Leadership isn’t always an easy thing. Any leader knows that. Perhaps it’s even harder to be a Christian leader. Why? Because the standards put on you can be exceedingly high. All eyes are on you.
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As a leader, you are the quarterback of the team. Each player in the game relies on your wisdom, truth, guidance and correction. Higher expectations quickly become placed on you. The other team obviously has a target on your back. They don’t want you to play your A-game. But what if your own team members are aiming at the target as well? All eyes are still on you and people are waiting to see what your next step will be. In your role as a leader, this is bound to happen at least once. People aren’t always for you. Unfortunately, there is usually one rotten egg in the bunch. (more…)
I met Jennifer in 2008. Well, I guess you could say we met. Shame kept me from making eye contact with her, but I knew nonetheless there was something special about this lady. Little did I know God would use our histories to change the lives of generations to come.
I have learned many valuable lessons through the course of my friendship with Jennifer. One of those lessons: Be careful what you pray for.
I’ve had the honor of writing for Prodigal Magazine, which has graciously featured this article on the power of obedience and how our choices affect the generations after us. Read the rest of the article here.
Do you know?
How hard it is to believe that I can trust people?
How difficult it is to believe that not every man I meet is out to get me?
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How hard it is to initiate conversation with someone of the opposite sex?
How hard it is to believe that God has created someone to love me for me? (more…)
Have you every felt inadequate to pray? Me too.
I would watch others around me pray and feel so intimated. I thought my words weren’t important enough. My prayers were too short. I didn’t say the write things.
I was recently introduced to a new ministry I want to share with you. World Missions Alliance is practically a next door neighbor that I knew nothing about! I had the opportunity to meet founders Chuck and Helen Todd about a month ago. Talk about some folks who have seen the miracles of God first hand.
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I love their mission statement:
World Missions Alliance breaks social barriers by taking the Gospel to the far corners of the world that have been previously unreachable.
They’ve preached the gospel in the former Soviet Union, China, Iraq, India, Syria, Egypt, Jordan, and more, even enduring a scary hostage situation you would think only happens in movies. They continue to do God’s work despite the dangers. (more…)
God has been doing some work on my prayer life. I love what he’s showing me. He’s using my prayers to be bolder in all that I do and ask for.
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Thanks to my amazing friend Jennifer White for introducing me to The Circle Maker: Praying Circles Around Your Biggest Dreams and Greatest Fears. This book is rocking my world!
In the book, Mark Batterson talks about circling the walls of Jericho, as Joshua and his people did. It didn’t look normal. For seven days they circled the city, remaining obedient to God and waiting for his prompting. Day seven, the trumpets blew and the walls collapsed. Why couldn’t they just break the doors down? Because that’s not what God said to do. Simple obedience. (more…)
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his people did. It didn’t look normal. For seven days they circled the city, remaining obedient to God and waiting for his prompting. Day seven, the trumpets blew and the walls collapsed. Why couldn’t they just break the doors down? Because that’s not what God said to do. Simple obedience.