do, it demonstrates faith.  It's how see God move mountains!
 
Love you all,
dad

Love you all, praying for you, 
 
First, what is an obeyer?  One who hears and obeys the voice of God, who walks in His plans for their good!  Why would you want to be one?  Because all of God’s promises and all of His good, are for those who obey.  And most important of all - because that’s what Jesus did.  To be a follower of Christ – you have to live like He did.  He was the ultimate obeyer.  In fact, that’s all He did – as an example for us, so you can fulfill your purpose, like He fulfilled His.  So what are the Eleven Habits of Obeyers?   #1) They Write It Down – that’s how they remember what He told them  #2) They Obey with Time. – it’s the essence of life.   #3) They Transform Their Mind – so they think like God thinks.  #4) They Give an Account – that’s how they learn to love God not money.   #5) They Overcome Daily – by the blood of the Lamb and the Word of their testimony  #6)  They Gather.  They gather with other obeyers, for the specific purpose of growing in obedience.  Believers gather with other believers for worship and fellowship, and preaching and serving, but obeyers choose to gather together with other obeyers for the specific purpose to provoke one another to more obedience - to love and good works - that God ordained beforehand that they should walk in!  It's how they do it more consistently!  Praying that you will join or begin a PiVAT Small Group - it's where obeyers can grow in obedience.  It's not a priority for everyone, which is why it is such a unique and powerful experience.  For those learning to obey in every area of life - It's a set time to share their testimony of what they need most from God this week, what He told them to do, when he told them to do it, and what God did last week as they are overcoming daily with another.  Obeyers always have a testimony.  Disobeyers do not.  There’s not much to share, all they got is sports, weather, and politics.   But obeyers that gather to sharpen their obedience, to share testimony of what God did and revealed, and pray over each other those specific things that God assigned for this week... see the Holy Spirit come in power.  They see victory become a lifestyle, they experience exponential testimony, encouragement, challenge, new ideas, and timely Godly counsel.  This PiVAT Small Group - brings friendships to a new level.  It brings testimony and encouragement to a new audience, it brings the power of God’s Word to more people, it helps everyone grow in sharing God’s Word and His faithfulness.  When they share what God spoke to them, in their best PRISM's for this week, God speaks through everyone just like He said He would.  Praying that your PiVAT Small Group –  has you growing in your love for Him, in meaningful friendship with others, where the kingdom of God has a tailor-made environment to work, where the Holy Spirit can speak a message for the week, through everyone’s testimony and their heart to obey.  A place where you know that you’re not alone, where you get inspired to obey at a deeper level, because you can see what God does - as other obey - and you want even more - to join Him in what He has is doing, so you walk in every good thing that He has planned for you!  It's how you can bear one another's burdens and rejoice with them in their blessings.  Praying that you will review the PiVAT Small Group training, the purpose and process, and God’s Word that encourages us in this unique environment that is a catalyst for obedience.  Praying that your PiVAT Small Group – is life, and joy, and peace, and sharpening, as each part of the body of Christ receives the opportunity to share in the glory of God!
 
