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Eight steps to worrying less than you do

Here are eight worry-stoppers to expand your tally: Pray, first. Don’t pace up and down the floors of the waiting room; pray for a successful surgery. Don’t bemoan the collapse of an investment; ask God to help you. Don’t join the chorus of co-workers who complain about your boss; invite them to bow their heads […]

PRAYING ACCORDING TO OUR LEGAL RIGHTS

One of the most important things that we can do as Christians is to pray in line with our legal rights. But we often don’t do this because we misunderstand what prayer is. Prayer is not simply talking to God. Rather, prayer is asserting earthly permission for heavenly interference. Prayer is earth giving heaven authorization […]

Are you afraid of disappointing God?

To sin is to disregard God, ignore his teachings, deny his blessings. Sin is “God-less” living, centering life on the center letter of the word sIn. The sinner’s life is me-focused, not God-focused. Wasn’t this the choice of Adam and Eve? Prior to their sin they indwelled a fearless world. One with creation, one with […]

Some things God doesn’t know

Yet while God knows everything actual and potential, we need to remember that God does not necessarily know everything experiential. Now wait, before you close this book and run off to send me a long, heated e-mail about what I just said, track with me a bit. For example, what if I were to ask […]

Do you matter?

Do we matter? We fear we don’t. We fear nothingness, insignificance. We fear evaporation. We fear that in the last tabulation we make no contribution to the final sum. We fear coming and going and no one knowing. That’s why it bothers us when a friend forgets to call or the teacher forgets our name […]

Between a rock and a hard place

A good friend of mine is an assistant football coach for the University of Texas, and he’ll call me during all hours of the day or night when he’s facing one of these trials. He calls me to talk through his trial, or as he puts it, the “trick bag.” In fact, he calls me […]

Fear never wrote a symphony

Fear never wrote a symphony or poem, negotiated a peace treaty, or cured a disease. Fear never pulled a family out of poverty or a country out of bigotry. Fear never saved a marriage or a business. Courage did that. Faith did that. People who refused to consult or cower to their timidities did that. […]

A transformational church gives itself away

I have just released a new Bible study called The Case for Antioch, based on Jeff Iorg’s book by the same title. The big idea of this study is to challenge your people to be a church like the Antioch church. Here is an excerpt: God’s economy for individuals and churches is based on giving, […]

A lesson from Helen Keller on Obedience

IF YOU’VE EVER SEEN THE MIRACLE WORKER, the story of Helen Keller and her teacher, Anne Sullivan, you well remember the dining room scene. Helen had long been allowed at mealtime to paw through the serving dishes, steal from others’ plates, and eat with her fingers. But what her family saw as unavoidable, her tutor […]

A transformational church follows strong leaders.

I have just released a new Bible study called The Case for Antioch, based on Jeff Iorg’s book by the same title. The big idea of this study is to challenge your people to be a church like the Antioch church. Here is an excerpt: Leadership has been the buzzword in the past twenty years […]