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Guest Post: What Does Your Silence Say?

What Does Your Silence Say?

Guest Post by Heart and Soul Health Coach Mike Fenton

Have you heard the term actions speak louder than words? Often times our actions will convey our feelings more clearly than our words. One of those actions are what is sometimes called “the silent treatment” or “the cold shoulder”. What message are we sending out to others? How would you feel if it were happening to you? Silence may be golden at times, but not when someone is trying to communicate with you. In Mark 7:12 we are told “So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets”. So if we would not like to have someone treat us that way we should not treat others as such. If we want others to listen to what we have to say, we should be listening to what they have to say.

How about taking time to talk things through if there is a misunderstanding, is that not a better solution than not speaking at all? It is written in John 13:34 “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another”. There will be times when you have made the effort to talk things out, but have not received a response back, at least you have made the effort. The only thing left to do is pray and put it in God’s hands.

Silence does not always stem from a misunderstanding or argument, sometimes it comes from not paying attention when someone is trying to communicate with us. Often times we find ourselves pre-occupied with electronic devices like the I-phone, which now not only allows us to communicate, but to watch TV, play games, listen to music etc…

Being silent because we are too preoccupied with our electronic device sends another message all in itself. It has the potential to say, what you’re saying is not that important. When we are together with others (especially if we are with a loved one) we should leave the electronic devices to another time and spend time enjoying the company of others.

Lastly, think about what our silence says when we have not spoken to the Lord in a while. Take some time now as He is waiting to hear from us all.

Jan 24, 2014 By Caroline Gavin Spiritual Growth Leave a Comment

Live Your Power: Freedom of Forgiveness

Live Your Power Radio Show: Freedom of Forgiveness

I am tremendously grateful to have shared my journey with Jesus, how to live with joy and how to find freedom through forgiveness on Jenny Craig’s inspirational “Live Your Power” radio show!

Listen to the interview via Live Your Power with Christian Business Coach Caroline Gavin

Jenny Craig shares: Caroline Gavin is a Christian Business Coach, Speaker, Author and Radio Host. Her life path involved overcoming the dark depths of depression and the near-death of an eating disorder. She is now passionate about sharing hope, inspiration and joy in her journey. As a Christian Business Coach and the Founder of Purposeful Pathway Business Coaching, she helps faith-based entrepreneurs pave their vocational paths, live with purpose and walk with God’s way.

* 3D Vitality Health Coach Ann Musico and Purposeful Pathway Business Coach Caroline Gavin have linked arms to offer a 40-day program called Healthy Business, Healthy Body and Healthy Life! This powerful journey is very affordably offered at an introductory price of $27 through January 31st. Visit PurposefulPathway.com and click on the “Healthy Business, Healthy Body, Healthy Life” tab to learn more and to register for this amazing program at an amazing introductory price!

* Purposeful Pathway Business Coach Caroline Gavin invites you to sign up for the free 7-week Journey to Joy. Rich with Scriptural insights, practical step-by-step guidance and poetic inspiration, the “Purposeful Pathway: Journey to Joy” workbook is a gift from Caroline when you sign up at www.PurposefulPathway.com.

* Purposeful Pathway Business Coach Caroline Gavin invites you to join the 21-Day ATTRACT Clients NOW Challenge! If you are an entrepreneur desiring to change the world for good with the gifts God has given you and yet you are struggling to find clients consistently, embrace the opportunity to sign up for this free 21-Day Challenge today. Simply visit www.PurposefulPathway.com and click on the “21-Day Attract Clients NOW Challenge” tab to register. Caroline looks forward to working with you to attract more clients and to create a fun, fruitful and profitable business for you!

* Purposeful Pathway Business Coach Caroline Gavin invites you to reach out to her for a complimentary “Boost my Business” session. She is excited to offer five sessions per month to qualified candidates. From this 25-minute session, you will walk away with clarity, renewed enthusiasm and a clear-cut customized action plan to boost your faith-based business; simply email Caroline via caroline@PurposefulPathway.com to learn more.

Jan 23, 2014 By Caroline Gavin Spiritual Growth, Vocation / Career / Calling Leave a Comment

Adding Adventure

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Purposeful Pathway is the haven for faith-based entrepreneurs. Part of my mission is equipping faith-based businesses with information that is practical, actionable and Scriptural.

The theme of this post is adding adventure!

My prayer is that you are savoring the start of this New Year! These past few weeks have involved a lot of traveling and shifting personal situations for me, and some have labeled my life as full of “adventures.” I must say that I have to agree! As disruptive as these “adventures” may be on the surface to a business, they are rewarding in that they shift perspective and boost creativity. It is very easy in our faith-based businesses to get lost in the practicals; it is important to remember the power of adding adventure!

