Fourthstream - Finding Hope Dave Nadler

In chapter three Brent and Dave discuss personal vision and target acquisition. To know where you are heading and to be able to take steps to hit the mark. This is a big deal when it comes to being satisfied not only with where your life goes, but how you get there.
Brent's insights here are awesome and his analogy of river travel is extremely helpful as you chart an effective course of action to succeed: heart and soul. We outline three specific targets which can help you focus your efforts, and explore why the how matters. This is great outline for personal vision - one you can adapt yourself and use to help others define a clear path and ultimate destination.
         "Give it everything you have, heart and soul. Make sure you carry out The Revelation that Moses commanded you, every bit of it. Don’t get off track, either left or right, so as to make sure you get to where you’re going. And don’t for a minute let this Book of The Revelation be out of mind. Ponder and meditate on it day and night, making sure you practice everything written in it. Then you’ll get where you’re going; then you’ll succeed."  Joshua 1:7-8/Message
It is also important to find other friends who share like-minded, wise vision, right? 
"He who walks with wise men will be wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm."   - Proverbs 13:20
Choose your friends wisely. And walk far ahead of your enemies (yes, and love your enemies too, we know).
The new book will be coming out next week on Amazon. Enjoy!
Dave and Burnadette

We now spend a little time talking about leveraging our mind, body, heart and conscience for our personal success. Because we are made in the image of our Creator, we have vast capacities as well as remarkable uniquenesses. While God gets credit for our design, we have the privilege of deciding what we are going to do with it. Seriously. Brent and Dave begin conversations about the strengths and vulnerabilities of these capacities. Each area allows us to go more deeply into what makes life count. We have chosen five areas of thoughts for this leveraging chapter, with the hope we all will get the most we possibly can out of each of these life opportunities.
√   The beauty and challenge of the mind. Imagination. Creativity. Thought.
√   The ups and downs of our bodies. Strength. Weakness. Purity and purpose.
√   The beauty and vulnerability of our hearts. Love. Fear. Hope. Faith.
√   The reality and truth about our souls
√   The power of our conscience
This book is a series of life markers which, if investigated and applied in an ongoing manner, will give you good things for your own heart as well as helping others to grow and excel. If we can complete our journeys satisfied that we have made a difference - first to God - and then toward others - we are well on our way to making life count. We have been sheltered by our Creator so that we in turn can provide shelter for others.
This chapter can help you unlock things many people never explore, and by engaging such threads we can better understand our immediate and long-term purpose. Let's make it count: body, soul, mind, heart, soul, and conscience!
Enjoy!
Dave and Burnadette for Brent and Dave

The best questions take us deeper. Seriously. Life is supposed to be fun and satisfying, but it should also be filled with substance and meaning. Relationships. Work. Accomplishments. Personal growth. Being at peace.
This podcast episode investigates the good questions that will get us where we want to go. Brent outlines three very central queries which will help us succeed.
√   Can I say I am good with who I am and how I am living?
√   Are you and I good - are things right between us?
√   And most importantly, am I good with God?
When we take an honest look at ourselves we are then able to focus on good relationships. This, in turn, sets things right with God. There is a flow here!
"My dear, dear friends, if God loved us like this, we certainly ought to love each other. No one has seen God, ever. But if we love one another, God dwells deeply within us, and his love becomes complete in us—perfect love!"  - 1 John 4:11,12/M
Here is a great chance to reflect on your list of the big questions for making your life count. We will let you know when you can get the book on Amazon. What a great way to stimulate depth of conversation and thought with your friends. For months and years ahead!
Brent Harris
Dave Nadler

Every Jesus follower wants to see God's Kingdom grow. Deeper conversation, personal meditation, Jesus discipleship, and sheltering others are all a part of making our lives count. Brent Harris and Dave Nadler combine their gifts and experiences to bring clarity to how your life can build organic spirituality, as we follow the true Leader of all human souls.
Brent's careers in the military, law enforcement, and business bring leadership insights that will focus your road to spiritual success. Dave has worked to bring about Kingdom outreach to our city and beyond. Together with Brent's wife Brenda and Dave's wife Burnadette, they provide their unified message of God's Man/God's Woman: we are made in God's image and we are better together when Jesus is at the center of our home. 
This is the first of 10 podcasts that will draw you and others deeply into the learning, training, and mobilizing of the content of God's Man/God's Woman. The book will be available soon from Amazon.com, and will be offered in both printed and audio versions.
Enjoy!
Brent Harris, Leader-Teacher
Dave Nadler, Teacher-Leader
Added content: Lady Wisdom

