Take action

In 6 months time how on earth do you expect your life to be different if you aren't doing anything about it right now? ~Here's a newsflash, if you aren't taking action today, tomorrow or the next day to work towards your goals then guess what? You and your life will be exactly the same in 6 months time as it is now!

Success rarely comes from making just a few big efforts. Success almost always is the result of small efforts multiplied again and again. Small, simple acts can reliably lead to big, magnificent achievements. It's just a matter of putting enough of those small, simple actions together in the same direction. Right now, in this moment, is your opportunity to take one small step toward whatever goal you have set for yourself. In the next moment, there will be another such opportunity, and another and another as time goes on. Achievement belongs to those who make wise and productive use of time as it comes. Achievement comes from those who understand that small opportunities can lead to big results. Those small opportunities are everywhere, and you don't have to beg or plead with anyone to give you access to them. You simply have to see the potential they represent, and then take action. Each time you see the opportunity to take one small step, by all means take it. And soon you'll be racing far ahead. -- Ralph Marston

Christmas Brings the Peace of God by Rick Warren

You will experience God’s peace, which is far more wonderful than the human mind can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:6 (NLT)

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Once you make peace with God, that’s spiritual peace, then you get the peace of God in your heart and that’s emotional peace.

This is the one you really need for daily living. The peace of God happens in your heart when you’ve made peace with God. All of a sudden, the stress in your life goes down. You’re not as angry as you used to be. Things don’t bother you as much. You’re a lot more patient. You’re filled with a lot more love and peace.

Why? Because once you have peace with God, you have the peace of God in your heart.

The Bible says, “Don’t worry about anything. Instead pray about everything” (Philippians 4:6 NLT). You have two choices in life: You can pray or panic, worship or worry. Those are your choices. Worry has never solved a single one of your problems. If you prayed as much as you worry, you would have a lot less to worry about! Prayer can change things. That’s why the Bible says, “Don’t worry. Pray!”

“Pray about everything. Tell God what you need. Thank him for all that he’s done. [And if you do this] You will experience God’s peace, which is far more wonderful than the human mind can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus” (Philippians 4:6 NLT).

Merry Christmas!! I love you all!

Schedule for rest of DEC

week starting 12/15
LUNCH CLASSES
Mon- no class...(Kyla has the flu, had to check on her)
Tues-train for 5k
Wed-total body strength training
Thurs-train for 5k

EVENING CLASSES
Mon-Train for 5k
Tues-Martial arts

NO SAT MORNING CLASS- sleep in... I will be in Virginia with my parents :-)

week starting 12/22
NO CLASSES ALL WEEK-Merry Christmas!

week starting 12/29
LUNCH CLASSES
Mon- total body strength training
Tues-train for 5k
Thurs-total body strength training-(start the New Year off right!)

EVENING CLASSES
Mon-total body strength training
Tues-Martial arts

SAT MORNING CARDIO
TBA times and locations will alternate depending on weather
check here or contact me each week (200-0089)

No Saturday Workout

I have the flu...yuck! See you Monday for 5k training and the rest of the schedule. :-)

Thought for the day'

'To get something you never had, you have to do something you never did.' When God takes something from your grasp, He's not punishing you, but merely opening your hands to receive something better.


'The will of God will never take you where the Grace of God will not protect you.'