How do we add adventure? Let’s look at seven steps for doing just that:

Be open to it. Decide that adventure is an important component of growing and stretching…and decide to embrace it as part of your business (and life) journey. If you view adventure as dangerous or frivolous, you will not carve the space and the grace for it.
Determine what adventure is to you. Your idea of a healthy adventure may be completely different than mine. What is a good adventure to you? What does it look like? Feel like? Smell like? Taste like? Sound like? Write down in detail what your fun and fruitful adventures involve.
Open your eyes. Once you have defined your adventures and have opened your mind to them, keep your physical, emotional and spiritual eyes open as well. God is gracious to give us opportunities, but we must be vigilant to see them and receive them.
Don’t dismiss discomfort. Yes, you want the adventure and you have been looking for it…but do not expect everything to smooth sailing. It would not be an adventure if that were the case, right? Remember that the discomfort stretches us, challenges us and changes us…and all for the better if we allow it. “Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him.” (James 1:12)
Find purpose in pain. You may find your adventures to have periods of pain far beyond simple discomfort. Others may resist your changes, you may feel unsettled with new scenarios, old wounds may come to the surface; yet purposeful is our pain when we remember that God only allows what is for our best and for His glory. Choose to see the purpose in the pain, and choose to embrace peace by seeking God’s Presence. “Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind.” (James 12:8)
Find fruit in the fun. On the other side of the pain and discomfort is fun and joy. Learn to find the fruit in the fun. Grow in the midst of it. Be freed by it. Give glory to God in it. Allow fruitful fun to boost your Christ-centered creativity. “Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and the sight of your eyes. But know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.” (Ecclesiastes 11:9)
Add adventures while adding value. Add value to your business and to God’s Kingdom as you are adding your adventures. Share the wisdom, the treasures, the insights and the love that you have gained with your family, friends, followers, clients and colleagues. Beautiful, then, is the ripple effect of your remarkable adventures! “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.” (Colossians 3:16)

I encourage you to be intentional in adding adventure for boosting your business and deepening your joy!

If you need help with adding adventure or with building your business overall, I invite you to attract your ideal clients and powerfully boost your business over the next 40 days! There is no need to reinvent the wheel. I have organized my knowledge and experiences in business into an implementable 40-day series of actionable daily steps, instructional videos and powerful worksheets. If you need a serious boost in business, I encourage you to take the next step by visiting Purposeful Pathway Business Academy today!

Let’s Pray: Awesome Adventurous Father, we dedicate all to You on our purposeful pathways. Help us, Divine Daddy, to add adventure for Your glory and for the blessing of others. Stretch us, change us, challenge us that we may become more and more like Christ. Allow us to enjoy fruitful fun for you, O Father. We love you with every fiber of our beings, every moment of every day…and it’s in Jesus’ Name we pray. Amen.

I Treasure Your Thoughts and Comments!

Jan 20, 2014 By Caroline Gavin Spiritual Growth, Vocation / Career / Calling 2 Comments

Guest Post: All or Nothing

“Health and Fitness: The All or Nothing Principle?”

Guest Post by 3D Health Coach Ann Musico

With weight loss clients, one of the basic principles of my Today’s the Day plan is the 90-10 rule. Even this isn’t set in stone – it can be 90-10 or 80-20. Often clients feel if they don’t follow the plan “perfectly” or if they are unable to do everything “right” it will ruin all their efforts. Nothing could be further from the truth.

This 90-10 or 80-20 principle applies to any health or lifestyle change you want to make. I thought it was important to highlight this since January is typically the time we all try to lose weight, get healthy and improve our habits. What I am suggesting is that if you eat cleaner – making the best choices available to you 80 or 90% of the time, the other 10 or 20% will not derail all your hard work. Consistency and balance the keys here. Do your best most of the time! But don’t be overly harsh and legalistic with yourself. Be realistic and flexible – you are a human being and there will be good days and bad.

This is why when people get all worked up over eating cookies and special foods over the holidays that are not on their “diet” I say – it matters more what you do between New Years and Thanksgiving than what you do between Thanksgiving and New Years!

The same holds true for exercise. Try to stick to your routine and plan most days of the week. There will be times when an unexpected appointment or something else happens and you miss. It’s ok. In fact, you should take a day or two off a week to allow your muscles to heal. Over training causes injuries and inflammation which, as I have said before, is the root of all illness.

You can apply this to all areas of your life and if you do, I believe you will benefit greatly. Getting stressed about it is the most destructive thing you could do. Make it an enjoyable process rather than a stressful one and you will experience success so much more quickly!

Are you strict and inflexible with yourself – an “all or nothing” person? As Dr. Phil would say, How’s that working for you?

