Quote of the Day 7-8-08

I should have posted this yesterday ... but too busy ( forgot ) ...





"Sometimes the limitations you are willing to accept establish the boundaries of your existence."

. Erwin McManus





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Quote of the Day 7-3-08

It arrrived yesterday ... Wide Awake ... Erwin McManus

Erwin writes about that little bit of sadness that greets us in the mornings. Maybe it is there because we are not doing what we are supposed to be doing. We are not living the life we are supposed to be living. We are not dreaming wide awake. It is our sould searching for its hero. It's in there and trying to get out.

" For most of us we don't choose the worst life; we just don't choose the best life."



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Quote of the Day 6-30-08

The unknown with God is ALWAYS better that the known without Him.


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Erwin McManus, Wide Awake




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Quote of the Day 5-30-08

Lately I have been on this thing about the "church" ... while we are all "proud" of our church, I see that we are pretty much underachievers ... My next few statements may seem harsh and insensitive, but I promise that I am not intending them to be harsh or insensitaive ... I hope you understand what I am trying to say ...

There is a lady in our church that has a tumor on her spine that causes great pain ... I read today that they are giving God praises because the pain has subsided a little because the tumor has shrunk ( not sure if that is the correct word ) and so therefore the pressure is not as great on the spine as it was ... now she can rest ... THAT IS GREAT ... answered prayer for sure

As far as how this relates to church ... when we have "pressure" that causes discomfort don't we pray that God would relieve it ? WHY ? We want to rest ... Isn't that pressure and pain a good thing as far as churches go ? After all, it is the intense pressure that forms diamonds, right ? Why do we run from it ? We rebuke it in Jesus name when we should be EMBRACING it in Jesus name ...

Now for the quote of the day ...

"When the church becomes an institution, people are nothing more than volunteers to be recruited. When the church is a movement, our stewartship becomes the unleashing of our Godgiven gift, talents, and passions."

.... Erwin McManus



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Quote of the Day 5-21-08

OK ... I am going to try to start a quote of the day ... I can't promise that I will find something everyday ... but I am going to try ... and you guessed it ... one of my favorite people ... Erwin McManus gets the first one ...

" The civilized build shelters and invite God to stay with them; barbarians move with God wherever He chooses to go.

The civilized Christian has a routine; the barbarian disciple has a mission.

The civilized believer knows the letter of the law; the barbarian disciple lives the spirit of the law.

The civilized love tradition; the barbarian spirit loves challenges.

The civilized are satisfied with ritual; barbarians live and thrive in the mystical.

For the civilized disciple, religion provides stability and certainty; for the barbarian, a life in God is one of risk and mystery."

Ok ... several all rolled up into one ...




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Chasing Daylight

Also published earlier as SEIZING YOUR DEVINE MOMENT.

I have read this book 5 times and it gets better each time. Based largely on Jonathan and his armorbearer ( 1 Sam 14 ). Jonathan was engaging while his father and others were merely resting and were really scared to move.

Some great quotes from this book :

• Don't sleep through your dreams
• We all should know that to play it safe is to lose the game
• The greatest danger that success brings, aside from arrogance, is the fear of losing what have been gained
• In Christianity the goal of the spiritual journey is the transformation of our desires
• You can talk all day about what God has promised to do through His people, but you will never live in those promises until you act on them.
• It is a priviledge to be called to go first even when it means you are the first to suffer and the only one at risk
• Sometimes prayer is nothing more than our religious veil

Check it out ...