Christmas: Celebration!by Rick Warren

“I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people.” Luke 2:10 (NIV)
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This may come as a shock to you, but God really likes parties. God is into parties; God likes to party; God is constantly throwing parties. In fact, the Bible says that God’s angels throw a party every time a single person trusts Jesus as the Lord and Savior of his or her life. They party for joy whenever someone turns away from self-centeredness and turns toward Jesus.
Christmas is a party; it’s a birthday party for Jesus. It’s why we say “Merry Christmas.” Yet, we often leave the guest of honor out of our Christmas parties! Thinking about this irony, I started asking people, “What are you celebrating this Christmas?” This is what a few of them told me:
· “What am I celebrating? Not a lot.”
· “The blessings that we’ve had in our family this year.”
· “Just the Christmas spirit.”
· “Being home and not being on the road for the holidays.”
· “This Christmas? I’m celebrating the birth of Christ.”
· “Nothing. I just want to get through it.”
This last comment is true for a lot of people. Christmas may be a season of celebration, but they feel they have nothing to celebrate. Perhaps that’s true of you, too. You’re thinking, “I just want to get through Christmas. I just want to survive it. I’ve got nothing to celebrate.”
But God, through his angel, tells us that embedded in Christmas is good news of such great joy that, if we believe it, we won’t be able to contain the celebration within us.
But we get so frustrated in our circumstances or so busy simply getting ready for the celebration that we lose sight of the joy. The good news turns into the fact that your in-laws aren’t coming this year or you managed to keep within the Christmas budget.
God’s good news is so much more than that! The joy of Christmas is based on three things: (1) God loves us; (2) God is with us; (3) God is for us. Can you hear the celebration in that?!

Schedule

Hey guys,

Looks too cold again for me to workout outside on Saturday... meet me at the church at 7:30 for a cardio workout.

Next week our schedule looks like this.

LUNCH
Mon- upper body strength training
Tues-train for 5k
Thurs-lower body strength training

SAT MORNING -TBA times and locations will alternate check here or contact me each week (200-0089)

EVENING CLASSES
Mon-Total body strength training
Tues-Martial arts

See ya soon!

Quick Total Body Workout

Hey guys,

December is a busy time... but don't quit working out. If you can't get to class, try this workout at home. It can be done in around 20 minutes and gets your whole body. Do it one to three times a week (on non-consecutive days) and you won't go backwards during the Christmas season. (As long as you don't eat TOO much!)

http://www.fitnessmagazine.com/workout/lose-weight/total-body/4-week-slim-sculpt-little-black-dress-workout/

See ya soon!

Releasing Your Regrets by Rick Warren

People who cover over their sins will not prosper. But if they confess and forsake them, they will receive mercy. Proverbs 28:13 (NLT)
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How often do you play the “if only” game?
· If only I had it to do over.
· If only I had listened sooner.
· If only I could erase the past.
· If only I could forgive myself.
Because no one is perfect, we all have regrets. We’ve all made bad choices, said foolish things, wasted time, and hurt ourselves and others.
How do you release those regrets?
Here are some strategies that don’t work:
1. We bury them. Burying the past doesn’t work. Like creatures from a horror movie, unresolved regrets come back to haunt us over and over. Minimizing (“It wasn’t a big deal”), rationalizing (“Everyone does it”), and compromising (lowering your standards) are ways we try to bury our regrets.
2. We blame others. This tactic is as old as Adam and Eve. When Adam sinned, he took it like a man – he blamed his wife! We use blame to balance out our guilt.
3. We beat ourselves. We try to pay for our guilt unconsciously through illness, depression, setting ourselves up for failure, and other forms of self-punishment. The problem with beating up on yourself is this: your conscience never knows when to stop! Many spend their entire lives in self-condemnation.
What does God want me to do with my regrets?
· Admit my guilt. Own up to it.Don’t make excuses. The Bible says, “People who cover over their sins will not prosper. But if they confess and forsake them, they will receive mercy” (Proverbs 28:13 NLT).
· Accept Christ’s forgiveness. He’s waiting to clean your slate.Ask him to clear your conscience, and then remember “there is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus” (Romans 8:1 NLT).
· Forgive yourself and focus on the future. “Do not remember the past events, pay no attention to things of old. Look, I am about to do something new; even now it is coming. Do you not see it? Indeed, I will make a way in the wilderness, rivers in the desert” (Isaiah 43:18-19 HCSB).

Monday class

Hey guys,

We will still be having class today. So if you want to get out in the snow...I'll be there!