Excel Still More

Latest Episodes:

Creation to Revelation May 17, 2021

Show notes

Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks!

God has blessed most of us with children to influence and train. Maybe it is your sons and daughters, maybe you've gone on to the parenting heaven of grandkids. Maybe you influence other young family members, kids at church, or in your neighborhood. Do we understand that God is looking to us to share the message of Jesus with them? Like Abraham before us, God chooses us because He seeks growth even beyond our own lives. He is looking for people who will instill faith into the next generation, and teach the Word of God, and the Word that is Christ.
In this episode we will look at the importance of doing this. We will also see that you can start practically anywhere from Genesis to Revelation. And we are introducing a new sponsor to the program who has tools and packages to help.
www.creationtorevelation.com
- What does God expect from us when He blesses us with children?
- What can we do to help the next generation know Jesus better?
- Do we understand that all of Scripture, beginning to end, is the Christ story?
- How can "Creation to Revelation" help us share that story with those we love?
- What will you do today to pass along the precious faith that saved your life?

Prayer and Fasting May 10, 2021

Show notes

Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks!

The disciples could not cast out the demon. Why not? Because their faith was too small. And Jesus told them how to get that faith right where it needed to be: PRAYER and FASTING! Do you use these tools from Christ to grow your faith? For some of us, prayer is just a thing we do. And fasting... well... we don't do that, except to lose weight.
But Christ has a two part plan to give you access to God's power. Let's look at two acronyms today P.R.A.Y. and F.A.S.T. to get this week going right to God's thrown and get the needed power in our lives to cast out the demons in our lives.
- Why could the disciples not cast out the demon?
- Will you be any more successful with the demons in your life?
- What is the purpose of prayer and how do we make it work for us?
- What is the purpose of fasting and what does that look like in your life?
- How does Bible reading come into play to help it all work to new heights of faith?

Myth and Passage May 03, 2021

Show notes

Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks!

Today we wrap up our short series on marriage. We started by looking in the mirror. Then we built a triangle and laid out a plan to grow towards God. Then we strategized a plan to make sure we are always fighting on the same side and never against one another. And we discussed the beautiful SECRET (my favorite) to get all of this back in place.
Today we look at two final ideas: the myth and the passage. One of them is something we want to debunk and avoid (it is truly awful). And the other is something we need to believe in and live for (best marriage passage ever). Let's set up a short series of qualities you an grab this week and implement into every relationship you value in your life!
- What myth has been taught about marriage and needs to be debunked?
- How much closer can you grow together if your strategy is spending time apart?
- What is the value of harmonizing and being sympathetic in marriage?
- Should I treat my spouse like a Christian, even if they are not?
- What is "the power of the first response" and why do I need to understand it?

Strategy and Secret Apr 26, 2021

Show notes

Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks!

Welcome back to our three part series on marriage. We started a couple of weeks back with a lot of self evaluation. It starts with looking in the mirror and asking, "is it me?" Then, we talked about the life triangle, and how you must head closer to God. If both of you can do that, you will always find each other there, in the presence of God.
Today, we start looking at teamwork. It is time to turn the pronouns towards "us" and "we." It begins by building a strategy, a game plan, a war approach, that IS NOT against one another! No matter what, and no matter who, it must always be the two of you against the world.
And then, let's discuss the SECRET. I love it so much and I hope that comes across in the episode. I won't reveal it here, but you used to know it well, but far too many have forgotten its power and how amazing it feels! Of the entire list, this is the funnest and bestest tip of them all!
- When the battles rages, where are you and where is your spouse?
- If you fight against someone with whom you are one, how will that work out?
- Do you remember how you and your mate fell in love?
- Can you recall the way you spent time together and why it mattered so much to you?
- ASSIGNMENT: will you take the challenge from the last two minutes of this episode?

Putting Down Roots Apr 19, 2021

Show notes

Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks!

