Posted in Lent on March 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Lenten Journey – Day 36
This week marks the beginning of an even busier season for me and my family. Over the next 6 weeks I will:
Travel to Mexico for a missions trip (April 2 – 6).
Celebrate Easter – the biggest and busiest holiday of the year (April 12).
Launch a new sermon-based small group experience (we [...]
Posted in Lent on March 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Lenten Journey – Day 31
I’m confused. Lent has traditionally always been 40 days from Ash Wednesday to Easter. But I’m on day 31 (I started a day early) and there are still 17 days left which means there are 47 days (an extra week). There are various opinions as to why this is.
Anyway, it has [...]
Posted in Lent, tagged Holy Spirit, Lent, presence of the Lord on March 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Lenten Journey – Day 17
PSALM 116
7 Let my soul be at rest again,
for the Lord has been good to me.
8 He has saved me from death,
my eyes from tears,
my feet from stumbling.
9 And so I walk in the Lord’s presence
as I live here on earth!
Wouldn’t it be great to daily walk in the Lord’s presence? [...]
Posted in Lent on March 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Lenten Journey – Day 16
How many people struggle with prayer? Regularity, discipline, focus, substance – most Christians struggle with at least one of these aspects of prayer. I am no exception. I have documented on this blog my very own struggles. But today I would like to share something that has helped me tremendously in [...]
Posted in Lent on March 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Lenten Journey – Day 15
School is cancelled today. There is a blizzard warning. We are supposed to get 6-12 inches of snow today (on top of the 4-5 we got yesterday) with winds gusting to 50 mph and wind chills to 40 below. Ahh… Spring.
I have been under the weather for the past week. It [...]
Posted in Lent on March 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday was a really hard day. I felt tired and sluggish all day and I was so tempted to use caffeine/coffee. Normally, that would be my crutch and I would use it over and over again, even if it did not achieve the desired effect. Instead, I was thrust more into dependence on God for [...]
Posted in Lent on March 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Some good thoughts on worship from The Dangerous Duty of Delight:
…for many people and pastors, the event of “worship” on Sunday morning is conceived of as a means to accomplish something other than worship. We “worship” to raise money; we “worship” to attract crowds; we “worship” to heal human hurts;… etc, etc.
In all of this [...]
Posted in Lent on March 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My prayer for today:
Father, may I be a blessing to everyone I come in contact with today.
Give me your eyes to see,
Your heart to feel,
Your hands to heal.
May everything I say and do be honoring to You.
Posted in Lent on March 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Whew! It was a frenetic weekend. I was in a basketball tournament at another church on Friday night and Saturday (Don’t ask. “Humbling” doesn’t even begin to describe it). We had our men’s group on Saturday morning (which was an awesome time of learning the discipline of confession), Amplified concert with Fades Away and Eat [...]
Posted in Lent on February 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I can’t believe how good I feel since my colleagues prayed for me yesterday. I literally feel like a new person. I woke up this morning feeling just as good as when I went to bed last night – rested, clear and ready to take on the day.
Today I read this from the The Dangerous [...]
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