I recently went through a lengthy process of defining my values. I hope to share lots more about that later this fall but I will share my number one value with you today, the value of Accomplishment. I like to get things done, to check things off my list, to keep busy and be productive. [...]
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April 19, 2012, at 9:00 am I believe enthusiasm is a vital component of the Christian life. Listless, lethargic believers are unlikely to influence others for the Kingdom. Being enthusiastic about what God is doing in the world and how Christ is making a difference in your life sends a warm and positive message to those who don’t know the Lord. [...] April 18, 2012, at 9:00 am I cannot possibly stress how on-the-mark this comment is about the lure of Starbucks… In his book, Bowling Alone, Robert Putman reveals that there’s been a 33 percent decrease in families eating together over the last three decades. And more than half of those families are watching television as they eat together. Over the same [...] April 17, 2012, at 9:00 am Above all examine your heart. God didn’t make a mistake when he spun the world into being, making twenty-four-hour days instead of twenty-five-hour ones. He expects you to serve him and glorify him in those twenty-four hours. But he doesn’t expect you to do twenty-five hours’ work in a day. The person responsible for your [...] April 16, 2012, at 9:00 am I hope you have been reading our Book Talk book, A Praying Life, as it is an excellent look at the discipline of prayer. I am convinced that prayer is one thing many Christians struggle with. I find it easy at times and incredibly difficult at times. And most likely I will battle with prayer [...] April 10, 2012, at 9:00 am I’ve recently finished Gordan MacDonald’s book Building Below the Waterline, a compilation of writings done for Leadership Magazine. I enjoyed the essay-like feel to the book as there was much in it to think about and reflect on over time. The shorter chapters and relaxed pacing of the book made stopping to think and journal [...] April 6, 2012, at 9:00 am I confess that Jesus is Lord. I confess that Jesus shares the name and nature, the holiness, the authority, power, majesty and eternality of the one and only true God. I confess that Jesus died and was raised, opening heaven up to unworthy sinners. I am such a sinner, and I gladly embrace his atonement [...] April 3, 2012, at 9:00 am Here are some more favorite quotes from Paul Miller’s “A Praying Life.” I hope you can join us at the Book Talk on April 21st to discuss this book. Prayer is meant to be the conversation where your life and your God meet. Oddly enough, many people struggle to learn how [...] March 26, 2012, at 9:00 am “Here is the reality that Nicodemus is about ready to have impressed on him: There is no way to follow Jesus without him interfering with your life. Following Jesus will cost you something. Following Jesus always costs something.” (Not a Fan by Kyle Idleman) March 15, 2012, at 9:00 am This right here is something I’m tired of forgetting and then paying the price for it… If God’s presence is the source of our peace, then His ways draw the boundaries around it.* I easily get caught up in my own “stuff” and forget that following God’s voice is the only path to peace. I [...] |
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