Love you
dad

Love you all, praying for you,
 
I love patterns.  A sequence of steps that bring a result.  Some patterns bring good results, some patterns bring bad results.  Life is patterns.  Success is patterns...  Whether the making of a McDonald's Cheeseburger, the release of a software product or phone app, the Super-Bowl winning touchdown play, the changing of a diaper, or the green, yellow, red pattern of a traffic light.  I’m thankful for those.  Patterns bring success or failure. Here’s an important one.  The pattern of forgiveness.  Something really bothered me recently.  I was in my food pantry on my hands and knees, (uncomfortable to begin with) filling nail holes on recently installed baseboards, so they can be painted.  Not as agile as I used to be, the lowest handing shelf frame – a metal head-crusher, refused to move when my head scraped against it.  On my head in particular, being follicularly challenged, I don’t have a lot of protection, so the experience was quite painful, and before I could even process the pain response, a word came out of my mouth - that is inappropriate for use, unbecoming, incongruent with a follower of Christ.  My wife was offended and left the room, I was disappointed, but there was nothing I could do to retrieve it.  All I did was try to complete the project without making the same mistake.  I later apologized to my wife, but now several days later, God is prompting me of a better response.  There is a pattern that is critical in life and relationships.  First with God, then with others.  It’s the pattern of forgiveness - Truth, Confession, Repentance, Forgiveness, Restoration.  As with all patterns, the sequence is important.  Anytime you do something that’s wrong, it’s called sin, falling short of God’s nature, His character, His expectation, His requirement of holiness for those who belong to Him, and carry His Name.  Sin damages relationships – it causes separation.  And to remedy that separation a pattern is needed, a certain series of steps in order, the pattern of forgiveness.  It starts with truth.  Without truth confession cannot happen, without confession there can be no forgiveness and without forgiveness there can be no restoration to bring the relationship back to a healthy and growing state.  What is truth? Conformity to fact or reality, veracity, purity from falsehood, correct opinion, honesty, the real state of things.  I could deny that I did it.  "I said ‘dangit’," or I could make excuses or justify it.  Well anyone would do that if it happened to them, or it’s not that bad, many people do worse, or that so rarely happens, I hardly ever…  All of these are natural, but not truth.  Without accepting the truth in your heart, you won’t confess... what you did, and that what you did was wrong.  Wrong choices always bring harm to God, to people, and relationships.  You will either hide your sin or confess and forsake it.  The truth is - I did do it, and God said blessing and cursing should not come out of the same mouth, how can this be?  That action was inconsistent with my position, redeemed and righteous in Christ.  Only by recognizing truth, can confession follow.  Then, confession is needed!  Without confession there can be no forgiveness.  Praying that you will review the PRISM Topic Forgive – the life-changing Word of God.  The first person whose forgiveness I need is God’s, then my wife, and perhaps any others who heard me.  I don’t necessarily need to tell the whole world, but certainly those affected by my wrong choice and action.  To Confess is to own, to acknowledge a fault, and to verbally declare what you did, and that it is wrong...  and perhaps acknowledge the damage it caused, and the hurtful effect on another.  Without truth and confession, you cannot receive forgiveness, and the restoration of the relationship cannot begin.  So I went back and in truth and humility, confessed my offense before God and asked His forgiveness, then I went back to my wife, and followed the full pattern, not an excuse or avoidance, or an attempt to move past it,  but a full ownership and confession.  So while I can’t change the past, I can fully obey God, make it right, as best as I can.  What the other person does, is up to them, but as far as it depends on me – I want to do what is right - before God and others.  Praying that first your hair will remain, so you scrape your head less, but that no matter what happens in your life, you will always humble yourself, that you would live in truth, confess your sins - completely, and forsake them, seek forgiveness, and work towards restoration in your relationship with God, and others.  That means what you did, you don't do again, you change your pattern of behavior so you honor God, and others, not fail them and disappoint them.  So that God’s healing can come, so that His Name is made great in you, and His Grace can help you overcome the next time you have an opportunity to  fail.  Praise God.  If we will confess our sins, He is faithful and just and will forgive us our sin, and cleanse us from all unrighteousness - That is one of my favorite patterns ever!
 
