Welcome to the Excel Stillmore podcast. I am your host, Chris Emerson. I'm here to encourage you in your walk with God. Thank you for joining in.

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Welcome back. I hope that you are doing very well, as this episode is set to release on December 27th.

I'm prayerful that you had a safe and enjoyable holiday weekend, a wonderful day of worship, and you are optimistic and ready

for a great new year. In this month of December, we designated a few episodes to getting

prepared for better planning, making next year more

successful than the one before it. We looked at things like winning in mind, or setting up your

circles of importance, and then last week the juggling act as we look at how to put all of those

pieces together and shine for Jesus really in all circumstances.

Next week, to start the new year, I want to give you a few more basic tips that you can

implement in your own planning so that you can meet all of the goals that are important to you.

But before we get back to that, I need to share this with you.

If I'm a little extra today in this episode,

it's because this phrase,

missions of mercy,

and what it means for my life and family and the church,

has pretty much just taken over control of my heart.

If you are a member of the Lindale Church or you catch our sermons, you might note that I've been using this phrase through much of the month

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