At Catalyst, Andy Stanley quoted Michael Hammer in the quote below. I now have it in my office. This quote has challenged me about my own life vision… my dreams… my future. When your memories exceed your dreams, the end is near. I have a good friend (Mike). Mike is one of the most encouraging people I know. [...]
Archive for October, 2008
Do you live with vision?
Posted: October 30, 2008 in Dreams, Focus, Leadership, Making memories, VisionI watch the news… ALOT!! Which network do you prefer?
Finding help in a time of trouble
Posted: October 29, 2008 in Conversation with God, Faith, Obedience, Prayer, Psalms, Spiritual Growth, Trust, Trusting GodPsalm 50 is on my mind as I lay in the bed. So I just got up to read it. I am troubled. I have prayed and prayed and prayed tonight. Throughout the day. For weeks I’ve desired to not worry my prayers to God. Tonight I am asking God to allow me to breakthrough [...]
So…. what do you want to talk about? I don’t have a clue. Things have been really strange lately. I am reading but don’t really have anything to say about it – just yet. I’m ready for this election to be over. I’m ready for the Nation to move forward. I think I need to [...]
Tripping over the same rock
Posted: October 25, 2008 in Bible Reading, Discipleship, Faith, Inspiration, Prayer, Spiritual Growth, The BibleSo. You think you have got it all together. But there’s this thing that keeps you from moving forward. It’s like you are tripping over the same old rock. You know it’s there. You’ve walked the path so many times before but you still keep tripping over the same rock. What are you going to [...]
Blocking out the noise in silence…
Posted: October 25, 2008 in Catalyst, Evangelism, Faith, Fear, Focus, Friends, Future, Prayer, Random Thoughts, Silence, Spiritual Growth, Spiritual Warfare, Surrender, Trusting GodCatalyst… I was there! Catalyst… It’s still bugging me! Catalyst… I can either run to the Truth and embrace it… or I can run from it. From all indications there is no running from it. Total surrender is the only acceptable response. God is on every street corner. He is in the midst of every [...]
Life: There’s a lot of fear out here…
Posted: October 23, 2008 in Fear, Trials and Testing, Trust, Trusting GodYep, everywhere I turn out here in this land called life I run into this thing called fear. Fear seems to be gripping this nation, this state, the town, and me these days. When I think of fear one of the first things I recall is the show, “The Little Rascals”. I can recall so many [...]
We must get rid of the plague of the spirit of this religious age in which we live. In our Lord’s life there was none of the pressure and the rushing of tremendous activity that we regard so highly today, and a disciple is to be like His Master. The central point of the kingdom [...]