Love you all,
dad

Love you all, praying for you, 
 
First, what is an obeyer?  One who hears and obeys the voice of God, who walks in His plans for their good!  Why would you want to be one?  Because all of God’s promises and all of His good, are for those who obey.  And most important of all - because that’s what Jesus did.  To be a follower of Christ – you have to live like He did.  He was the ultimate obeyer.  In fact, that’s all He did – as an example for us, so you can fulfill your purpose, like He fulfilled His.  So what are the Eleven Habits of Obeyers?   #1) They Write It Down.  #2) They Obey with Time.  #3) They Transform Their Mind.  #4) They Give an Account. #5) They Overcome Daily.   They walk with somebody, they don't go it alone, they obey together, they have each other's back, they know the power of two by two, and they know the power of the testimony.  They know and follow Hebrews 3:13 - But exhort one another daily while it is called today.  So that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.  They know that sin is deceitful, it can harden you, and the consequences of sin are never worth it.  They obey what God says, what He tells them to do, and what He reveals from His Word.  They overcome daily – by exhorting one other.  They know that they overcome by the blood of the Lamb and the word of their testimony. (Rev 12:11)  They know testimony is contagious – just like obedience.  They see the fruit and the blessing in their life, and in the life of their friend.  They know that one can be overcome by an adversary – but two can withstand him. (Eccl 4:12) They know that obedience is contagious, that testimony inspires of God’s greatness, that obedience is momentum to fulfill your purpose.  They see the blessing that obedience brings, and the power of prayer as the Holy Spirit leads – praying the specific things that God has assigned and revealed for each other.  They overcome together in God’s Word and His Ways as He designed.  Praying that your Daily Call – is a priority, so you can exhort one another daily!  So you can grow your hearing and obeying, your rejoicing and your praying, your seeking and your finding, and your overcoming.  Praying that you will walk daily with another obeyer, that your Daily Call will be victory for each day!  That you would ask God who He wants you to invite to a 3-Day-Challenge, so they can overcome with you - that you will daily be strengthened and encouraged in Him, never hardened by the deceitfulness of sin, but growing in His grace and the blessing that obedience brings! 
 
Love you all,
dad

Love you all, praying for you, 
 
First, what is an obeyer?  One who hears and obeys the voice of God, who walks in His plans for their good!  Why would you want to be one?  Because all of God’s promises and all of His good, are for those who obey.  And most important of all - because that’s what Jesus did.  To be a follower of Christ – you have to live like He did.  He was the ultimate obeyer.  In fact, that’s all He did – as an example for us, so you can fulfill your purpose, like He fulfilled His.  So what are the Eleven Habits of Obeyers?   #1) They write it down.  #2) They Obey with Time.  #3)  They transform their mind.  #4)  They Give an Account.  A detail of transactions, they know it’s God’s money, they know where it is, they ask Him what to do with it, they obey what He tells them.  They work hard for the LORD, not money, they spend less than they make, they tithe off the top, they give hilariously, and save for the future.  They consider the cost.  Not in terms of how much it is, but if this is what God is telling them to do at this time.  They know money reveals the heart.  They don’t make decisions based on money, they make decisions based on what God tells them.  It’s how they learn to obey.  It’s how they learn to love God, not money.  Money becomes a blessing not a burden, every day they see God’s faithfulness.  Money doesn’t define them, Money isn’t their goal, what it buys doesn’t matter, they know God owns it all, and directs it wherever He chooses.  They are content with what they have, faithful in little or much.  You can’t love God more than money if your habits don’t surrender it.  Money obeyers have a tool, they hear and obey, so they have a testimony.   Praying that you are faithful daily in Giving An Account, in asking and obeying, in working and giving, and saving and spending.  Praying that you are current in your 4C’s Tool.  If you don’t have one, that you would get one.  We’ll help you!  God gives peace to money obeyers.  They are sowers and reapers, they are lovers of God, not money.  They are eternally minded  -  They live for there, not for here.  That’s why they don’t fall into the money trap.  Praying that you will review The Money Packet.  That His Word would transform your mind.  That in perhaps the biggest difference between God’s Way and man’s way – money… you would trust God fully, give an account daily, know the condition of your flock, be willing to do whatever God tells you, so you will always have a laughable testimony of the crazy provision that God brings!  

