Praying for people as they learn to follow Jesus
Sometimes we do not really know what to pray for people who are not following Jesus or have not placed their faith in Him. What follows is a list of things you could pray for family, friends and strangers. It is a great list to use during prayer walks. Remember that many people will feel … Read more
Paradigms for Prayer Evangelism and Spiritual Strongholds
(Taken from ACTS 13: Cross-Cultural and Urban Mission Training done by the IMB ) ESTABLISHED PARADIGMS IN THE CHURCH 1> ONE CHURCH IN THE CITY. (I COR 11:29-30, EPH 4:15-16) Stronghold: Disunity “ For he who eats and drinks, eats and drinks judgment to himself if he does not judge the body rightly. For this reason … Read more
Cool spiritual living
Love this! Movies have changed the way we look at ‘real’ life. Cool is real and real is…not cool. I feel that way at church. We glorify the cool leader who is a good speaker and even give him multiple venues at which to speak via video. The cool leader is often a great person … Read more
3 Qs: where, how much and who
The question is “where” not how much. 5 When Jesus looked up and saw a great crowd coming toward him, he said to Philip, “Where shall we buy bread for these people to eat?” 6 He asked this only to test him, for he already had in mind what he was going to do. 7 Philip … Read more
Praying for Direction: faith on a stormy sea
You’ve probably asked God for clear direction maybe 1,000 times. I just finished an intense time of prayer over a week or so asking God where He would like me to go. I feel like I got two answers to my petition. Not bad. Now, admittedly they are subjective but maybe they will help you too. The … Read more
Helping others change: Advice from an Old German and David Allen
I came across this quote from Goethe “Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you help them to become what they are capable of being.” More and more as I lead and consider leadership I see the vast importance of putting people first and accomplishments second. Gathering people with the … Read more
2 Problems with seeing
“For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face; now I know in part, but then I will know fully just as I also have been fully known.” (1 Corinthians 13:12, NASB95) I was sitting at dinner with my wife and daughter. They were chatting and I sat there thinking over … Read more
Does Patience mean Slow
Everything is quick quick quick….even my favorite encyclopedia, Wikipedia, comes from the Hawaiian word for quick. Last night, in the middle of the night, around 3 AM I woke up and my brain was racing. I was mad, really mad and I was ‘yelling’ in the quiet of my mind at a group of people. … Read more
Shock at coming in contact with God
I am meditating through (odd way to think about meditation) the stories of Jesus recorded in John’s gospel chapter 6. One of them is where Jesus is walking on the water and walks up to the disciples as they are rowing across the lake. Obviously they are freaked out and he says: “It is I; … Read more
Being and making ….
I was on Twitter and this guy said: “Jesus was the ultimate missionary. Left Heaven for Earth. To not be missional & leave comfort is to be unlike God. Ungodly” So I said, wow, who is that guy. I found his web site, he is a rapper. He is Lecrae and you can find some … Read more
