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Don't Get Jealous...

Kris Emerson · Excel Still More

Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks! Kids get jealous. It is obvious on their faces, or in their cries. It pops up fast and then is forgotten. Adults get jealous. They are much better at hiding it, but not so good at letting it go. Jealousy, coupled with pride, is a relationship killer. And saddest of all, it prevent us from getting better! The very person who could help us is being judged by us. We can do better! Let's talk about how jealousy works and why it is so powerful. Then, I want to add TWO WORDS to the episode title that can make a massive differen

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The Unanswered Prayer

Kris Emerson · Excel Still More

Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks! As people of faith, we know that God hears us when we pray. We know He cares and listens and answers. Sometimes we get a YES. Sometimes a NO. Sometimes a WAIT. But why don't we get more YESES? I mean, we are people of faith and love Him, right? It can be difficult to accept circumstances when you ask Him and He declines. Maybe an old country song can help today. Garth Brooks sang "Unanswered Prayers." I can relate to the lyrics of that song. Can you? Let's talk about that for a bit, and then settle into a passage of Scrip

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Prayin' For Daylight

Kris Emerson · Excel Still More

Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks! It has been a rough week in Texas and across most of the Country. The record cold and snow and ice and loss of power and water... quite a mess. I mean, it got below zero in East Texas! I was handling it fine, until one particular night. But I am thankful for that night, even with its weight and burden. I needed it. God knew we needed time together. I want to share that with you. - What would God have us do with our anxiety and fear? - But can I ask: do prayers always work? - If we just give God a few seconds of our time,

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Living In Fear

Kris Emerson · Excel Still More

Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks! Fear is a factor for most of us. We have anxiety and concern about health and safety and COVID, and the government, and any number of things. To say they don't bother us would be dishonest. The question is, have you given these things the power to control your life? Or is your fear of God so absolute, so dominating, that everything falls victim to His control? Erasing fears in this life are not always possible. But increasing fear of God, in every sense of the word can prepare us to render carnal worries powerful in our l

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His Appointed Priests

Kris Emerson · Excel Still More

Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks! Let's talk Bible today! Specifically, and excitedly, let's talk Leviticus! Okay, not everyone's favorite book. But we do know it, don't we? God set aside priests, sons of Aaron, appointed by Him to do 5 special things. Most Israelites were not priests, but they came to them for help. Then Christ came. He established a new holy nation, filled with royal priests! We are all priests in Jesus Christ. Every single one of us carries the role of priest in the church. But what is that role? What does it mean to be a priest? And w

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"I Am Discouraged"

Kris Emerson · Excel Still More

Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks! "I am discouraged" - Have you said that in the last 12 months? I have. What were you saying it about? Who were you saying it about? Christians have used a lot of social media time and foyer conversations expressing things that disappoint them. Tensions are high. So, why is that happening in the church? Is there any excuse for it? And how do you match that up to the things that Jesus and His Apostles taught? The truth is, we tend to be making two simple, but serious, mistakes when we are out of focus and down about life's

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Receiving Is Hard

Kris Emerson · Excel Still More

Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks! Giving is powerful. Being a giver makes you better and makes other people better. Giving builds strong relationships. HOWEVER... so does receiving! In fact, where there is a giver, there must be a receiver. And yet, great givers sometimes find it very hard to receive. There may be some science behind that. Check out 4 observations by Dr. John Amodeo, who has a PHD. in Marital and Family Therapy. You and I must overcome these things if we are to find truly rich, rewarding, fair and growing relationships. - Why do we someti

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He Learned Obedience

Kris Emerson · Excel Still More

Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks! We are Laying out FOUR Action Terms to set the tone for 2021: 1) GIVING (getting ready to share) 2) TEACHING (sharing the Gospel) Today we add another: 3) LEARNING. The only way to get better is to learn better. If we don't have new revelation, information, or perspective, how can we actually live better lives? Sadly, there are many people who refuse to learn. Pride keeps them locked into their old, and dated, ways. How can God shape those people for His work? But some of us thing we are learning new things, when really w