Love you all,
dad

Love you all, praying for you, 
 
First, what is an obeyer?  One who hears and obeys the voice of God, who walks in His plans for their good!  Why would you want to be one?  Because all of God’s promises and all of His good, are for those who obey.  And most important of all - because that’s what Jesus did.  To be a follower of Christ – you have to live like He did.  He was the ultimate obeyer.  In fact, that’s all He did – as an example for us, so you can fulfill your purpose, like He fulfilled His.  So what are the Eleven Habits of Obeyers?   #1) They Write It Down.  #2) They Obey with Time.  #3)  They Transform Their Mind. – Obeyers think different, They don’t think like most people think, because they think like God thinks, not like everybody else.  They have trained their mind – by letting God’s Word transform it.  That’s why obeying comes easy for them, and deception becomes obvious.  PRISM is one of the best ways to do this – five things you can do every day in God’s Word.  It will transform your mind with truth, wisdom, and understanding.  It opens your eyes to think eternally, not just temporally, to think spiritually, not carnally.   Jesus said, The Spirit gives life; the flesh produces nothing.  The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life.  So to have life, you need His Words.  When the Holy Spirit through God’s Word – speaks life – it transforms your mind, so you think like God thinks.  If not, you will think like you have always thought, you will think like everyone else thinks.  Crowd-think is a very powerful thing, it can be harnessed for good, or great evil  – even while calling it ‘good.’  Jesus didn’t follow the crowd, he slipped through it.  He thought differently.  He thought like His Heavenly Father.  So how do you think different than how man thinks? than how the wicked think, the easily led, and easily deceived?  Those who have been duped into thinking that man’s way is the right way, who have already begun to call good evil, and evil good?  If you have no truth to expose what’s false, the false will seem true to you.  Have you ever believed something so strongly, convinced yourself of it, even convinced others, only to find out – it wasn’t true, or fully true in the end?  How do you know what truth is, what life is?  How do you know who God is, and what He commands for your own good?  Obeyers transform their mind with His Word.  For them PRISM is a habit, it’s a priority.  They know what they naturally think, is not what God thinks, they know what seems right, isn’t right.  They know that God said – “As a man thinketh in his heart – so is he.”  So they want to be sure they think like God thinks, so they can know His will and do it.  Obeyers transform their mind, and transformed minds are quick to obey.  They are drawn to truth and life, and discernment becomes easy, they slip through crowds, they don’t follow them.  Praying that you will transform your mind with God’s Word – so He can confirm every thing He told you to do, even how and when.  Praying that you will be an obeyer in your mind, so your words and your life reflect the blessing that His Word brings.    
 
Love you all,
dad

Love you all, praying for you, 
 
First, what is an obeyer?  One who hears and obeys the voice of God, who walks in His plans for their good!  Why would you want to be one?  Because all of God’s promises and all of His good, are for those who obey.  And most important of all - because that’s what Jesus did.  To be a follower of Christ – you have to live like He did.  He was the ultimate obeyer.  In fact, that’s all He did – as an example for us, so you can fulfill your purpose, like He fulfilled His.  So what are the Eleven Habits of Obeyers?   #1) They write it down.  #2)  They Obey with Time – They know the vital importance of obedience, and they know that life is time.  And to obey Christ – you must obey with time.  They know that obedience is a joy, not a job, it’s a blessing not a burden.  Not an end-result, but an entry door to God's blessing, and the life more abundantly that He promised.  The essence of life is time.  You live God’s way, or your own way... your thoughts, ideas, and ambitions, or His thoughts, ideas and revelations - His plans to fulfill your purpose.  Many don't realize, whoever decides the time, is the LORD of your life.   Your way – how you live, who you are, how you operate, the way you roll is revealed in time.  The first thing Jesus requested of His very first followers, was time.  And they left their nets and followed him.  It's what they surrendered first.  Their plans for the day were completely replaced by His plans for them.  To follow, you have to trust, and if you trust, you will follow, and when your time is His, your life is His.  Then He can redeem your thoughts, and your money, and your testimony, and your destiny.  God’s plans for you are good not evil, and they are specific, not just general.  He has plans for you this week, this month, and this year, and He has plans for you for you today, even this hour.  Praying that you would leave your nets today and follow Him.   If you didn’t do PIVAT before dinner last night, you didn’t get a chance to pray with your spouse before you went to sleep about what He just told you.  You missed the part of the blessing of getting His counsel and confirmation in the night season, and you missed the confirmation He had for you during your PRISM this morning, re-enforcing what He told you in PiVAT last night.  But if that happened, it’s still OK.  Just ask Him right now.  He'll tell you His plans for you for today.  What you need most from Him today, the number one thing He wants you to do, the specific time, and write down the testimony of what He does as you just obey.  Don’t let the motions lessen the message.  Just be present with Him in these four questions.  If you will take the time, and it doesn't take long... He will absolutely speak in your spirit, and reveal to your mind.  Every time you do PiVAT before dinner, and check in throughout the day, you are humbling yourself, you are making him your refuge - first - before anything else.  You are learning to hear His voice, and you will see Him confirm that He spoke to you.  There is nothing better than hearing God speak, doing what He tells you, and seeing the result of that simple obedience.  It brings joy at a new level.  Nothing is too small for Him, the little things He tells you are as important as the big things.  And it’s through the little things that He prepares you for the big ones.  Praying that you will review the principles of PiVAT – if you haven't in a while - sometimes its just good to be reminded.  Praying that God will lead you to invite someone to a 3-Day Challenge.  Two is better than one!  You have no idea what God could do – for those who will just leave their nets, and follow him.  Nothing wrong with nets, everyone has a job, or school – but it’s the asking that brings the answer, it’s the seeking that brings the finding, it’s the following that brings the favor, it’s the obedience that brings the overcoming, and it’s the hearing that brings the healing.  Praying that your PiVAT before dinner and throughout the day – has you walking in the center of his will, and in the middle of His presence, immersed in His love for you.  That’s not a crutch, it's what makes you effective, not fruitless, not sidetracked, but successful.  It’s where your relationship with Him grows – cause it’s not just you talking, It’s Him directing and you obeying, and walking in the blessing.  It's where the do’s and don’t's become a non-factor, because the do this’s are leading you to a new destination, and a new understanding, you just know that you know.  It's how you grow!  
 
