On Prayer...

I have been reading a few books for the upcoming sermon series on prayer and I loved this statement in the discussion of just praying during our ordinary, everyday work lives..."In a world in which Winning Through Intimidation is the order of the day, I am attracted to people who are free from the tyranny of assertiveness.  I am drawn to those who are able to simply meet people where they are, with no need to control or manage or make them do anything." (p. 174)

Yup.

Thanks Richard Foster for your book Prayer!

Words from Martin Luther King...

I read this today and was challenged about what it means to develop colonies of heaven in every place Christ followers live...

Martin Luther King Jr. said this: “There was a time when the church was very powerful. In those days the church was not merely a thermometer that recorded the ideas and principles of popular opinion; it was a thermostat that transformed the mores of society. Whenever the early Christians entered a town, the power structure got disturbed and immediately sought to convict them for being ‘disturbers of the peace’ and ‘outside agitators.’ But they went on with the conviction that they were ‘a colony of heaven,’ and had to obey God rather than man. They were small in number but big in commitment. They were too God-intoxicated to be ‘astronomically intimidated.’ They brought an end to such ancient evils as infanticide and gladiatorial contest.”