10.22.2006 – Missions – 2 Comments on Foundations of missions: Our Calling (part 2) Foundations of missions: Our Calling (part 2) Continued from: Foundations of missions: Our Calling Today we commissioned one of my former coworkers and protégés… Read Post
10.21.2006 – Leadership – 1 Comment on Board meetings can bring the kingdom Board meetings can bring the kingdom Just finished a board meeting this afternoon. In spite of the chaos of delayed flights at the Atlanta airport and tra… Read Post
10.20.2006 – Missions – 3 Comments on Foundations of missions: Our Calling Foundations of missions: Our Calling He called… (Matthew 10:1) Principle: Those who are sent out must first be called. Too often we look for a neon … Read Post
10.19.2006 – Missions – 2 Comments on Foundations of our missions mandate Foundations of our missions mandate Last weekend I visited my friend Marty Longcor in Wisconsin. He’s the Lord’s tool, waking up that body of Christ to i… Read Post
10.18.2006 – Reaching Your Destiny – 7 Comments on Only a call that costs a lot is worth following Only a call that costs a lot is worth following One of the problems we Jesus-followers have is that we don’t ask enough tough questions and we don’t let others see u… Read Post
10.17.2006 – Reaching Your Destiny – 10 Comments on How I almost missed my destiny How I almost missed my destiny We Jesus-followers are called to invest our lives to build the Kingdom. We all have destiny and many have a vocationa… Read Post
10.16.2006 – The Holy Spirit is on the move – 93 Comments on Another story of raising the dead Another story of raising the dead Thinking about my friend Caspar’s story made me reflect on the many incidents I’m awa… Read Post
10.15.2006 – Listening prayer – No Comments on A story of how listening to God leads to ministry A story of how listening to God leads to ministry A coworker moved to our based in Philadelphia and shared this story about listening to the Lord’s voice. One day I… Read Post
10.14.2006 – Listening prayer – 6 Comments on Discerning the voice of the Lord Discerning the voice of the Lord We need to refine our ability to discern God’s voice. Because we are so unfamiliar with it, we struggle to recognize … Read Post
10.13.2006 – Amazing God Stories – 36 Comments on Story of a friend raised from the dead Story of a friend raised from the dead I’m in Wisconsin visiting my old friends Marty and RuthAnn Longcor. He’s a pastor who went on one of the first AIM mi… Read Post
10.12.2006 – Listening prayer – 6 Comments on How personal is your relationship with Christ? How personal is your relationship with Christ? Here’s another excerpt from my book, The Art of Listening Prayer: Evangelical Christians claim t… Read Post
10.12.2006 – Listening prayer – 1 Comment on The story of the green house The story of the green house This story comes from Allison Pohlmeier, a missionary to Kenya. Eight years ago while in college, I took my first … Read Post
10.10.2006 – Listening prayer – No Comments on Using a journal to grow in listening prayer Using a journal to grow in listening prayer Here’s another excerpt from my book, The Art of Listening Prayer: The Bible says, “For God so loved the world”… Read Post
10.09.2006 – Listening prayer – 1 Comment on Why not take a risk and begin searching? Why not take a risk and begin searching? Yesterday I shared an excerpt from my book, The Art of Listening Prayer; today, I share another excerpt: Gro… Read Post
10.08.2006 – Listening prayer – 9 Comments on Learning listening prayer Learning listening prayer My book, The Art of Listening Prayer, keeps selling without any promotion from me. I think it sells because people ar… Read Post
10.07.2006 – Fighting your enemy – 1 Comment on Like it or not, we are warriors Like it or not, we are warriors You’ve got to love the story about Jephthah in Judges 11. We’re told he was a mighty warrior who had two strikes agai… Read Post
10.06.2006 – Vulnerability and me – 17 Comments on Jehovah’s Witnesses track me down Jehovah’s Witnesses track me down We live way out in the country. I mean, if you want to talk to me, you need to drive six miles out of town, hang a le… Read Post
10.05.2006 – Reaching Your Destiny – 5 Comments on A limo driver shows me how to live A limo driver shows me how to live Yesterday I wrote about really living. Here is a story from 1999 where the idea first hit home to me: ————–… Read Post
10.04.2006 – Living Free – 5 Comments on Are you living free? Are you living free? Tony Campolo tells the story of a time when he picked on a student in the front row of his class, “Young man, how lon… Read Post
10.03.2006 – Reaching Your Destiny – 2 Comments on Discovering your destiny (part 2) Discovering your destiny (part 2) Henry David Thoreau wrote, “The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.” Though Thoreau was probably not a Chris… Read Post
10.02.2006 – Reaching Your Destiny – 2 Comments on Discovering your destiny Discovering your destiny My friend Lee Ashby that I wrote about yesterday is in process on this. He’s a successful businessman, but he feels t… Read Post
10.01.2006 – Reaching Your Destiny – 5 Comments on A classmate of mine has a radical life change A classmate of mine has a radical life change I’m in Colorado today. Yesterday I saw a classmate from business school who I haven’t seen in nearly 20 years. Lee A… Read Post
09.30.2006 – Mobilization – 1 Comment on How you mobilize one person to God’s agenda How you mobilize one person to God’s agenda I don’t know much about Stacey, but I know that she’d never met or cared about anyone like Busi. Jesus cared about… Read Post
09.29.2006 – Leadership – 4 Comments on My top twelve secrets of success My top twelve secrets of success 1.Pray always. Seek the Lord with all your heart. Seek His counsel. Seek His provision. 2. Rejoice in all things. … Read Post