Love you all,
dad

Love you all, praying for you, 
 
First, what is an obeyer?  One who hears and obeys the voice of God, who walks in His plans for their good!  Why would you want to be one?  Because all of God’s promises and all of His good, are for those who obey.  And most important of all - because that’s what Jesus did.  To be a follower of Christ – you have to live like He did.  He was the ultimate obeyer.  In fact, that’s all He did – as an example for us, so you can fulfill your purpose, like He fulfilled His.  So what are the Eleven Habits of Obeyers?   #1) They write it down.  Obeyers write it down.  How will you remember what God told you, if you don’t write it down?  Like Samuel – He didn’t let one Word from God fall to the ground.   He valued it highly enough to write it down, so he could remember, rehearse it, and be sure to do it.  David did the same thing.  Solomon would never  have known God’s plans for the temple, if David hadn’t written it down.  “I have in writing from the hand of the LORD upon me all the details of the plan.”  God has plans for you, answers for you, revelation for you, direction for you, details for you! That's how you get to His good for you!  Praying that whatever He says, through whatever means He uses to say it... that you will write it down.  Like Samuel, like David, like Moses, like Luke, and John, and Paul.  God started speaking to man when he created Adam, and walked with him in the cool of the evening, after his day’s work was done.  Praying that you will review the PRISM Topic – Write It Down.  Praying that you will have a Conversation Log – that you use every day.  Not a Journal – where people write down their ideas, this is a Conversation Log where you write down every conversation you have with God, yourself, or others – through which He reveals truth and direction for you.  Praying that if you had one, and have fallen out of the habit, that you would go back to it.  His Word to you is worth it!  Those who become the most in life, (and the only thing worth accomplishing is what God told you to do), aren’t the ones who never fall off track, or fall down, but the ones who are the quickest to get back up and get back on track.  They learn to recover quickly, get back to basics quickly!  Everyone will go through difficult seasons, crazy busy seasons, where the habits that made them successful get eroded by worry, panic, disorganization, and work harder.   Like hurry up and cut there’s no time to measure!  Ask any carpenter how effective that is.  Sharpen the axe, don’t just work harder.  Praying that you will get back to your Conversation Log – or start one if you never have.  Praying that you will use PiVAT Highlighters!  Just like a database full of information is of little use if you can’t access it, PiVAT Highlighters help you quickly come back to the things that God told you, and revealed to you.  Whether using them in your Bible with PRISM, or your Conversation Log for your PRISM pages, or other conversations, they will lead you quickly to the truth you need, the reminder you need, at the time you need it.  The Holy Spirit will use them to direct you, to hone you, to sharpen you, empower and encourage you.  Praying that if you ever get off track, you will become skilled in returning quickly to the habits that help you obey.  Praying that you will write it down, and not give up.  It doesn't need to be perfect, perfection is the enemy of progress - just keep going, and keep trusting that God will honor you for valuing what He says.   Your Conversation Log is where you hear and remember so you can obey what He tells you.  The more you ask, the more He will answer and the more you write down, the more you remember, the more you obey, and the more He will give you!  Praying that God delights you today – with what He says.  He’s always speaking, He’s just waiting for us to notice, to capture it, so we can remember, and walk in it.   
 
