Month: August 2020

In The Know… (WEEK OF FOURTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST)

WORK ON THAT SPEECH.

A READING FOR YOU…

1 He has founded his city on the holy mountain.
2 The Lord loves the gates of Zion
    more than all the other dwellings of Jacob.

3 Glorious things are said of you,
    city of God:[a]
4 “I will record Rahab[b] and Babylon
    among those who acknowledge me—
Philistia too, and Tyre, along with Cush[c]—
    and will say, ‘This one was born in Zion.’”[d]
5 Indeed, of Zion it will be said,
    “This one and that one were born in her,
    and the Most High himself will establish her.”
6 The Lord will write in the register of the peoples:
    “This one was born in Zion.”

7 As they make music they will sing,
    “All my fountains are in you.”

TODAY’s POA = RUN + CAREERLINK + BAforPA + Excel Spreadsheets + Area Director responsibilities (RR CLUB VISIT) + GYM + write SPEECH (LD2) + read Chapter 3 of “Talking to Strangers”

YEAH. (quick feet)

In The Know… (THIRTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST)

MAKE THAT SCHEDULE HAPPEN.

A READING FOR YOU…

21 From that time on Jesus began to explain to his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.

22 Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. “Never, Lord!” he said. “This shall never happen to you!”

23 Jesus turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me; you do not have in mind the concerns of God, but merely human concerns.”

24 Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. 25 For whoever wants to save their life[a] will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it. 26 What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul? 27 For the Son of Man is going to come in his Father’s glory with his angels, and then he will reward each person according to what they have done.

28 “Truly I tell you, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.”

LET’s GO2 HCW.

YEAH!!!

In The Know… (WEEK OF THIRTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST)

TIME MANAGEMENT: GYM FIRST…

A READING FOR YOU…

7 For the secret power of lawlessness is already at work; but the one who now holds it back will continue to do so till he is taken out of the way. 8 And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will overthrow with the breath of his mouth and destroy by the splendor of his coming. 9 The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with how Satan works. He will use all sorts of displays of power through signs and wonders that serve the lie, 10 and all the ways that wickedness deceives those who are perishing. They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. 11 For this reason God sends them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie 12 and so that all will be condemned who have not believed the truth but have delighted in wickedness.

TODAY’s POA = GYM + CAREERLINK + CTM Workbook + ETM Workbook + ROTARY + AD responsibilities + read Chapter 2 of “Talking to Strangers”

YEAH!!!

In The Know (WEEK OF THIRTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST)

YEAH!!!

A READING FOR YOU…

1 Vindicate me, Lord,
    for I have led a blameless life;
I have trusted in the Lord
    and have not faltered.
2 Test me, Lord, and try me,
    examine my heart and my mind;
3 for I have always been mindful of your unfailing love
    and have lived in reliance on your faithfulness.

4 I do not sit with the deceitful,
    nor do I associate with hypocrites.
5 I abhor the assembly of evildoers
    and refuse to sit with the wicked.
6 I wash my hands in innocence,
    and go about your altar, Lord,
7 proclaiming aloud your praise
    and telling of all your wonderful deeds.

8 Lord, I love the house where you live,
    the place where your glory dwells.
9 Do not take away my soul along with sinners,
    my life with those who are bloodthirsty,
10 in whose hands are wicked schemes,
    whose right hands are full of bribes.
11 I lead a blameless life;
    deliver me and be merciful to me.

12 My feet stand on level ground;
    in the great congregation I will praise the Lord.

TODAY’s POA = WALK + Commonwealth House of Representatives CL & R + DONEGAL TM meeting + CTM Workbook + GYM + ETM Workbook + AD responsibilities + read Chapter 2 of “Talking to Strangers”

YEAH!!!

In The Know… (WEEK OF THIRTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST)

ATTITUDE… (it’s a decision)

A READING FOR YOU…

14 Therefore hear the word of the Lord, you scoffers
    who rule this people in Jerusalem.
15 You boast, “We have entered into a covenant with death,
    with the realm of the dead we have made an agreement.
When an overwhelming scourge sweeps by,
    it cannot touch us,
for we have made a lie our refuge
    and falsehood[a] our hiding place.”

16 So this is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“See, I lay a stone in Zion, a tested stone,
    a precious cornerstone for a sure foundation;
the one who relies on it
    will never be stricken with panic.
17 I will make justice the measuring line
    and righteousness the plumb line;
hail will sweep away your refuge, the lie,
    and water will overflow your hiding place.
18 Your covenant with death will be annulled;
    your agreement with the realm of the dead will not stand.
When the overwhelming scourge sweeps by,
    you will be beaten down by it.
19 As often as it comes it will carry you away;
    morning after morning, by day and by night,
    it will sweep through.”

The understanding of this message
    will bring sheer terror.
20 The bed is too short to stretch out on,
    the blanket too narrow to wrap around you.
21 The Lord will rise up as he did at Mount Perazim,
    he will rouse himself as in the Valley of Gibeon—
to do his work, his strange work,
    and perform his task, his alien task.
22 Now stop your mocking,
    or your chains will become heavier;
the Lord, the Lord Almighty, has told me
    of the destruction decreed against the whole land.

