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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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God Working Today - Exploring the Present and All-Powerful God
3d 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!
1w ago00:23:20Tap 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
2w ago00:23:11Tap 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
3w ago00:22:40Tap 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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The Chick-fil-A Guy - Christians are the Best!
May 400:20:48Tap 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: 813-380-8487There's not a whole lot I can tell you about this one. You'll just have to listen and go on this little Colorado adventure with me. I'll say this: God's people are awesome! This is true all over the Country and Planet! Meet Christians, ask questions, hear stories. Be encouraged, motivated, and inspired by the lives of fellow believers wherever you visit or live. God is amazingly at work, for your good, and so that you can be a blessing to others. Look for open doors, opportunities, and change... don't be afraid of change! May the Spirit guide you and the Son protect you, as the Father blesses you in this life.
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BIOS to ZOE - Living Two Lives with a Singular Focus
Apr 2700:21:35Tap 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: 813-380-8487BIOS "BEE-oss" - Physical Life, Lifespan, Daily ExistenceLuke 8:14; I John 2:16; Luke 21:4; I Timothy 2:2ZOE "ZOH-eh" - Real Life, Fulfilled LIfe, Spiritual LifeJohn 10:10; 17:3; Romans 6:4; Galatians 2:20; I John 5:11-121) Start your day with direction, not reaction2) Choose presence over distraction3) Interrupt yourself for what matters4) End the day with reflection, not escape
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Camels and Needles - All Things are Possible "With God"
Apr 2000:22:15Tap 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: 813-380-8487Sorry for the late drop on today's episode. I forgot to load it upon completion last week. This was a sermon a week ago. If you enjoy it and want much more biblical depth, particularly on the back end, you can watch it here. Please consider how you would interact with Jesus if He came to your home and made this dramatic request of you. Consider how differently you would respond if you a) had to do it on your own, or b) Jesus went with you. Money is the secondary point of this study. The primary point is the power of a present, active, daily relationship with Jesus Christ.
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