Love you all,
dad

Love you all, praying for you,
 
I just love God’s Word.  It is full of everything you need.  Wisdom, insight, understanding, promise, hope, truth.  It has warnings and encouragement, commands, principles and parables.  The way you learn the best?  It’s got it.  So what are your favorite parts of the Bible, the stories, the warnings, the instructions, the encouragement.  I like the encouragement best – but sometimes I need the warning most.  Just like your best friend is not the one who always agrees with you, or joins you in stupid.  It’s the one loves you enough to tell you the truth, to call you out when you need it, when you are too full of yourself, or heading the wrong way.  Proverbs 27:5-6 – Open rebuke is better than hidden love.  Wounds from a friend can be trusted, but an enemy multiplies kisses.  So I appreciate the warnings.  Proverbs 22:3 – A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge, but the simple keep going and suffer for it.   What is prudent?  Not prudish, not Mr. “No fun at all.”  Prudent is cautious, circumspect, (considering all factors) practically wise.  Street Smart in a good sense, not gullible or naïve, but experienced, not prone to mistakes that can be costly.  What does it matter how much you gain, if you lose it all.  God says the wise see danger and take refuge, they hold up, they change course, they don’t keep going like normal, like everything is the same.  Sometimes it’s not.   Why do people keep going like normal and suffer... instead of taking refuge?  They are unaware, and heedless.  Sometimes they are so self-absorbed, just looking at their feet – that they don’t see the lamp post they are about to walk into.  They are looking at their own feet, rather than the road ahead.  Psalms 121:1 – I lift up my eyes to the hills – where does my help come from? My help comes from the LORD, the maker of heaven and earth.  Lift your eyes, not staring at the clouds, but looking to the One who is your help.  Ask Him.  The way you do this is steady habit, steady diet.  PRISM is mission critical to avoid disaster.  Wisdom comes from the LORD.  Without it, you stumble and fall, or you don’t even know that the bridge is out.  Often people lack a Godly circle of counsel.  Proverbs 24:6 – Only with sound guidance should you wage war, and victory lies in a multitude of counselors.  Some people forget that we are in a war.  The Enemy is warring against your soul, trying to catch you up, make you stumble, steal, kill, and destroy.  That’s personal attack.  Other times it's broader calamity against a city or nation, the days are evil.  The ignorant don’t recognize danger forming, and they get caught in it.  The best way to see danger and take refuge, is PiVAT before dinner.  This is taking refuge - daily.  Asking God what His plans are for you for tomorrow, is taking refuge – (running for help to HIM – for His plans, before the disaster comes).  He will lead you around it – and in the center of His will for you - which brings His Good and His blessing.  PRISM is taking refuge in Him, Stay in it!  His Word, His Wisdom, and the confirmation of what He just told you to do.  Happens all the time.  Your Daily Call, where you overcome with the word of your testimony, and get challenged by their insight and obedience.  Sometimes its good to ask God – where is the danger?  Is there danger facing your marriage?  Oh that’s no big deal, yes it is.  God wants you to change it.  Don’t keep doing what you’re doing and suffer for it, Run to Him and then address it.  Ask God what needs to change.  Boys will be boys – no, that boy of yours needs to be corrected, not made excuses for.  Unruly kids bring disgrace to their mother.  Whatever area of life it may be… Ask God what dangers are approaching that you might not see... that He wants you to avoid, and what to do to prevent them.  He will tell you.  He promised wisdom to those who ask Him.  Speak with your Godly friends – obeyers – and ask them what they see?  What God is revealing to them - in their PiVAT and PRISM.  Many advisors make victory sure.  The best protection for you and your family?  Fully obeying His Plans for you – Do PiVAT before dinner, stay immersed in the wisdom that is His Word, Stay in PRISM,  And be in relationship with other obeyers.  Praying that your PiVAT and PRISM and Daily Call, and your seeking the counsel of Godly friends, obeyers who hear His voice and walk in His will - will establish you in safety and victory.  Praying that you keep these habits regularly, so you daily take refuge in HIM, so He can direct your steps, guard you from danger, and empower you to love others to the truth and life that is in Christ. 
 
