Day 37
It's Day 37. We had our last prayer walk on the mall this morning. I think the difference between the sixth walk and first walk is that I can get into "prayer mode" quicker. I still pray for myself first but I have fewer "issues" to work through. I'm able to intercede for others. I'm less distracted. I guess it's the difference between riding your bike for the first time and sixth time. By the sixth time you don't need as big a push to get started.
Two-Dimensional Prayers
I think our prayers need to be two-dimensional--forgive me and help me. Too often we just pray "forgive me" and it becomes a cycle. We need to ask the Lord to help us so that He doesn't have to forgive us!
Sin is a thief. Satan comes to "steal" (John 10:10). He wants to steal our God-given potential. That is what sin does. I like the way John Maxwell says it. "Potential is God's gift to us. What we do with it is our gift to God."
Means
It's so easy as a pastor for my relationship with God to become a "means to an end." I professionalize my relationship with God.
I'm finding joy in just doing what God has called me to do. Too often giving, praying, serving, and sharing become means to an end instead of them being an end in and of themselves. There is a freedom when we find joy giving (not because of what we'll get out of it). Too often God becomes a means and I end up "using" God. He becomes a slot machine.
Joy in obedience.
Two-Dimensional Prayers
I think our prayers need to be two-dimensional--forgive me and help me. Too often we just pray "forgive me" and it becomes a cycle. We need to ask the Lord to help us so that He doesn't have to forgive us!
Sin is a thief. Satan comes to "steal" (John 10:10). He wants to steal our God-given potential. That is what sin does. I like the way John Maxwell says it. "Potential is God's gift to us. What we do with it is our gift to God."
Means
It's so easy as a pastor for my relationship with God to become a "means to an end." I professionalize my relationship with God.
I'm finding joy in just doing what God has called me to do. Too often giving, praying, serving, and sharing become means to an end instead of them being an end in and of themselves. There is a freedom when we find joy giving (not because of what we'll get out of it). Too often God becomes a means and I end up "using" God. He becomes a slot machine.
Joy in obedience.
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