I am a holistic health coach and independent nutritional consultant. All my coaching plans are based on my 3-D Living program and a big part of that are the Beyond Organic Products and Emergent Health Supplements I proudly offer! Visit my website at http://www.threedimensionalvitality.com and learn more!

Jan 16, 2014 By Caroline Gavin Holistic Healing Leave a Comment

Closer to You

Closer to You, Lord

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“The LORD is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.” Psalm 145:18

Closer to You, Lord,

This I now pray,

May I be every moment

Of each passing day.

Your sweet voice I hear,

Your radiance I see,

Your presence I feel

In and around me.

So deep is Your love,

So warm Your embrace,

So beautiful Your blessings,

So glorious Your grace,

Precious Your path,

Wonderful Your way,

Timeless Your treasures,

Every Word You say.

So take my hand,

Bring me closer to You;

Allow me to walk

Your path precious and true.

And like You, my Jesus,

May I be ever more;

I desire to be

Like the One I adore.

Through my eyes

Let Your eternal light shine;

Through my lips

Speak Your words divine.

Upon Your pathway

Guide always my feet;

Your love let sing

In my every heart beat.

Closer to You,

For this, Lord, I do long;

Take me in Your arms

Eternal and strong.

My soul is Yours,

With it Your Spirit fill;

I live to bring You glory,

To do Your perfect will.

Closer to You, Lord,

What sweeter thing could be?

May I be closer now

And for all eternity.

Yea, stay nigh unto me

Every moment, every day –

Ever closer to You, Lord,

This I now pray.

How do you ensure to grow closer to Christ?

I treasure your Thoughts and Comments!

~*~

Want more joy for your journey? I offer 5 complimentary “Take Me to Transformation” consultations per month. Contact me via caroline@purposefulpathway.com to see if you qualify for this powerful session. Walk away with heightened clarity, renewed energy and a customized action step plan!

Jan 14, 2014 By Caroline Gavin Christian Poetry, God's Character, Inspiration, Praise, Spiritual Growth 2 Comments

Dance with Joy

Wisdom of Winter - Inspirational Christian Poem by Caroline Gavin of Purposeful Pathway Christian Life Coaching

Dance with Joy

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“Winter Sun” by Evgeni Dinev

“The young women will dance for joy,
and the men—old and young—will join in the celebration.
I will turn their mourning into joy.
I will comfort them and exchange their sorrow for rejoicing.” ~ Jeremiah 31:13

Snowflakes falling,

Countless before me,

Dancing in the winds,

Cloaking every tree,

Covering the fields,

Making the world white,

Surely it is a gift

To behold the wintry sight.

Only God Himself

Could create such a dance;

Countless snowflakes

Could not arise by chance.

With love and with beauty

He creates one and all;

Yes, God has ordained

Each snowflake to fall.

See with what love

He has sculpted each flake;

Behold the beauty

Of crystals He does make.

Surely if such love

He gives to flakes of snow,

Greater love to His children

The Lord does show.

Fearfully and wonderfully

He has made each one,

And all His children enjoy

Grace from the Son.

So like the dancing flakes,

May we choose to celebrate:

Let us sing for joy

In all God does create.

Yes, let us praise Jesus,

Let us cloak ourselves in white,

Let us fix our eyes on Heaven,

For the Son is our Light.

And like snowflakes falling,

Countless for us to see,

Let us dance with joy

For all God made us to be.

How do you dance with joy for Jesus?

I treasure your Thoughts and Comments!

~*~

Jan 11, 2014 By Caroline Gavin Christian Poetry, Inspiration, Nature 1 Comment

Poem: Timeless Trust

Timeless Trust

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“Those who know your name will trust in you, for you, LORD, have never forsaken those who seek you.” ~ Psalm 9:10

Let Me tell you, child,

A truth to savor,

One to bring blessing,

Joy and favor,

One to bring rest,

Peace sweet and deep,

One to bring happiness

In your days, your sleep,

One to uplift

Your heart and soul,

One to make you happy,

To make you whole…

This truth, My child,

Is that what you must do

Is to trust in all

I provide to you.

So when the rain comes,

When the sun does shine,

You must trust fully

In My will divine.

When the sky is blue,

When the clouds are gray,

When dark is the night,

When bright is the day,

Trust in Me,

Yes, trust with your all,

In each and every thing,

Both big and small.

Then you will find

Peace sweet and deep,

Bountiful the fruit

You will reap.

Yes, My child,

This is a truth to savor:

Trust always in Me

For true joy and favor!

How has timeless trust in Christ changed your life?

I treasure your Thoughts and Comments!

~*~

Dec 30, 2013 By Caroline Gavin Christian Poetry, God's Character, Inspiration, Praise 4 Comments

Everlasting Arms

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“The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms..” Deuteronomy 33:27a

In Your everlasting arms

Is where I will be

For there I find peace

Sweetly embrace me.

