How would you grade your prayer life these days? Are your spiritual batteries drained? Do you need a recharge? It’s easy for prayer to become monotonous and predictable, but the Holy Spirit is always willing to offer a jumpstart. Even if you feel like a failure in this area, He can turn a spiritual wimp into a warrior.
Are we raising kids to be fake Christians? Kendy Casey Dean, a professor at Princeton Theological Seminary, says we may unknowingly be causing children to follow a “mutant” form of Christianity.
I stood before the congregation holding two letters in my hands. “Both came to my office this week. I thought you’d like to hear what they say.”
I’m sure you are familiar with the classic email scam from the “Nigerian widow.” The message from “Mrs. Obasanjo” informs us that her late husband, a military general, left behind an estate of $12 million, and she wants to give it to you! But the money is frozen in a Swiss bank account, so she’s asking you to wire her $1,500 to “unlock” the funds.
This week my wife and I packed our belongings and made the biggest move of our lives. After living in the Orlando area for 24 years we pulled up our roots and relocated to Georgia. It was one of the hardest things I’ve ever done because I’m a sentimental guy who gets very attached to people and places. Yet I found extra grace for this transition because I knew I was following the Holy Spirit’s leading.
How do you know when it is time to pull that infamous plug?
How do you know when it is time to fully enter in to a new project?
How do you know when it is time take a rest?
How do you know when it is time to declare a resounding and enthusiastic, “Yes!” to a new opportunity?
How do you know when it is time to press the pause button on well-laid plans and hoped-for dreams?
How do you know when it is time?
So often, as leaders in the body of Christ, we anxiously search for the will of God and strongly desire to walk in His specific destiny for our individual lives. What a magnificent search that is … to discover the will of God!
