19
May
2016
How To Pray The Five Finger Prayer Method
Recently, God has been confronting me from multiple fronts with a disturbing fact: I stink at praying for others with any discipline. Yes, you heard me correctly. I am woefully anemic in my intercessory life and have been for a while. I – the guy who literally wrote a book on prayer – am... Read More
15
Mar
2016
What’s Your Intercessory Prayer Personality?
Did you know that people tend toward certain types of intercessory prayer? I didn’t either when I was beginning in prayer. I was raised in a Christian home where we were taught to pray, read our Bible and go to church. I appreciate this solid foundation in my life, however, it was pretty legalistic. God... Read More
11
Feb
2016
My Lenten Spiritual Discipline, Why And How I Am Doing It
After a lot of soul searching and prayer I have decided to memorize scripture for the next 40 days. Specifically, I’ll memorize the Sermon on The Mount, Matthew chapters 5-7, and live out lessons from it each day. Why You Should Memorize Scripture One of my friends on Facebook asked why I wanted to... Read More
1
Feb
2016
Gossip, Five Ways Nehemiah Teaches You To Survive It.
Gossip can eat you alive; particularly, if you’re a leader. But, gossip is nothing new. Nehemiah, a lesser known figure of the Bible, stayed heroically faithful in the face of malicious opposition. You can learn much from his example. If you don’t recall who Nehemiah was, he was a high official in the court of... Read More
10
Jan
2016
What Christmas decorations taught me about discipleship
Yesterday I stowed the last box of Christmas decorations safely into the attic for another year’s slumber. I’ll miss them. I love decorations. I love the smell of a Christmas tree, the twinkle of lights, and the walk down memory lane each ornament provides. But next year, they will mean more to me than ever.... Read More
2
Jan
2016
How To Start Every Day With A Great Mindset
How many mornings have you woke up with a poor mindset? Perhaps, you are dreading something at work or begrudging your alarm clock. One way to turn around these poor morning starts is by training yourself to immediately adopt a godly mindset for the day the moment you wake up. I woke up today, January 1st,... Read More