What if you could be taught by Jesus Himself AND
Grow deeper roots - at your own pace - with a clear plan?
1000 KINGDOM ALLIES at fourthstream.com
In our lifetime it is possible to deeply impact hundreds of souls. If we understand and embrace Jesus' example and invite Him to be the guide and power of our lives, this can definitely happen through us. Different than mere attendance participation, this is personal, spiritual engagement with other hearts and souls. It is what Jesus did. For instance, Burnadette and I disciple about a dozen people at any one time. These are those who choose to respond to guidance in God's Word and open themselves to doing good and sharing - as they are directed by Jesus. When people do so at the pleasure of Jesus, like mustard seeds, the Kingdom begins to multiply through us. Fourthstream.com is designed to provide a lifetime of encouragement and help for helping ourselves and others engage the depths of the mind and heart of God!
√   There are 7 quick connect videos to get to know us and where we are headed - click on the left of the masthead. The navbar includes access to each of the things we will now consider.
√   We stay connected with ongoing blog posts which highlight spiritual subjects in relationship to the events and situations unfolding around us.
√   Our latest Finding Hope podcasts can be opened at the right top of the home page.
√   Our ongoing plan for taking a Jesus-Centric look at the entire Bible can be found in the same place, and our podcast seasons are available wherever you find your content. Jesus-Centric rotates, so you can begin where you wish and choose based upon where God is directing you to read.
√   We also produce a series of conversation podcasts to help you engage others in considering Jesus. These can been scrolled in the navbar as well.
√   There are 5 pivotal occasions when God has spoken to us during our spiritual journey together. Each time He has given a series of essays and podcasts through which to share some insights. You can find printed, audio, or pdf copies of each in the navbar - under books.
CURIOUS JOURNEY/Your Story Matters
Our identity is precious to God and important to us. It gets convoluted by our circumstances, choices, and the short-comings of humankind. Even the most enlightened soul needs to believe his or her story - what we do and how we live our lives - matters to those around us - as well as to our Creator.
KINGDOM/Finding Your True Self
Answers to deep questions are not discovered through mere reasonings of men. If we are to find our true selves we must experience connectivity with God and His Son. The Author has the answers to our identity and what is important for our eternity. King first, then Kingdom, then church. Religion, philosophy, and science are only echoes of the Kingdom of Heaven.
MENTORED BY GOD/Finding Our Way In A Darkening World
Jesus is the Author and Perfecter of Faith. He came to know His Father completely by the same human means which were stolen from us in the Garden. Because God is limitless, He is available to mentor us through Jesus. If we care. As the world darkens in her soul the Light shines brightly to those who hope in God.
TURBULENCE OF IMPERFECTION/Essays About Real Life
We are born into a world at spiritual war. Imperfection is all around us. Turbulence of some sort is a part of every man and woman’s journey. These essays address the nature of this war, our part in it, and Jesus’ victory over it. Each helps us to use faith to navigate the big picture on this war, as well as how to be victorious in it. 
GOD'S MAN/GOD'S WOMAN/Let's Make It Count
God's design specifically includes the man/woman partnership. Here is a fresh, truly biblical look at how the home becomes the heart for the growth of Jesus' Kingdom which we co-authored with Brent Harris.
√   In addition to our books we have developed a series of in-depth courses where you can conduct your own deepenin

In times past one common form of art was the weaving of tapestries. Usually these were artistic "rugs" hung on walls, and only the rich had access to such extravagance. The visual side was always of beautiful colors and often told a story. Recently we were visiting the Biltmore estate in Ashville, NC (huge - pretty amazing 19th century monstrous tech!). The reverse side of a woven tapestry (vs modern printing process) was a series of disconnected colors and threads, and was not useful for indicating what was on the flip side. The God Story is like this. Yet if you follow the threads of the God Story from behind the tapestry you will find a wealth of connection concerning God's choice to reveal His mind and heart to humanity.
The Bible is a series of woven threads which must be allowed to interpret themselves. Some refer to this as the study of systematic or Biblical theology. God’s Word transcends the dogmas of any church or religious group, and reveals the unfolding of the Kingdom of Jesus and the Kingdom of Heaven. Here we consider several major conversations that help us to stay focused on experiencing Kingdom spirituality.
To find God we must encounter His chosen King Jesus.
"And I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and He who sat on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and wages war. His eyes are a flame of fire, and on His head are many diadems; and He has a name written on Him which no one knows except Himself. He is clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God. And the armies which are in heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and clean, were following Him on white horses. From His mouth comes a sharp sword, so that with it He may strike down the nations, and He will rule them with a rod of iron; and He treads the wine press of the fierce wrath of God, the Almighty. And on His robe and on His thigh He has a name written, King of Kings, and Lord of Lords."     - Revelation 19:11-16
This is not about religion. It is about transcendent and supernatural authority. This is why we teach King first - then Kingdom - then Church. Here are the three great questions of life for every soul who ever has or ever will walk the face of the earth. Answering these for yourself will take you far on your path to finding a satisfied mind.
Has God spoken?

"God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways, in these last days has spoken to us in His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the world. And He is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature, and upholds all things by the word of His power. When He had made purification of sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, having become as much better than the angels, as He has inherited a more excellent name than they."  - Hebrews 1:1-4
If so, what has He communicated?

You are lost. I am gracious. Return to Me and I will return to you. 
And Jesus, looking around, said to His disciples, “How difficult it will be for those who are wealthy to enter the kingdom of God!” The disciples were amazed at His words. But Jesus answered again and said to them, “Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God! It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.” They were even more astonished and said to Him, “Then who can be saved?” Looking at them, Jesus said, “With people it is impossible, but not with God; for all things are possible with God.”  - Mark 10:23-26
How do I hear the words of God?
"For to us God revealed them through the Spirit; for the Spirit searches all things, even the depths of God. For who among men knows the thoughts of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so the thoughts of God no one knows except the Spirit of God."  - 1 Corinthians 2:10

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