A Prayer Series II

Abba Father,

You are a Holy and righteous God. I thank you so much for sending Your Son Jesus to save us from our fallen nature. Father, I hope that I will allow you to mold me into being just like Him every day. Lead and direct my steps. I want to be going in the right direction. I have fears in my life. Help me to push through those fears and be the son that you would have me to be. I know, Father, that you have made me to bring great glory to Your name. I pray that I am becoming the man that can do just that. I only want to serve You and to be in Your presence. We are coming up on a mission trip to Honduras. I pray that You would open doors of opportunity so that souls will be won for Your kingdom.

I Love You,

Ryan

A Prayer Series

Abba Father,

Today I ask that you would come into my daily routine and make me something greater than I could be on my own. I have many things that are needing to be done in my work, and I just can't seem to focus long enough to get them all done. Help me to choose what to do and also what not to do. Give me the wisdom to choose right from wrong and to make success decisions instead of failure decisions. Father, you are my God and I thank You for hearing my prayer.

Love,

Your son,

Ryan

10 Ways to Deal With Stress

1. learn to prioritize - what to do and what not to do
2. maintain control of your schedule -learn to say no
3. establish a support system - those to encourage you
4. don't procrastinate
5. don't try to please everyone
6. schedule breaks
7. exercise
   
   
8. reward yourself, pay now and play later
9. don't try to fix everything
10. find ways to relieve stress that work for you - hit things, play, etc.

-John C. Maxwell

12 Ways to be Creative

1. give yourself time
2. find creative places
3. force yourself to think (focus)
4. have creative meetings & bring creative people
5. see problems as possibilities
6. have fun and be spontaneous
   
   
7. challenge rules and assumptions
8. think outside the box
9. explore all the options
10. be persistent
    
    
11. surround yourself with creative starters (they jump-start you toward being creative.)
12. never be anyone without a legal pad. capture your ideas, don't rely on your memory

-John C. Maxwell

Teach him to deny himself... - Robert E. Lee

"Teach him to deny himself..." -Robert E. Lee

1. No eating out (for me) until we are PowerPlayer (tm)
2. Drink only water, coffee, or XS
3. no convenience store food
   
   

Learning Goals

1. 4 Cd's / day
2. Read 15mins / day

Action Goals

1. 15 plans / month (go-getter every seminar)*****************
   
   

Results Goals

1. 10 deep / month ( may have to ramp up to this)
• if this we accomplished then we'd go pp every month, considering a second leg was going 5 deep
2. PowerPlayer by the next Major
3. Team 25 by next major