14
Oct
2009
Give a Bible away
Last night I was chatting online with a friend whom I had reconnected with on Facebook after not having any contact for roughly seventeen years. We reconnected last April and it has been fantastic both reminiscing and playing catch up. I don’t know how we got on the subject, but last night she was sharing... Read More
10
Oct
2009
Living excuse free
In a recent post I addressed the problem of rationalizing our sins. PD reader Laurie shared 4 of her most common excuses. That inspired me to share mine. My experience has been (and my experience is vast) of rationalizing that most of my rational lies fall into one of about 4 categories. 1) Begging off... Read More
6
Oct
2009
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... Read More
30
Sep
2009
Prayer Journaling Difficulties and Solutions
Our youth have been prayer journaling for a week now using a method that I outlined in the Prayer Journaling Orientation video posted a week ago. Last Sunday we discussed their experiences. In today’s brief video I share 5 common difficulties they encountered and 3 “triggers” for being consistent. They have had some really awesome... Read More
26
Sep
2009
Spiritual Peak Performance–Mindsets that Kill It
Yesterday, I was talking on the phone with life coach Brad Denham and he was sharing with me four mindsets that radically limit us. His area of expertise is peak performance and his coaching focus is on winning your inner game. As I listened to Brad I realized that what he was describing had huge... Read More
23
Sep
2009
Prayer Journal Passages
In my last post, I gave you a video tutorial on one method of prayer journaling. It struck me afterwards that some of you might be curious about the scripture passages that our youth are using. I gave each youth an envelope with fourteen verses and told them to just randomly pick one each day.... Read More