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Real Spiritual Growth

Kris Emerson · Excel Still More

Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks! Jack Wilkie recently released a book, Church Reset, that I highly encourage you to check out. He discusses the 21st century local church model and how much emphasis we put upon people coming to church to be fed a sermon. It is a good thing, but it is a tool to help real growth, not a sign of maturity. Many immature Christians are faithful worshippers, but not growing to the place where Christ can use them best. So let's lay out Jesus' plan for His disciples, that we can be more like Him! - Am I an infant in Christ? - Am I

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The Math Problem

Kris Emerson · Excel Still More

Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks! Welcome to Season 3 and thanks for joining in! I hope you heard last week's episode, as we saw the story of Lorenzo and Heather. What started with overcoming my personal weaknesses, led to someone being baptized into Christ! Did it require some time and money to meet their needs? Yes it did. Was it worth it? Oh yeah! But the question today isn't: "should we be using our goods to help the needy?" You already know the answer to that. The bigger question is: "am I actually ready to share?" Maybe some of us have not prepared

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Answer The Door

Kris Emerson · Excel Still More

Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks! How many of us were raised in churches where nearly zero priority was given to the poor? I understand the importance of using the treasury for authorized things, but what about Christians using their own money and time to help the poor in the community? I confess, I was not raised with much of that, nor was it present in the early years of my preaching. We. Can. Do. Better. In fact, as you'll hear more in next week's episode "The Math Problem," we must. And just as importantly, God is putting people in our lives, stranger

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Fill My Cup

Kris Emerson · Excel Still More

Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks! Have you emptied yourself of self-will? Have you asked the big questions in times of conflict or trouble: Who is this about? Is the really about me? If so, I pray you have seen how quickly and beautifully God's Spirit fills the void you create when you remove yourself! We can now go back to this remarkable text and look at 7 beautiful things God will fill us with if we remove self-focused things like lust, controversies, and fighting. See if you can find the seven things that come after the word "Righteousness." II Tim. 2

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Emptying The Cup

Kris Emerson · Excel Still More

Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks! O Fill My Cup, and let it overflow. Let it overflow with Love! Next week, we will talk about how God will fill our vessel with His power. But first, we need to make sure the inside of the cup is clean. If I have my own self-will is in the center of my heart, and God has to fit around that, He cannot fill me as I ought to be. Like the snowman in the coffee mug, it shows up where there should be more coffee. In the same way, I show up, my carnal desires, when it should just be more of God! So let's prepare ourselves for God

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Surrender and Fight

Kris Emerson · Excel Still More

Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks! This episode is for anyone who knows the right thing to do, but is struggling to do it. You know, with full conviction, what the Bible says, but emotions run high, temptation comes on strong, and you falter. If you have become frustrated with this demeaning and disheartening cycle, this episode is for you. You can win. With Christ you can win. But two things are required. And I mean REQUIRED. One of them will help, but not for long without them both. Come and hear the power of combining Surrender and Fight. - Why do we so

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The Social Dilemma

Kris Emerson · Excel Still More

Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks! The Social Dilemma is a documentary on Netflix that explains the monetization of social media and the internet. If the product is free for you to use, then you are the product. Billions of dollars is paid by advertisers to social media sites, and the product they deliver to them... is you. Your time, your eyes, your mind, your life. There is a great warning, a massive dilemma, associated with the internet. On the one hand, there are a great many positives. But on the other side of the screen is a computer whose job is to

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What Is Truth?

