One of the Classic Christian Authors  that can instantly stir the passions of my soul is Andrew Murray.  He spoke often of our relationship with God and our lives of prayer.  Read these words and let your prayer life be stirred:

 “The first and chief need of our Christian life is, Fellowship with God. The Divine life within us comes from God, and is entirely dependent upon Him. As I need every moment afresh the air to breathe, as the s sun every moment afresh sends down its light, so it is only in direct living communication with God that my soul can be strong.

The manna of one day was corrupt when the next day came. I must every day have fresh grace from heaven, and I obtain it only in direct waiting upon God Himself. Begin each day by tarrying before God, and letting Him touch you. Take time to meet God.

To this end, let your first act in your devotion be a setting yourself still before God. In prayer, or worship, everything depends upon God taking the chief place. I must bow quietly before Him in humble faith and adoration, speaking thus within my heart: “God is. God is near. God is love, longing to communicate Himself to me. God the Almighty One, Who worketh all in all, is even now waiting to work in me, and make Himself known.” Take time, till you know God is very near.

When you have given God His place of honor, glory, and power, take your place of deepest lowliness, and seek to be filled with the Spirit of humility. As a creature it is your blessedness to be nothing, that God may be all in you. As a sinner you are not worthy to look up to God; bow in self abasement. As a saint, let God’s love overwhelm you, and bow you still lower down. Sink down before Him in humility, meekness, patience, and surrender to His goodness and mercy. He will exalt you.” 

Having a great time on vacation. Did a couple hikes at Petit Jean State Park.

Why is it so hard to trust?
After all we know it’s a must

To turn our lives to Him is tough for sure
What does it really mean to make Him our Lord?

I like to control my life, my future, my destiny
I like my life to be mine, not His, just me

But surely there arises a problem so great
God knows more than me, He knows my fate

He let’s me control as longs a I choose
But when I do, I always seem to lose

It should be a lesson learned that I surrender all to Him
To give Him all of me, to return from where I have been 

God, O God, This Is Hard For Me To Pray
Take my life, whatever I have, I’ll follow Your Way 

-Danny Cheney-

“Far better to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory, or defeat.”
-Theodore Roosevelt-

Are you willing to risk anything for God?  Are you afraid of taking a step of faith and doing something you have never done before?

Too many people live a life of mediocrity because they are content with staying the same, doing things the same way they have always done.  They live in a land of comfort, unwilling to trouble the waters to dare something different, to do something spectacular for the glory of God.  

There are two roads we can take in life.  The road of ease which is a road that knows no risk or change.  Or we can take the road less traveled.  The road of daring which is a road that knows not what is at the end but finds excitement in discovering, that if we only would take a risk for God, He will bring us to another place.  This road of daring is only traveled by brave soldiers of the Cross who are not afraid of failure and who are willing to face failure to do something significant for the kingdom of God. 

Which road are you traveling on?

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Some people start out strong when they r filled w/ the Spirit but we must go back 4 recharging. We must stay plugged in to the source of power.
Our lives move from strength to weakness. Therefore we must move from weakness to strength. The Spirit helps us n our weakness. Look to Him.

Its hard to believe that Josh turned 19 today. It seems like it was just yesterday that Josh was born. He has never given us an ounce of trouble and has been a pleasure to raise.

As a parent, you hope that your kids will turn out right. I can proudly say that he has turned into a fine young man of God.

Happy birthday, son! Your mom and I love you and are proud of you.

When I got home from work today, Hannah showed me this list and asked me to use it in my sermon tomorrow.  Honestly, there is a whole sermon series here on this page.  These are words to live by.

This is what she wrote :

We need to trust God.
We need to follow God.
We need to believe n God.
We need to love God.
We need to do what God says.
We need to read the Bible.
We need to learn the Bible.

This is Discipleship 101.  I just may do a sermon series about this soon.

Proverbs 24:16, “The godly may trip seven times, but they will get up again. But one disaster is enough to overthrow the wicked.”

The godly may fall but they don’t stay down.  The old saying goes, “You can’t keep a good man down.” It is the same with the man or woman of God. When we stumble along the way or we face hard times, we must remember that God’s grace pulls us up.  His hands reaches down to us, all we must do is receive His helping hand.

The ungodly don’t have the same hope as the saint of God. The ungodly’s attention is focused on the situation at hand. The godly have their eyes on the prize, on the finish line and they see the trials and failures as mere hurdles.

Don’t get down because of your temporary circumstances.  Keep your eyes on Jesus. Dust yourself off and journey on.