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Excel Still More
Hosted by Kris Emerson · EN
The Excel Still More podcast is designed to help Christians excel in their faith, their relationships, and really every part of their lives. If you are interested in growth in your faith, this is the show for you. If you want to see yourself reach greater heights, achieve powerful spiritual goals, and be a better servant of Christ, we are here to help. Each episode introduces a proven principle for achieving more. Then we show how the Word of God amplifies the idea. Finally, each episode will leave you with at least one practical project so you can put these tools into action today!Thanks for joining! Live your best life in Christ, and in whatever you do: Excel Still More!
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Resolving Personal Conflict - The Power of Three Parties
1w ago00:21:44Tap to summarizeReach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks!emersonk78@me.comExcel Still More Journal - AmazonNew GENESIS Daily Bible Devotional!Daily Bible Devotional Series - AmazonTitle Sponsor: Tyler Cain, Senior Loan Officer, Statewide MortgageWebsites: https://statewidemortgage.com/https://tylercain.floify.com/Phone: 813-380-8487Oooh, this one stung a bit. I don't get into it in the lesson, but I sent a text the minute the recording was finished. I don't know that it will start things back to friendship with the person, but would you please offer a prayer on our behalf? Thank you! I will do the same to you, generically now, and specifically later if you let me know who and how. We must be a restorative people. Christ is so merciful, kind, patient, and forgiving. And we come up with so many reasons not to be this way. We site the error of the other person, or external factors that make the relationship a lost cause. Praise God that He didn't do that with you or me. Live the love you have from God.
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The Purpose of Man - Made to Worship God!
2w ago00:21:34Tap to summarizeReach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks!emersonk78@me.comExcel Still More Journal - AmazonNew GENESIS Daily Bible Devotional!Daily Bible Devotional Series - AmazonTitle Sponsor: Tyler Cain, Senior Loan Officer, Statewide MortgageWebsites: https://statewidemortgage.com/https://tylercain.floify.com/Phone: 813-380-8487TOZER's BOOKS LINKFalse Worship vs. Faithful Worship1) Worship is about Me vs. Worship is about God2) Worship is What I want to Give vs. What God Desires3) Worship is about Chasing a Feeling vs. Truth Producing Affection4) Detached from Emotion vs. Engages the Whole Heart5) About Proving I'm Right vs. About Drawing Near to God4 WORDS FOR WORSHIP (CAFA)1) CONFIDENCE in God2) ADMIRATION of God3) FASCINATION with God4) ADORATION for GodUse these. Pray with them. Explore them. Make it ALL ABOUT GOD! Everyday, everywhere, everything, including Sundays.
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The Background Music - Where is God and Marriage in your Life?
3w ago00:20:49Tap to summarizeReach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks!emersonk78@me.comExcel Still More Journal - AmazonNew GENESIS Daily Bible Devotional!Daily Bible Devotional Series - AmazonTitle Sponsor: Tyler Cain, Senior Loan Officer, Statewide MortgageWebsites: https://statewidemortgage.com/https://tylercain.floify.com/Phone: 813-380-8487What is the most important thing or person in your life?How is that demonstrated Daily? Weekly? Monthly?Is it possible to say someone matters, and consider them always a part of your life, but marginalize and overlook them along the way? I believe it is. I know it.God deserves so much better. And so does my wife. Join me as we explore the kind of daily planning and focus that can put first things (first People), first, and that can actually bring stronger relationships and greater potential into every other endeavor of your day, week, and life.
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God Working Today - Exploring the Present and All-Powerful God
4w ago00:22:20Tap to summarizeReach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks!emersonk78@me.comExcel Still More Journal - AmazonNew GENESIS Daily Bible Devotional!Daily Bible Devotional Series - AmazonTitle Sponsor: Tyler Cain, Senior Loan Officer, Statewide MortgageWebsites: https://statewidemortgage.com/https://tylercain.floify.com/Phone: 813-380-8487SERMON LINK - YOUTUBEThe peace of God comes when the presence of God is the abiding force and comfort of our daily lives, regardless of circumstances. But if God is this close to us, what is He doing? We know the Word is the source of God's revelation, but what is the daily impact of His presence?God does amazing things in the lives of His people. He works in us, on us, and around us in great ways. Let's explore a few of those mighty acts. He is involved in the lives of unbelievers and believers, in personal ways. This, as we discussed, is not a sin of partiality. It is a great comfort and hope. I am prayerful this episode will affect your faith, the way you see God, your reading, the way you explore God, and your prayers, the way you call upon the hand of God, for you and for others.
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"Unreasonable Hospitality" - Surprising Others With Your Kindness!