Love you all,
dad

Love you all, praying for you,
 
I just love God’s Word – it is so practical.  It’s truth will change your entire outlook, your entire perspective.  It’s life changing!  It’s when your perspective changes that your life changes, not just when your circumstances change.  It’s heart and mind change - that are the real change.  That’s why PRISM is so important – It’s truth for life!   When God says He is the Solid Rock, the Sure Foundation, He is speaking of a sure thing, a done deal, an immovable reality, an unchanging truth.  Psalms 131:1-3 – My heart is not proud, O LORD, my eyes are not haughty.  I do not concern myself with great matters or things too wonderful for me.  But I have stilled and quieted my soul like a weaned child with its mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me.  O Israel, put your hope in the LORD both now and forevermore.  I just love God’s Word – It deals with the past, the present and the future.  And all are sure things in Him.  David as usual is telling himself what He will do.  Reminding Himself of God’s truth and His fitting response.  Not only does it remind him, it commits him, his thoughts and his ways.  He is telling himself – my mind will and emotions are not mounted up with pride, my eyes are not presumptuous, seeing or considering myself as higher than I ought.  Nor do I exercise myself (either labor or exert my body, or labor or exert my mind) in great matters (either prideful things, or making things beyond my control – things that are in God’s hand – bigger or larger in my mind than what God is calling me to be concerned with.)  But I have stilled, leveled, equalized, adjusted, counterbalanced my mind, will and emotions – I’ve composed myself, quieted myself – stopped mental striving, ceased.   I choose to forbear, to hold my peace, to rest, be silent, stand still, wait… like a child who has accepted the reality that they are weaned from their mother.  Accustomed now – to not getting what they used to be frantic about.  Instead – I am onto the next stage that God has given me in life.  The next thing He has put my hand to.   Let Israel (not just anybody) let those (where He rules as God) put their hope in the LORD.  Not a possibility, a feeble potential, but a sure thing.  The LORD – the Supreme in authority!  The One who has all knowledge and all power, who is unmatched and unstoppable, and whose plans for you are Good!  Let those who let Him rule as God – wait patiently in full trust and confidence both now and forever more.  Fully trusting, resting, and confident in His power - for what they are facing right now, and for anything they will ever face til the day they die.  What could try to unsettle you? frustrate or fluster you?  Praying that you will take this opportunity to still your mind and soul, so nothing rattles you or shakes you, moves you or sways you, or even concerns you – only this next step of obedience that He has for you  in his hour.  Ask Him, He'll tell you.  Praying that you would do it fully, completely, with all your heart – and joyfully.  Praying that you would learn like David, to still yourself.  This happens in PRISM – by His Word – where you see His power... Praying that you would know His plans for you in PIVAT, and be about them right now.  That you would give an account of His resources every day so money is always a testimony, not a trial - that it's even laughable.  Praying that you would overcome in your Daily Call - through the power of your testimony of Him... That you would still and quiet your soul, trusting fully in His control, just obeying in this hour, so your joy overflows!
 
Love you all,
dad