Good afternoon, I am asking for prayers for my father and mother in law. My Dad has metastatic prostate cancer that is in his spine and ribs. He is 85 and the medication is hard on his digestive system. My mother in law just has surgery for breast cancer Friday and will get biopsy results next week

Wisdom Extracts - Article 1 Turning Your Hobby Into a Calling Inspired by insights from Evan Carmichael Why Wisdom Extracts You are flooded with content every day. Podcasts. Clips. Articles. Opinions. But information is not wisdom. Wisdom requires filtration and application. Wisdom Extracts exists to take strong marketplace insight and run it through Scripture and the 12X Operating System so that what you consume actually forms you. I strongly encourage you to listen to the podcast episode that inspired this article. Hearing conviction and reading structure together strengthens retention. They complement each other. Now let’s deal with this. When “Just a Hobby” Is Actually Stewardship Most professionals do not lack ability. They lack alignment. They treat what energizes them as a side interest and what drains them as destiny. Scripture does not treat ability casually. “Unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required” Luke 12:48. If you possess recurring skill, desire, and competence in a particular area, you may not be entertaining yourself. You may be stewarding something entrusted. The problem is mislabeling. “As he thinketh in his heart, so is he” Proverbs 23:7. If you call it small, you will treat it small. Paul warned, “Neglect not the gift that is in thee” 1 Timothy 4:14. Most professionals do not reject their gifts. They postpone them. Inside the 12X Movement this is Self-Mastery. Identity precedes income. Stop Waiting for Perfect Professionals are trained to calculate risk. That is good. But over-calculation becomes paralysis. “He that observeth the wind shall not sow” Ecclesiastes 11:4. If you wait for ideal conditions, you will never plant. “Faith without works is dead” James 2:26. Execution produces clarity. Version one teaches what theory never will. In 12X language this is Strength. Disciplined action. You do not need certainty to begin. You need conviction. Do Not Build Alone “In the multitude of counsellors there is safety” Proverbs 11:14.

My family has had a tough few weeks my uncle Joe passed, my Aunt Monica passed(not husband and wife) and my niece miscarried. Please keep our family in your prayers through this time. Thank you.