APPLY SCRIPTURE
Every year in December, I pass our fatherhood ministry through the K.I.S.S. filter. And, not just the “Keep It Simple Stupid” one, but, through this one: Keep. Improve. Stop. Start. What will we keep doing? What will we improve? What will we stop? What will we start. I’ve found this to be a useful filter both at work and as a dad. What can I keep doing as a father? Praying for my boys, attending church, asking them good questions. What can I improve at? Listening better, being patient. What can I stop? Angry responses, interrupting when they talk. What can I start? Do a Bible App reading plan with them, plan an epic summer vacation. Proverbs 16:3 says, “Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established.” Let’s commit to KISS our way into the new year and committing that work to the LORD!
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GAIN INSIGHT
“Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production or accomplishment and to either of these ends there must be forethought, system, planning, intelligence, and honest purpose, as well as perspiration. Seeming to do is not doing.”
– Thomas A. Edison
“Truth is ever to be found in simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things.”
– Isaac Newton
“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.”
– Anne Frank
TAKE ACTION
| K.I.S.S. As a father, what do you want to Keep, Improve, Start and Stop in the coming year? Things related to finance, Bible study, physical health, or time management? Maybe you want to start making donations to Manhood Journey! Yes! We wholeheartedly support that one! Beyond that, how might you, your wife, and your kids walk through the KISS method? Go find out! |
Kent Evans
Author of Bring Your Hammer, co-founder of Manhood Journey
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