We are proud to be today’s ministry partner on 98.5 KTIS FM and support their amazing ministry. We continue to be blessed and encouraged daily by the uplifting music and positive messages of truth shared through KTIS.
If you heard about our partnership today on the radio and you’re stopping by to check us out ~ WELCOME!
Our mission is to be a daily reminder for people to keep it real by keeping it personal. Through sharing our experiences and our stories online, we hope to inspire you to keep it personal as you connect with your community and others around you. You can read more about what we are up to by following this link.
We invite you to KIP with US! Be challenged, encouraged, and inspired by receiving your Daily KIP one of the following ways: Bookmark this page, sign up to get the Daily KIP in your email inbox, join us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter.
ALSO, we invite you to join us as we KIP with God. Take this journey with us as we DIG into God’s Word. Follow this link to learn more.
We look forward to interacting and sharing with you daily!
Keeping it Personal,
Teri & Leah
In January 2010, I started on a journey to KIP with God daily by DIGGIN’ into His Word! I spent YEARs relying on pastors, books, and other speakers to deliver their interpretation of God’s Word to me. Yes, I would periodically go to church with my Bible, maybe open it, but then there it would sit; The Bible sitting on my shelf collecting dust was doing me no good.
I felt God tugging at my soul, He said, “Draw near to me! I have some things I want to share with you!” I responded to the tug…..I made the decision to discover for my self what His plan was for me. THE BEST decision I ever made! Through God’s Word, I am seeing first hand how amazingly cool He IS! My life was changed in just 30 short days, it continues to change as my journey through His Word continues. Since I started keeping it personal with God daily, I’ve had the opportunity to share what I’m doing with several friends. They too have made the decision to DIG into the Word and their lives are changed. SUPER EXCITING!!
So, now? As I continue on this amazing life changing path, I’m being called to ‘replicate’ ~ and share it with you! Let me ask you a couple of questions:
Do you have the desire to establish a closer relationship with God and discover what His plan is for your life?
Are you struggling with life’s challenges and burnt out of carrying all the weight on your shoulders?
Are you looking for answers and direction for your life?
If your answer to any or ALL of these questions is YES, consider joining us on a daily journey as we KIP with God.
“Come near to God, and God will come near to you….” James 4:8
We want to encourage you to do just that, draw near to God. He will meet you right where you are at! As we get to know Him, draw near to him by reading His Word, He will reveal Himself to us and work in our lives to remove ANYTHING that blocks us from Him.
Not only do we want to encourage you to dig into God’s Word daily, we want to take this one step further, create accountability. One thing that MOST people lack and DON’T seek out is accountability. We invite you to tap into a weekly 30 minute accountability call. On this call we will simply talk about what we are learning, encourage each other, and share what God is doing.
We’ve chosen this scripture as the foundation for this area of ministry, KIP with God through Keeping it Personal, “By yourself you’re unprotected. With a friend you can face the worst. Can you round up a third? A three-stranded rope isn’t easily snapped.” ~Ecclesiastes 4:12 (Msg) This is accountability, we can be the ‘friend’ ~ our hope is that you too, at some point, will be inspired to replicate, share what’s happening in our life and ’round up a third.’
If this is something that you’re interested in learning more about, we would love to connect with you!! Please contact us by following this link ~ send us a message and we will be in touch with you! We would love for you to join us on our KIP with God Journey!
It’s 2:14am and I’m up. NOT because I want to be, but because I couldn’t fall BACK to sleep after my son slapped me in the face with his hand. Here’s the deal. When we got home from our St. Patrick’s Day evening fun with our friends at 9:00pm on a school night, my youngest son wanted to sleep with me, how sweet!! My husband is out of town so he begged and begged and I said YES. Of course I know what that means deep down inside – I end up sleeping on the FAR left 1 foot area of the king size bed while my son tosses and turns hogging the covers ALL night long. What I truly wanted to say was NO because I wanted to good night sleep, but I said yes……here I am.
My mind is racing about this simple question, prompted by my experience tonight……..If I say YES when I really mean NO, am I being dishonest? Looking back in my life I can identify MANY times where I said YES but meant NO. The outcome of most of those situations didn’t turn out so good, for a lot of reasons.
Don’t get me wrong, I believe that we are often presented with things that we don’t really “feel” like doing. Things that make us feel uncomfortable, push our limits physically or mentally, or get us to step out of our comfort zone. Often times these things allow us to grow, experience new things and develop character.
I would consider myself to be an honest person, but as I answer this question I realize that I’m being dishonest. UGH! What I see God showing me is that this character trait NEEDS some work. I need to be honest with myself – I believe that this is what it is really about.