There I find joy

Boundless and true;

There I feel love

Flowing from You.

There I know purpose

Infinite and pure;

There I know

I am safe and secure.

So, my sweet Jesus,

Hold me ever near,

For there in Your arms

I have nothing to fear.

Heaven is Your smile,

Paradise is Your kiss;

Being in Your presence

Is true love and bliss.

A lovelier place

I will never know,

As limitless love

In Your arms I know.

Yes, here I find joy

Boundless and true;

Here I feel love

Flowing from You.

In Your everlasting arms

Is where I will be,

Close to Your heart

For all eternity.

How do you celebrate God’s everlasting arms?

I treasure your Thoughts and Comments!

~*~

Dec 26, 2013 By Caroline Gavin Christian Poetry, Divine Comfort, God's Character, Inspiration, Praise Leave a Comment

With Loving Eyes

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With Loving Eyes

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“But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” ~ Romans 5:8

With loving eyes

I look upon you

In all that you say,

All that you do.

Nothing at all

Can stop My love,

As I look upon you

From Heaven above.

Though imperfect you are,

I shed My grace,

I shine upon your path

With My radiant face.

I fill your heart

With eternal sweet song,

I lift you in My arms

Tender yet strong.

Why do I do this?

Because I love you so;

I kiss you with blessings

Wherever you go.

Even when you stumble,

When you turn from Me,

I love you with a love

That endures eternally.

So be happy, My child,

In this truth rejoice;

Let hymns of angels

Resound in your voice.

For your God, your King,

Loves you tremendously;

Open your heart wide

That miracles you see.

Surely you will find

Luminous streams of love

Flowing to you

From Heaven above…

Your heart to refresh,

Your mind to renew.

Yea, with loving eyes

I look upon you!

In what ways do you see the Lord Jesus’ loving eyes?

I treasure your Thoughts and Comments!

~*~

Dec 24, 2013 By Caroline Gavin Christian Poetry, God's Character, Inspiration, Praise 4 Comments

The Greatest Gift of All

Guest Post by Heart and Soul Health Coach Mike Fenton

As we grow, the things that we are grateful for continually change, for instance when we were children one of the greatest gift of all was the new sled, or doll; whatever Santa left for us under the tree.

Then as we got older watching the innocence of Christmas through the eyes of our children was the greatest gift of all. There was/is nothing like watching a child wake-up on Christmas day to the wonder of Christmas.

Then we reach a point in life when we learn and accept the greatest gift of all was given to us by the Lord Jesus Christ and the sacrifice He made on the cross, and through that sacrifice we were given the gift of eternal life.

We should all think about giving during this blessed time of the year as we celebrate the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ. No matter how big or small the gift may be, we should think about what is written in Proverbs 18:16 which say “A gift opens the way and ushers the giver into the presence of the great”.

Remember each of us is a gift in our own way and we all have something special to offer others. It is not how much we have to give, it is that we give. In Luke 21:3-5 it reads “Truly I tell you,” he said, “this poor widow has put in more than all the others. All these people gave their gifts out of their wealth; but she out of her poverty put in all she had to live on.”

We need not concern ourselves about giving and being without for when we have faith we will never be without, the Lord SHALL provide. There are so many opportunities to give that cost us nothing but our time such as doing and being there for others. Volunteering helps others while at the same time provides us with the good feeling we get from helping others. You are a gift that is unique in many ways. Use your God given abilities to make a better life for someone else and enjoy the gift of giving.

December’s Reflection – I have been gifted by God and I am going to share that gift with others in His holy name.

I am a certified health coach who inspires, empowers & helps people create desired lifestyle changes that will give them healthier alternatives to prescription medications. With my Total Wellness Health Coaching Program you can decrease and or eliminate your need for prescription medications. Your body is designed to heal itself! Contact me at mike@mikefentoncoaching.com to schedule a free health breakthrough session today.

Dec 20, 2013 By Caroline Gavin Spiritual Growth Leave a Comment

Guest Post: What Does Your Silence Say?

What Does Your Silence Say?

Guest Post by Heart and Soul Health Coach Mike Fenton

Live Your Power: Freedom of Forgiveness

Live Your Power Radio Show: Freedom of Forgiveness

Adding Adventure

Adding Adventure

Guest Post: All or Nothing

“Health and Fitness: The All or Nothing Principle?”

Guest Post by 3D Health Coach Ann Musico

Closer to You

Dance with Joy

Dance with Joy

Poem: Timeless Trust

Everlasting Arms

Everlasting Arms

With Loving Eyes

The Greatest Gift of All

The Greatest Gift of All

Guest Post by Heart and Soul Health Coach Mike Fenton

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