Author Archives: Jim Baker

One Heart One Mind

Jeremy Riddle posted recently about worship being about us coming together as one heart and one mind. He’s referencing this verse from Acts 4:32 All the believers were one in heart and mind. No one claimed that any of their possessions was their own, but they shared everything they had. 33 With great power the apostles continued to testify […]

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Hearts Burning Within Us

Luke 24:32 When we hear God’s voice and read the scriptures do our hearts burn? What amazing imagery. What’s your heart truly burning for today? Desire is a God given gift that is intended to be directed back at our Creator. I heard someone say Hollywood does a better job of awakening desire than the […]

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Contend For Hope

I’m tired. And when I get tired I lose track of my why. And without my why I question just about everything. And because my eyes aren’t focused upward they turn inward and it quickly becomes about my comfort and my rights and my preferences which is entitlement. And entitlement is a slippery slope to […]

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Soul Cleaning

The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.  — Proverbs 22:3 My side hustle has allowed me to take a deeper dive into my soul recently. Who knew that God would have aligned something so perfectly, for me to earn some much needed extra cash for my family […]

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Love Me Where I’m Hiding

We are in a season of God peeling back unbelief and showing us the dreams He has for us. The #destiny we were created for. The impossible things we desire in our deepest being but cannot do apart from Him. If you can accomplish your dreams without God you probably aren’t tapped into the destiny you were created for. To do what God […]

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Brave Surrender

  I wouldn’t call @kimwalkersmith R&B (amazon says its the top r&b biography) but I’ve never been so excited to drive an hour to work and scrub toilets while listening to this book. on Amazon –> https://amzn.to/2FKZOPZ I remember having How He Loves on REPEAT and when Kim starts talking in the middle of that song […]

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Want Less Frustration? Communicate More

These mountains ⛰ never get old. I understand now why there are songs about mountain to the ocean. It’s amazing that you can see both. I’m learning about communication and for me how I think I’m over communicating at times but I’m really under-communicating. Recently someone asked what we are doing in Hawaii and if […]

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Two Responses To Stress

http://instagram.com/jimjessbaker I looked through my IG account today just to see which posts were doing better than others. Pretty photos do the best. Makes sense since IG is really a photo sharing app. So I guess I gotta get out there and take more pretty pictures. This is the Grand Canyon of the Pacific. I prayed […]

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Self Discipline

Self Discipline = DOING what you know you need to do even though you don’t FEEL like doing it “I know what I’m suppose to do, I just can’t do it.”  This has been a common phrase in my life.  I was waiting for a feeling of great motivation.  I needed a perfect atmosphere, or […]

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Vulnerability

  Lead with vulnerability. Be human. Don’t set yourself up to be the Hero. Find trusted friends. If you don’t have friends you can trust they probably aren’t friends, find new ones. Growth happens in the light. Growth happens in the context of love. Far from fear, shame, condemnation and judgement. Love keeps the high standard of the freedom we were created to walk […]

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