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May 30 - September 10, 2018
The future is always created twice. The first creation happens in your mind as you envision the future; the second creation happens when you literally flesh it out.
Vision starts with visualization.
Alvaro Pascual-Leone did a study validating the importance of visualization. A group of volunteers practiced a five-finger piano exercise while neurotransmitters monitored their brain activity. As expected, neuroimaging revealed that the motor cortex was active while practicing the exercise. Then researchers told the participants to mentally rehearse the piano exercise in their mind. The motor cortex was just as active while mentally rehearsing as it was during p...
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Until recently, I wanted God to answer every prayer ASAP. That is no longer my agenda. I don’t want easy answers or quick answers because I have a tendency to mishandle the blessings that come too easily or too quickly. I take the credit or take them for granted. So now I pray that it will take long enough and be hard enough for God to receive all of the glory.
we need to change our prayer approach from as soon as possible to as long as it takes.
When you live by faith, it often feels like you are risking your reputation. You’re not. You’re risking God’s reputation. It’s not your faith that is on the line. It’s His faithfulness.
“Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men’s blood.” These words are attributed to architect and visionary Daniel Burnham.
At some point, our spoken words cease to exist because they are subject to the law of entropy.
Our prayers never cease to exist because they aren’t subject to natural laws, including the law of entropy. The supernatural laws of prayer defy the natural laws of time and space.
Walter Wink, “History belongs to the intercessors.”
Don’t let what you cannot do keep you from doing what you can.
He prayed until the day he died.
Everything we do has a ripple effect. Unlike a stone hitting the water, the ripple effect of human behavior doesn’t happen perfectly, with evenly measured concentric circles.
never underestimate the power of a single prayer!
God is great not just because nothing is too big for Him; God is great because nothing is too small.
Every number has a name, every name has a story, and every story matters to God.
Prayer is the difference between the best you can do and the best God can do.
One-third of our global food supply is pollinated by bees,
“Go home. Lock yourself in your room. Kneel down in the middle of the floor, and with a piece of chalk draw a circle around yourself. There, on your knees, pray fervently and brokenly that God would start a revival within that chalk circle.”
