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I have trouble balancing routine and randomness in my life. I’m fairly convinced both are central to a healthy, creative life.
I need enough routine to spend time in Scripture every day. Enough routine to pray without ceasing. Enough routine to show my wife I love her. Enough routine to pour into the ministry God has entrusted with me. Enough routine to see dreams transform into realities.
Balance.
I also need enough randomness to experience God in fresh ways. Enough randomness to keep the conversation ardent. Enough randomness to pursue my wife fresh and vibrant ways. Enough randomness to serve other people and the ministry God has given them. Enough randomness to dream new dreams.
Balance.
journey
Published May 28, 2008 Life , Vodcast 3 CommentsTags: Christianity, Journey, Life, Paramedic
It’s not as much about the destination as it is about how we travel.
what God is showing me
Published May 15, 2008 Church , Life , Vodcast 4 CommentsTags: Leadership, Life, Fellowship Church, Elevate, Elevate Jr, Marriage
Here is a quick update on everything in my world (for the moment):
Update: Well, it’s the end of the day, I shot this video nearly 12 hours ago… first video blog was incredibly difficult to get on the web - but it’s up! Enjoy.
tithing and debt
Published May 3, 2008 Church , Life , Worship 0 CommentsTags: Anne Jackson, Church, Life, Worship
Interesting conversation going on at flowerdust.net.
who are you following?
Published May 1, 2008 Leadership , Life 3 CommentsTags: Influence, Leadership
I asked the simple question in staff meeting the other day - who are you following? Or, who is influencing you?
It was interesting, we went around the room and everyone had a list of people. Ministry leader. Parents. Marriages. Creative gurus. Pastors. There was no shortage. Some people had lists of two or three people from different periods in their life.
Chances are, we all have someone we’re following - someone influencing us.
But let me turn the tables.
Who is following you? Or, who are you influencing?
People are following. You are influencing. The question is, are you doing it strategically?
All too often leadership (vision based) turns into management (task based). We don’t strategically connect with people. We are leading them, but we aren’t trying to take them anywhere.
I’ve been working for a week or so to write down some names, pray over them and think about how I can strategically partner with them to see God’s vision for their life unfold.
Who are you influencing? Is it on purpose?
everything out of the ordinary
Published April 10, 2008 Life 2 CommentsTags: 1 Peter, 2 Corinthians, Deuteronomy, Romans, Spiritual Warfare
I was talking with some friends today about the spiritual warfare that has fallen upon our staff at the church recently. There is this general understanding in the Christian community that when the spiritual warfare is high, “something big is going to happen.”
Many people spend their lives looking for “something big” and miss out on everything God is doing around them.
When we are involved in this movement of Christianity, every step we make is something big. The act of Christ giving His life for us while we were still sinners is something big. The idea that we are His chosen people is something big. The opportunity we have to restore people and bring redemption to the world is something big.
When you live your life with God, everything is sacred. Everything is big.
Really, what was once extraordinary is, in a sense, ordinary. It is common. It is part of the thread of our lives. It is what we experience every time we breathe. It is what we experience every time we use the bodies, gifts and abilities God has given us. The extraordinary is ordinary in the sense that it is ever-present in the daily life of the followers of Jesus.
So, when spiritual warfare comes - something big is going to happen - but something big doesn’t necessarily mean something out of the ordinary.
(For more see: Romans 5:8, Deuteronomy 14:2, 1 Peter 2:9-10, 2 Corinthians 5:18.)
(He) is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think. Ephesians 3:20
So many times I find that God has blessed me beyond what I could have imagined.
It’s the project that went exceedingly well. It’s the relationship that leads to great things in ministry. It’s the change that opens doors to opportunities I’ve never dreamed about.
It’s the answer to the prayer I never knew to pray.
How blessed are we that He wants to bless us beyond what we know to ask? How much joy it must bring Him to blow our socks off. How amazing it must be for my relationship with God when I take time to notice the blessing and thank Him for it.
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