Run in Such a Way…

Thanks for everyone that prayed for my 24-hour unplug last week.  It was a great time roaming God’s creation, seeking His face and searching His Word.  I thought I’d give a short recap of what exactly I did while I was there. On the way there I did two unthinkable things.  First, I didn’t listen …

Can you define what it means to be a “mature” person?  It is probably one of those things you can picture in your head, but may have a difficult time articulating.  It is often one of those “I’ll know it when I see it” kind of things. Here is an even harder one.  Can you …

Well, I believe the time has come for me to begin posting on Run in Such a Way again. It has been quite some time, and I’ve certainly gotten out of practice…I hope there are a few of you still out there!!! Anyway, this first post is simply an invitation to all the folks at …

This is post #3 in a 3-part post regarding our recent Life Group member survey.  If you haven’t already read the first and second posts, I would recommend reading them first and second.  This post will just include some of the amazing comments that people made as a part of filing out the survey.  I hope …

Today’s Outflow reading was a huge challenge for me.  The authors have me pegged when they write about interacting with people we disagree with.  On page 115 that “instead of listening, we take every opportunity to disagree or correct any beliefs and behaviors we find unacceptable”.  That is certainly my first reaction, though it isn’t …

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 to …

Outflow: Outward focused living in a self-focused world.  It is easy to read a book like Outflow and think things like: “I could never do it”. “I don’t have the right personality to do it.” “I don’t know how to do it.” “Those are nice thoughts, but I don’t want to do it.” Etc, etc, …

Look at the list of blessings that God promises in Deuteronomy 28:1-14.  It is a pretty long, comprehensive list.  It includes blessings on our kids, our job, our finances and even our status. As the author of the Outflow book points out, the point of God including this list in His Word is not to …

Kids might know that their clothes are dirty and need washed.  They might actually see the mud caked on their shirt, but be unaware of what to do about it.  They might even try some ingenious ways to clean the shirt…only to make it worse. My last post discussed the role of the Word of …

We all need to be strengthened.  No matter how strong we are (or think we are), that strength will eventually run out.  But not if we are strengthened with His power!  He has all that we could ever need, and he never grows weak or weary! We also pray that you will be strengthened with …