Jun 1500:23:20Tap to summarizeReach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks!emersonk78@me.comExcel Still More Journal - AmazonNew GENESIS Daily Bible Devotional!Daily Bible Devotional Series - AmazonTitle Sponsor: Tyler Cain, Senior Loan Officer, Statewide MortgageWebsites: https://statewidemortgage.com/https://tylercain.floify.com/Phone: 813-380-8487Check out the book Unreasonable Hospitality1. Hospitality is Bigger than Entertaining -- it's about the people!2. Jesus Practiced Unreasonable Hospitality - go and do likewise!3. People Remember How You Make Them Feel - "do unto others..."-- A Quick Guide For The Week --- Notice Someone- Do One Unnecessary Kindness- Create One Memorable Moment This Week
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Guarding the Tongue - Why Most of the Work is done on the Inside
Jun 800:23:11Tap to summarizeReach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks!emersonk78@me.comExcel Still More Journal - AmazonNew GENESIS Daily Bible Devotional!Daily Bible Devotional Series - AmazonTitle Sponsor: Tyler Cain, Senior Loan Officer, Statewide MortgageWebsites: https://statewidemortgage.com/https://tylercain.floify.com/Phone: 813-380-8487Mathew Allen Article: "When The Tongues Isn't The Real Problem"Three Takeaways from the Article:1) The tongue reveals the wisdom we live by.2) Being right is not the same thing as being wise.3) Peacemaking is not weakness - it's the highest form of wisdom.And... three practical things to do this week:- Audit your most recent conflict- Start praying James 1:5 specifically- Become a farmer instead of a fighter
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Rules for Self-Discovery - 7 Questions for Seeing Yourself Clearly
Jun 100:22:40Tap to summarizeReach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks!emersonk78@me.comExcel Still More Journal - AmazonNew GENESIS Daily Bible Devotional!Daily Bible Devotional Series - AmazonTitle Sponsor: Tyler Cain, Senior Loan Officer, Statewide MortgageWebsites: https://statewidemortgage.com/https://tylercain.floify.com/Phone: 813-380-8487A.W. Tozer's "The Pursuit of God"7 Questions/Rules for Self-Discovery:1) What do you want most in your life?2) What do you think about most often?3) How do you use your money?4) What do you do with your leisure time?5) What is the company that you keep?6) Who do you admire and imitate?7) What makes you laugh?"Hardly anything else reveals so well the fear and uncertainty among men as the length to which they will go to hide their true selves from each other and even from their own eyes."Be honest with yourself. Then be honest with the Lord. From where you are, where you truly are, can come beautiful things, even if it begins with repentance.
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Praying for Failure - How God's Will May Not Look Like Success
May 2500:21:39Tap to summarizeReach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks!emersonk78@me.comExcel Still More Journal - AmazonNew GENESIS Daily Bible Devotional!Daily Bible Devotional Series - AmazonTitle Sponsor: Tyler Cain, Senior Loan Officer, Statewide MortgageWebsites: https://statewidemortgage.com/https://tylercain.floify.com/Phone: 813-380-8487I will cut to the application chase in the show notes. Once you've thought through the illustration of the man scaling the brick wall, and considered how to pray, here is a list of areas where you might pray for BOTH success and failure:1) Career and Education Choices (What if the ladder of success is a wall?)2) Financial Wisdom and Independence (Is the "love of money" dangerous?)3) Relationships, Particularly Marriage (What matters most here?)4) Christian Service and Ministry (Who is this about?)5) Physical Fitness (Do you want it if it becomes addictive?)6) Knowledge (Defeat my sense of knowing if it makes me prideful)Others may include:- My Family's Worldly Success (Are we proud of the right things?)- Being Right (Do we speak to win or to learn?)- Comfort / Peaceful Living (If it makes us less like Jesus, is it good?)- Popularity / Influence (What are the dangers if I am not prepared?)
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Giving Jonah Grace - and Learning to Give Yourself Some As Well!
May 1800:21:13Tap to summarizeReach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks!emersonk78@me.comExcel Still More Journal - AmazonNew GENESIS Daily Bible Devotional!Daily Bible Devotional Series - AmazonTitle Sponsor: Tyler Cain, Senior Loan Officer, Statewide MortgageWebsites: https://statewidemortgage.com/https://tylercain.floify.com/Phone: 813-380-8487I've read and taught Jonah's story more times than I can remember. And while we do note his good deeds in the middle, Jonah's story is usually told in a negative light. Jonah's sin drives the story, and it ends with his wrong attitude. I have far too frequently been highly critical of Jonah, and really, it was self-projection.I've struggled for many years with believing I lived in the grace of God. I, like Jonah, just mess up too badly and too much. But there is grace in this story. And Jonah's relationship with God, while tested by sin, was not broken by it. And neither is yours, nor mine, if we live by faith - even with our sins. Can I invite you to have more mercy on Jonah? And more crucially, on yourself. God has. And God is not, nor has, given up on you. Don't give up on yourself. He has done so much in Christ and with the Spirit to secure your salvation!
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The Marshmallow Experiment - More Environmental Than We Think
May 1100:21:16Tap to summarizeReach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks!emersonk78@me.comExcel Still More Journal - AmazonNew GENESIS Daily Bible Devotional!Daily Bible Devotional Series - AmazonTitle Sponsor: Tyler Cain, Senior Loan Officer, Statewide MortgageWebsites: https://statewidemortgage.com/https://tylercain.floify.com/Phone: 813-380-8487Have you ever seen the Marshmallow Experiment? It's old and certainly makes you think. How we train ourselves, even in our youth, directly correlates to discipline, success, and productivity later in life. BUT - that is not the whole story. It's too. - ME FOCUSES -- I learn discipline. I delay gratification. I learn to say no. Life is so much be than you! And that's where new experiments with the marshmallows have the most valuable things to teach us. Tune in today to learn more.
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