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2020-02-16T19:37:33-04:00

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Sunday Morning Love a Little Late Volume 2; Let Go and Let God Live

Last updated on: February 16, 2020 at 7:37 pm By Adam Paterno

In last Sunday’s blog, I touched upon an important point when discussing and praying over how to grapple with despair and how God is our eternal anchor and support in this struggle. Today, I want to revisit and discuss how a lot of the pain we cause ourselves on all fronts is deeply rooted in the need to control. We need to mitigate the clenching fist like stance and desire we have to want to control our lives fully... Read more

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#letgoofthewheel; #morepeacelesspressure; #letGodbeGod; #giveHimspace; #lettheHolySpiritin; #givegroundtograce

2020-02-14T07:33:13-04:00

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It’s not Selfish; Honor Self Love This St. Valentine’s Day

Last updated on: February 14, 2020 at 7:33 am By Adam Paterno

It’s not selfish but perhaps counter cultural; it does not feed into the current of growing individualism in our culture today. In fact, I believe it is the catalyst for being able to love others more fully. On February 14, St. Valentine’ s day this year, honor and celebrate self love; how loveable, irreplaceable, unique and powerful you are; how purposeful it is to be God’s beloved; how much meaning and fullness we have or can choose to have by... Read more

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#itsnotselfish; #honorthyself; #Godislove; #youareloveable; #itstartswithyou; #loveyourselffirst; #payitfoward

2020-02-09T18:28:10-04:00

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Let God be Your Anchor Not Despair

Last updated on: February 9, 2020 at 6:28 pm By Adam Paterno

Let God be your anchor not Despair. An anchor keeps the ship in place, stationary, grounded -stabilized; it prevents it from drifting due to potentially inclement weather. Despair is paralyzing. It is the point you reach when mind, body and soul have concluded that you have reached the point of no return-sheer hopelessness; it’s when we have completely given up. It is the heart shattering moment the reserve tank seems to be out of solutions, ideas, plans, goals, motivation, energy-when... Read more

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#dontdespair; #Godisyouranchor; #Godisyourlighthouse; #givehimthewheel; #heisincontrol; #walksonwater

#heisstability; #loosenthegrip; #havefaith

2020-02-09T12:46:56-04:00

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The Kingdom Mindset Retreat; Live, Share, Learn and Heal-2/29/20

Last updated on: February 9, 2020 at 12:46 pm By Adam Paterno

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2020-01-19T20:42:59-04:00

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Sunday Morning Love a Little late-Volume 1; Faith like St. Teresa

Last updated on: January 19, 2020 at 8:42 pm By Adam Paterno

The sunshine after the storm, the uplifting spurt of joy after the trial; these are the moments we know we are moving on from the pain or living through it courageously. Even if the moment is fleeting and the words, “I’m going to be fine” don’t sound too convincing as they leave your lips or circle around in your mind, the point is, you said them, you thought it and there was a moment of peace, as compromised as it... Read more

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#painispower; #paincanempower; #neverdespair; #presson; #faithfullikestteresa;

2020-01-17T14:23:15-04:00

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The Perks to Your Quirks; Embracing the Full You

Last updated on: January 17, 2020 at 2:23 pm By Adam Paterno

Let’s honour our quirks with whole, opened hearts. Let’s embrace those of others as well in the same vein and fashion. Good, bad or somewhere in between,our quirks are ours, the projections of our characters whether forged by experience or genetics blah blah blah… And we are in charge of their growth and impact on our lives. In the grand scheme of things, even our worst traits, habits, features etc… can in the long run, force happenings and change that... Read more

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#beyourfullself; #awesomeasyouare; #quirksareawesome; #theperkstoquirks; #godlovesallofyou

2020-01-12T18:40:22-04:00

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The Chosen Ones; The Epic Life Story of God’s Resilience in You

Last updated on: January 12, 2020 at 6:40 pm By Adam Paterno

Believe in the turnaround. It may take anywhere between now and what feels like eternity but in due time, the glory of redemption begins to seep through the emerging cracks of the present conflict. It’s all about resilience. It is a question of accepting and working through and with God’s time frame; his clock; the test of our will to accept and endure with as much patience as possible, the fully intentional and premeditated movement of the arms on the... Read more

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#redemption; #believeintheturnaround; #wearechosenforresilience; #choosethenarrowpath; #itsallaboutresilience

2020-01-11T09:35:19-04:00

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Stop the Stink; Half Witted Advice on Being More Positive at The Office

Last updated on: January 11, 2020 at 9:35 am By Adam Paterno

Shut up and work; really; seriously; honestly. Don’t be offended but office rumors, chatter, conspiracy theories, infighting is a bunch of useless banter and crap. Stay away from it at all costs. No one works for perfect companies and organizations and I’m sure we can look up thousands of stories online about corporate corruption and horror stories about office politics gone sideways and abuse; assuming we are not consummating false news and all its hyperbole and fabrications. I’m likewise sure... Read more

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#stopcomplaining; #bepositive; #workmoretalkless; #leadbyexample; #dontgiveintonegativity;

2020-01-05T12:13:43-04:00

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Progress; Moving on From Old Victories and Being Stubborn in Our Pursuit for New Ones

Last updated on: January 5, 2020 at 12:13 pm By Adam Paterno

Evolution, progress and change; these are all offshoots of each other; fully related and intertwined-3 knots in the same chord. Whether you have lost weight, acquired that promotion you so desired or improved a relationship that needed mending, once you have reached one plateau, it’s time to plan and envision conquering the next; and change is inevitable and unquestionably necessary. Feel stuck or blocked in your new role, not able to move forward in your success path; put on a... Read more

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#progressandchange; #moveforward; #progressisdynamic; #don'tbestubborn; #bestubbornforprogress; #bestubbornforchange

2020-01-02T15:11:40-04:00

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A New Decade to Accept the Timeless Truth: You are Loved

Last updated on: January 2, 2020 at 3:11 pm By Adam Paterno

You will never stop being loved. It’s impossible. If you thought this in 2019 or prior, vanquish the burning of that false hood and all the pain it caused you. Light your soul on fire with an everlasting, life giving flame that defuses self hate and rejection and let your heart be pierced, overwhelmed and taken hostage by the authority and truth of the prophet; Isaiah 43:1: “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by... Read more

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#godislove; #youarelovedperfectly; #unconditionallove; #newdecadenewhope; #newdecademorelove

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