Action before Intervention

act, move, deed, exploit, step, measure, course of action, feat, accomplishment, achievement, performance, effort, endeavor, enterprise, undertaking, proceeding, process, activity I read an incredible piece of timeless writing by Oswald Chambers this morning. A few things echoed in me as I read this piece: a. the part I play before God moves into action [...]

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Posted in Leadership, Personal, Prayer
Feb, 04, 2013
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Making Jesus attractive

Phil 1:9 (TMSG) So this is my prayer: that your love will flourish and that you will not only love much but well. Learn to love appropriately. You need to use your head and test your feelings Phil 1:10 (TMSG) so that your love is sincere and intelligent, not sentimental gush. Live a lover’s life, [...]

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Posted in Church, Personal
Oct, 03, 2012
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Without “grace” we can neither arrive nor remain

“grace” : unmerited undeserved favor and goodwill of God. A good friend mentioned something to me the other day. He said “be careful what you ask God for”. That statement rang so true. We are quick to ask for big things, greater moments, larger territory and expanded influence. We just have no idea [...]

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Posted in Personal
Sep, 07, 2012
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Do not make a monkey out of Jesus

This piece caught my eye this morning and spoke to me on so many levels. Let me fill you in. * One woman’s well-intentioned decision to touch-up a badly damaged fresco painting, to put it gently, didn’t go so well. As you can see from the image above, what started out as a beautiful [...]

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Posted in Leadership, Personal
Aug, 23, 2012
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Careful what you do…

I encourage you to read the story of King Saul’s death in 1 Samuel 31. In case you aren’t familiar with the story, let me summarize. Saul was in his final battle against the Philistines. His sons were killed in the battle and Saul was badly wounded. Realizing that the enemy was close in pursuit [...]