I'm not impersonating anybody. I'm perfectly satisfied with what I am.
Fervent prayer keeps your true identity in focus.
Persistent, internal inklings matched by external confirmation is often the way God directs believers into His will.
Yet some of the most faithful, effective Christians I know are those who are living out their quiet calling to the few in their home, to their fledging church, or to the homeless under a bridge in their city. Nothing is meager or insignificant about that.
Yesterday's partial obedience creates staggering consequences in today's experiences.
They were creating a program on contemplative prayer called Be Still. They asked me to be a part of this project that was designed to help Americans see the importance of spending time before God in stillness. I knew immediately that God wanted me to be a part of the project.
In the midst of a universe that cannot exist for a second without constant motion, God transcended the order of nature. He stopped. He rested. And He prescribes the same for you and me.
He wants you all to Himself to put His loving, divine arms around you.
The adrenaline gets pumping and you just got to forget about [injuries] and play.
The true epic of our times is not "Arm's and the Man," but "Tools and the Man"--an infinitely wider kind of epic.
If you wish to form a clear judgment on your friends, consult your dreams.