This blog seems to have taken on a prayer theme the past few days.  Can you tell what I’ve been preoccupied with? 
This video from John & Nancy Ortberg talks about learning to pray and specifically what to do with our prayer time when our minds wander.  This clip talks about this question: How do [...]

I’m guilty of moving headlong into my own plans before I think to ask God for His opinion, His wisdom or His help.  Why?

I’m a reasonably bright guy whose plans typically work out ok. 
I’m busy and I can get started on the execution of the plan faster if I don’t pray. 
I sometimes [...]

When was the last time you spent more than 5 minutes praying?  10 minutes? 30 minutes?  Have you done it in the last week?  Last month?  Ever? 
Let me challenge you today to spend 18 minutes praying today.  Here are six topics, pray three minutes for each.  As you pray, I would encourage you [...]

If you want to thrive in Honduras, you should probably learn Spanish.  If you want to do well at basketball, it would be a good idea to practice dribbling.  If you want to succeed at work, you should get trained.  If you plan on fighting a battle, you’d better be armed.
As Saul’s army went to [...]

Many of us live “in the moment”.  We are so busy doing our everyday things that we become absorbed in them.  We are so preoccupied trying to keep up with our task list that we fail to do two important things.  One of those important things to to look back. 
It is difficult to see [...]