TODAY’s POA = WALK + CAREERLINK + AD CLUB VISIT for LGH + Virtual Ribbon Creation + GYM + CTM Workbook + ETM Workbook + AD CLUB VISIT for LGH + CTM executive meeting + Read Chapter 2 of “Talking to Strangers”

YEAH.

In The Know… (WEEK OF THIRTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST)

MY JOURNEY, OUR CLUBs…

A READING FOR YOU…

33 Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and[a] knowledge of God!
    How unsearchable his judgments,
    and his paths beyond tracing out!
34 “Who has known the mind of the Lord?
    Or who has been his counselor?”[b]
35 “Who has ever given to God,
    that God should repay them?”[c]
36 For from him and through him and for him are all things.
    To him be the glory forever! Amen.

TODAY’s POA = WALK + BA for PA + SPEECH @ RR + GYM + CTM Workbook + ETM Workbook + AD Responsibilities (CLUB VISIT) + Lead Officer Training + Read Chapter 2 of “Talking to Strangers”

YEAH.

In The Know… (WEEK OF THIRTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST)

I AM GOING TO DO THIS.

A READING FOR YOU…

43 The next day Jesus decided to leave for Galilee. Finding Philip, he said to him, “Follow me.”

44 Philip, like Andrew and Peter, was from the town of Bethsaida. 45 Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the one Moses wrote about in the Law, and about whom the prophets also wrote—Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”

46 “Nazareth! Can anything good come from there?” Nathanael asked.

“Come and see,” said Philip.

47 When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, he said of him, “Here truly is an Israelite in whom there is no deceit.”

48 “How do you know me?” Nathanael asked.

Jesus answered, “I saw you while you were still under the fig tree before Philip called you.”

49 Then Nathanael declared, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the king of Israel.”

50 Jesus said, “You believe[a] because I told you I saw you under the fig tree. You will see greater things than that.” 51 He then added, “Very truly I tell you,[b] you[c] will see ‘heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending on’[d] the Son of Man.”

TODAY’s POA = CAREERLINK + excel spreadsheets (change political party)+ GYM (store) + CTM Workbook (dues) + ETM Workbook (dues) + AD responsibilities + ROTARY + read Chapter 2 of “Talking to Strangers”

YEAH.

In The Know… (TWELFTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST)

WHAT’S YOUR NAME???

A READING FOR YOU…

13 When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say the Son of Man is?”

14 They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”

15 “But what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?”

16 Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.”

17 Jesus replied, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood, but by my Father in heaven. 18 And I tell you that you are Peter,[a] and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades[b] will not overcome it. 19 I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be[c] bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be[d] loosed in heaven.” 20 Then he ordered his disciples not to tell anyone that he was the Messiah.

LET’s GO2 HCW.

YEAH.

In The Know… (WEEK OF TWELFTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST)

TURN THE WORLD UPSIDE DOWN.

A READING FOR YOU…

15 “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: On the day it was brought down to the realm of the dead I covered the deep springs with mourning for it; I held back its streams, and its abundant waters were restrained. Because of it I clothed Lebanon with gloom, and all the trees of the field withered away. 16 I made the nations tremble at the sound of its fall when I brought it down to the realm of the dead to be with those who go down to the pit. Then all the trees of Eden, the choicest and best of Lebanon, the well-watered trees, were consoled in the earth below. 17 They too, like the great cedar, had gone down to the realm of the dead, to those killed by the sword, along with the armed men who lived in its shade among the nations.

18 “‘Which of the trees of Eden can be compared with you in splendor and majesty? Yet you, too, will be brought down with the trees of Eden to the earth below; you will lie among the uncircumcised, with those killed by the sword.

“‘This is Pharaoh and all his hordes, declares the Sovereign Lord.’”

TODAY’s POA (plan of attack) = WALK + CAREERLINK + ETM (Elizabethtown Toastmasters) Workbook + ROTARY + GYM + CTM (Conestoga Toastmasters) Workbook + AD (Area Director) responsibilities + read Chapter 1 of “Talking to Strangers” + SPEECH FOR LD1 (Leadership Development Level 1)

YEAH.

In The Know… (WEEK OF TWELFTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST)

#falldown7timesSTANDUP8

A READING FOR YOU…

1 I will praise you, Lord, with all my heart;
    before the “gods” I will sing your praise.
2 I will bow down toward your holy temple
    and will praise your name
    for your unfailing love and your faithfulness,
for you have so exalted your solemn decree
    that it surpasses your fame.
3 When I called, you answered me;
    you greatly emboldened me.

4 May all the kings of the earth praise you, Lord,
    when they hear what you have decreed.
5 May they sing of the ways of the Lord,
    for the glory of the Lord is great.

6 Though the Lord is exalted, he looks kindly on the lowly;
    though lofty, he sees them from afar.
7 Though I walk in the midst of trouble,
    you preserve my life.
You stretch out your hand against the anger of my foes;
    with your right hand you save me.
8 The Lord will vindicate me;
    your love, Lord, endures forever—
    do not abandon the works of your hands.

TODAY’s POA = WALK + Virtual Ribbons for CTM + HAC (phone call) + GYM + ETM Workbook + AD responsibilities (CLUB VISIT) + read Chapter 1 of “Talking to Strangers”

Is it 2021 yet???