This is a book to read, re-read, ponder, contemplate, work through and discuss, discuss, discuss.
What if our prayers were less haphazard? What if they were more thoughtful, more reflective?
It is when we come to the end of ourselves that we discover that Jesus has no such limitations.
Seeing is believing, or so they say.
How can you get more people to open and read your emails?
At whose shoulder do you stand to learn the rhythms and routines, the lifestyle of discipleship? Who provides you with instruction, example, and encouragement?
We experience transformation when we know what Jesus says and turn that knowledge into obedient activity.
Presidents and professors deserve our attention. Preachers and prognosticators each deserve their due Sunday by Sunday as one speaks God's words of truth and life and the other tells us who is going to win football games.
If God needed a good reason today to let you live tomorrow and beyond, what would you offer him? How would you join him in his work of building a better world?
Sometimes a season requires rest to master new movements, new rhythms of grace and wonder.
Young leaders full of ideals and ideas help keep older leaders fresh in their thinking. Older leaders full of experience and wisdom help keep younger leaders from errors that cannot be erased.
Every heart knows its own concerns. Fear returns every day to scare us with worries about something we may lack.
Waiting enlarges the space in our lives only God can fill. It stimulates hunger and thirst nothing but God can satisfy.
How contemplative are you? The person who gives focused thought and reflection to his or her life lives, learns, adjusts, and improves going forward.
If we were to reword priesthood of all believers to pastorhood of all believers, we would likely have a better understanding of the meaning of this idea for today.
Be on the lookout today for where God proves his love, his kindness, and his generosity in your life.
Even if the only person you lead is yourself, you can work on rooting out resentment, you can choose not to complain, and you can choose loyalty over jealousy every time.
Asaph helps us remember how God has acted in the past on behalf of his people. He reminds us of God's power and provision.
Where is he leading you today?