Sommer and I had an amazing two nights in Florida last week! We saw beaches on both coasts. But the highlight was speaking at the Florida College Spring Banquet. I had the honor of addressing 300+ college students.
I spoke to them about envisioning a better version of themself. In today's episode I'll walk you through those suggestions and ask you to do the same. "If you were a tree, what kind of tree would you be?" Stuff like that!
But knowing what you want to be become is not enough. Wanting to becoming a certain type of fruitful tree will not make it so. We must develop roots. The things happening under the ground must happen first, and then visible growth can flourish.
Let's talk about how that works and let me challenge you to do some things behind closed doors that aligns with your goals.
- What happened to our series on Marriage?
- Why is envisioning growth important to results?
- What is the value of seeing growth without a good root system?
- Why do we do the work in private before seeing public results?
- Bonus Q - What quality is to be in the root system and the first fruits produced?

Mirror and Triangle Apr 12, 2021

Show notes

Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks!

Marriage is awesome! At least, that's what God designed it to be. And for nearly all of us, when we first got married, we had awesome expectations. Whatever the state of your home, you can see things get even better by looking at SIX SIMPLE IDEAS.
Maybe you aren't yet married, or maybe you are no longer married. I assure you, these ideas are also for you. Maybe they can prepare to you get way ahead of the game. Or maybe you can share these with loved ones who need more hope in their home.
This week we will look at the MIRROR and the TRIANGLE. Next week we turn to the Strategy and the Secret. And, Lord willing, things will wrap up with the Myth and the Passage.
- Is a better marriage possible for every couple?
- Can we boil down all marriage teaching into six simple things?
- Why do I need to start with the mirror?
- What is my part of the triangle and how can I change the shape of things?
- Will you pray this week that God will help you think on and grow in these area?

Questions For Achievers Apr 05, 2021

Show notes

Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks!

Today we conclude a short series on 3 Questions for ... Everyone, Leaders, and now Achievers. This is derived from a podcast called Chasing Excellence by Ben Bergeron. Though he didn't mention God and we have modified the topics and questions to address our spiritual walk.
We started with "Believe to Achieve" which addressed questions about what you believe, why you believe it, and whether or not others are seeing it in your life. We then addressed leaders, which most of us are in some capacity or another. Are we communicating our vision to our people, and does the world see it in us (think - CHRIST! :-)
Today, we address people who are engaged. This episode is not for someone who wants to get off the couch. This is for someone who has laced up the shoes and hit the streets. Now what? How do you be sure to keep it going?
- Once I have decided to be active with a passion, what next?
- How can I be sure to keep it going, especially when the new wears off?
- How is my time management?
- How do I self-coach through setbacks?
- Am I giving this maximum effort while I am actually doing it?

Questions For Leaders Mar 29, 2021

Show notes

Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks!

Last week we looked at three questions all people must regularly consider. Did you spend some time on that? Have you found your core belief? If you missed that episode, we will have a short recap here. Today, we push forward to leadership. Many of us are leaders: of families, at work, over churches, or just in general among our friends. Leaders have a big responsibility. They not only pick a direction. They bring others along with them!
- What are three questions each and every leader should consider often?
- How important is a clear vision of what matters to you and those you lead?
- Do I understand that others can only achieve what I convince them to believe?
- How well do you communicate that passion to the people you have under your charge?
- What do others experience when they come in contact with you group, your team, your culture?

Believe to Achieve Mar 22, 2021

Show notes

Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks!

I was on a long drive back to Texas from Missouri this past week. A friend suggested a podcast called Chasing Excellence. It is secular in nature, but taps into the power to do greater things. But that power has to be in me. I must believe in something. Not because others do, nor because they tell me I should. That thing must be real to me. Once it is, and I can explain to myself and others why it is, I can draw from the power of that conviction to live an extraordinary life. But not in all things. Only in things in which I truly believe!
- Why must we believe in order to achieve?
- What happens when I pursue things I don't really believe in?
- What do I believe?
- Why do I believe it?
- If I told that to someone else, would they believe me?