When I’m confronted with the question from a friend who says, “I know that we were supposed to meet at noon for lunch, but can we change it to 12:30?” IF 12:30 doesn’t work for me I need to say NO, not YES. This is a real life example, I’m embarrassed to admit it. I said YES and then I was upset. I’m pretty sure that when I got to lunch I wasn’t the best company to her because I was resentful. Why? Well, let me tell you ALL the reasons – 12:30 didn’t work for me, didn’t she understand that I’ve got a busy day? I was checking my phone the whole time looking at the clock because I was pressed for time, I was impatient and distracted – BAD FRIEND!! Why hadn’t I been honest? I know this seems like a simple thing, what in the world was I doing – come on! She didn’t deserve that.
The experiences similar to this in my life are many. Another area where I’ve been dishonest is with volunteering of my time. Oh the poor people who have to be around me when I’m doing something that I don’t want to be doing. I’ve been told that my anger displays itself LOUDLY! Isn’t that nice?!?!? I don’t think so – UGH! What I’ve found is that MY dishonesty leads to resentments, unproductiveness, procrastination, damaged relationships, and impatience. ALL from a simple little answer and by not saying what I really meant to say.
Who set the ball in motion, and who am I to blame but myself? As I peel back the layers, dig really deep, this little “white” lie, this smudge of dishonesty stems from fear and insecurity. Maybe you ask yourself the same questions from time to time……..What will others think of me? Will I be accepted? Will I end up alone if I don’t do this? Will I be loved if I don’t do that?……..When I’m operating out of fear, where is God? If I’m insecure and pleasing people, then I’m NOT trusting God to meet my needs. Either God IS or he IS NOT – He is NOT both. In the end, when I am dishonest with myself, my life becomes unmanageable. I’m over committed, sleep deprived, unhappy, and miserable.
Even though this is ALL pretty ugly, I’m taking it head on. I’m hopeful that I will improve in this area of being honest with myself which in turn allows me to be honest with others. I’m hopeful that more often than not my YES will mean YES, my NO will mean NO, and my motives will be selfless.
Thank you to EVERYONE who participated in our Wall2Wall Facebook Contest and for those of you who “weighed in” and VOTED! The contest ended at midnight central time last night, BUT there was a TIE, so I asked my mom to cast her vote this morning and here are the winners:
1st Place: Michelle VanBrunt Slough – WON a $75.00 Gift Card to Nordstroms
I AM KEEPING IT PERSONAL TODAY BY talking to those in line waiting for the bus with me instead of listening to my music. I find that we all pretend that we’re in line alone, so I will start conversations.
2nd Place: Megan Vanbrunt-Sullivan – WON a $25.00 Gift Card to Starbucks
I AM KEEPING IT PERSONAL TODAY BY asking people about their day and actively hearing the answer.
CONGRATULATIONS Michelle and Megan!!
To show our appreciation to the others who participated, but didn’t win, we will send you a $5.00 giftcard to Starbucks, ENJOY a coffee or treat on us!!
Again, a BIG THANK YOU to all our fans ~ we are truly inspired by your comments, messages, and grateful that you’re sharing Keeping it Personal with others in your world. We appreciate you suggesting our Keeping it Personal Fan page to others. Stay tuned for another FUN contest coming SOON!!
Keeping it Personal,
Teri and Leah
We have been so inspired by all of our fans through comments, personal emails, and messages. We know there are others out there who will benefit from our mission of Keeping it Personal. Please help us spread the word by participating in our Facebook contest starting Monday, February 1st, 2010, We will give away a $75.00 Nordstroms gift card to the 1st place winner and a $25.00 Starbucks gift card to the second place winner……..JOIN US and let’s have some FUN!!!
WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO DO?
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1. Think about ways that you can keep it personal – while at work, school, public places, relationships, with strangers, children, etc……….anything goes, be creative!
2. Patiently wait for this time: Starting Monday February 1st at 8:00am – TOMORROW post your answer in YOUR Facebook status “what’s on your mind?” box.
3. Start your “what’s on your mind?” message with this tagline: I AM KEEPING IT PERSONAL TODAY BY and end it with “find out more at http://facebook.com/keepingitpersonal
For Example:
What’s on your mind? “I AM KEEPING IT PERSONAL TODAY BY holding the door open for others every opportunity I get. Find out more at http:”//facebook.com/keepingitpersonal.”
4. NEXT – this is **VERY IMPORTANT** – Post the same answer to the wall of the Keeping it Personal Facebook Fan Page – this is how we will track you and find the winner!
For Example, Post on the Keeping it Personal Fan Page wall: I AM KEEPING IT PERSONAL TODAY BY holding the door open for others every opportunity I get.
5. The contest will run for 7 days and ends on 11:59PM Central Time – Sunday February 7th, 2010.
6. We will announce the winners on Monday, February 8, 2010.
WHO WINS?
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The personal who has the highest score with the most comments and likes on OUR Keeping it Personal fan page wall.
Example: a wall post with 10 comments and 20 likes = SCORE of 30.
Hint: Get your friends to support you, but be genuine about it.
Thank you for participating – lets have FUN – Good Luck!
Ps. If you’ve got any questions feel free to comment on this post. :-)