Kris Emerson · Excel Still More

Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks! What a fantastic question! "What is Truth?" You will find that a lot of people don't ask it anymore. They think they know the truth already, like the Pharisees. There are others like Pilate, who ask the question, but don't put in the work to answer it. They end up with a lot of uncertainly. And then there are those like Peter who do ask and answer but aren't strong enough to apply it when the time is right. We can learn from all of these people. And we must learn from Jesus in John 18. How we ask, answer and apply will sh

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Alright Alright Alright

Kris Emerson · Excel Still More

Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks! Matthew McConaughey is a big celebrity around these parts. He graduated about an hour from here and lives in Austin. He is known for three words: "Alright, Alright, Alright." He is also known for a demeanor and attitude that is laid back and positive. However, in his new book "Greenlights," he reveals that there are some things that are non negotiable in his family. There are three things that are not alright. He was raised not to say three things, and he now is raising his three kids the same way. While McConaughey may n

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Five Thousand Times

Kris Emerson · Excel Still More

Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks! Tony Robbins once spoke of success in these terms: success is not doing 5,000 things, it is doing the few right things 5,000 times. He is speaking of the power of daily habits over time. It reminds us that every decision you make is an investment in your future, IF you repeat those good decisions day after day. There are no shortcuts to success. But it doesn't have to be momentous, expensive, grand gestures. In fact, those represent doing a thing. We can do better. We want to become someone better. This is found in a few

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A Rising Tide

Kris Emerson · Excel Still More

Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks! The Excel Still More podcast is heavily invested in self improvement. We want these episodes to help you be disciplined, make great decisions, and reap incredible benefit. But let's be clear, none of this works if I am only concerned with myself and my growth. A much more rewarding goal is to help others around you grow. What if you could make changes that are designed to create an environment for change? As a result, not only do you grow, but you make it possible from every member of you family to grow with you? - How do

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Meet The Person

Kris Emerson · Excel Still More

Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks! The blame game only leads to loses. Everyone wishes some things in their life was different. Maybe for you it is many things. And while it might be easy to blame others for the circumstances, and express how change can't happen because of things outside yourself... it won't help. In fact, that attitude will only hold you back. Today I want you to meet the person responsible for your life. This person is powerful, especially when they are walking by faith in Christ and doing things that please God. This person is why you a

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There's No Floor

Kris Emerson · Excel Still More

Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks! Have you ever seen the YouTube videos titled: "The Floor is Lava"? Or how about the new Netflix program of the same name? It's a pretty simple idea - get from one side of the room to the other... with no floor! Instead of a floor to walk on, there is only water that looks like lava. Instead, there are obstacles to be utilized, to overcome, in order to get to the other side and receive the reward. Most don't make it, but those who do feel amazing about their accomplishment! So it is with you and me. Life has many obstacles

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Only One Returned

Kris Emerson · Excel Still More

Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks! Gratitude is one of life's biggest difference makers. To be grateful is to be happy, content, and humble enough to express that to others. Gratitude isn't looking for me, it is thankful to others for what they have already done or who they are. Level 3 Gratitude is taking appreciation beyond words and into action and will literally change your life. But not everyone has a thankful spirit. In fact, a majority of people, it seems, do not. Is that you? I want to share three stories taught by Ralph Walker, a gospel preacher f

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It's "About Time"

Kris Emerson · Excel Still More

Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks! Are you making the most of each and every day? Maybe we should open with this question instead: how would one go about making every day valuable? What would each day have to include to say it was lived well? Oooh, I've got one more question - what if you could live each day over again? I wonder how many people would often do that. The truth is, today is the day you have been given, to use to the best of your ability. If you have a value system set and attend to it daily, then your life is a success and will lead to greate

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Character of Friendship

Kris Emerson · Excel Still More

Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks! Before man was created, the Godhead existed. A friendship between three eternal beings, who shared in things, were there for one another, and knew all about the others. They were the first model for friendship. Adam was created to be like them, so it comes as no surprise that he was not good alone. God created a connection with another, and from there families were formed. God wants you to enjoy great friendships. It is not good for you to be alone. But how do you get a friendship started. And maybe more importantly, how

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