The Practical Disciple » Entries tagged with "perseverence"
Self discipline exercises
For God has not given us a spirit of timidity, but of power and love and discipline. (2 Timothy 1:7) Last night I was watching a video with my son Matthew that was part of an online course we are taking together. It is a course in developing online products. The instructor actually gives away a number of products to participants in the course. They are completely free to reproduce them and put them online. In the video the instructor was addressing the concern that if he gives the products away won’t the market then be flooded to the point that his students can’t realistically compete. The short answer was no. Mainly because he explained that the sad reality is that 99% of the people who … Read entire article »
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Olympic faith and an olympic father
Every Olympics has its moment. A moment of triumph or tragedy that will stand out and mark that Olympics forever. Beyond a shadow of a doubt, the defining moment in the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona was the tragic race of british runner Derek Redmond. Redmond was almost sure to win the 400m semifinal race. Redmond was in the best condition of his life despite multiple surgeries on his achilles tendon … Read entire article »
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Prayer Journaling 3, Resistance
When I start a new spiritual discipline I have a lot energy around it, but after a couple of weeks when the novelty of newness wears off I find that I start resisting doing it. I discovered this past Sunday many of our youth are just like me. They are still working hard at their prayer journals, but the second week it was harder to be motivated. We are at the intersection of “wanting” and “committed”. The difference between wanting something and being committed to it is whether or not you are willing to do whatever it takes to get it. My experience has been that in every new discipline you reach a crunch point where you gain enough experience that you start questioning whether or not your really want … Read entire article »
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Amazing Example of ‘Love Your Enemy’
Truth be told, I am not sure I have any real enemies. I am sure there are some people out there that don’t like me. I have had people say ugly things behind my back and then glad hand me on Sunday morning. I also have had a few people that suck the life out of me. I not so affectionately call them my “crazy makers”. Truth be told though I am not sure I can say I have enemies who are out to get me. If that day ever comes I hope I have the courage, humor, and perseverance of a pastor persecuted by the Ku Klux Klan that is spoken about in this video. It’s only about 4 minutes long, but it is … Read entire article »
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