The Home of My One Pursuit
A leader is a reader. Growth is key in fulfilling our purpose in life. Without growth we will fall short of God’s best.
Below is a number of books I have read over the past few months. A few books did not get on the list because I didn’t finish reading them (I admit, I do this a lot).
There is no rhyme or reason to the order of the books I have read. Usually, I pick a book based on what I sense the Lord stirring within me. Other times, just because it looks interesting.
Our church made a decisive shift from a traditional church to a house of prayer. The change did not happen overnight but it did put us in waters that we were (and still are) unfamiliar with.
Discovering what this will look like in the end is a bit challenging. Yet a valuable lesson is being birthed through the process.
Some things the Lord asks us to do are only revealed as we walk it out. It’s not clear yet just how things will be done or what it will all look like in the end. That’s OK. Be confident in the fact that it’s God leading you whether you have all of the plans or just know the first step.
It’s been about five months since the Lord totally blindsided me (in a good way) about the use of Sarcasm in
Leadership while venturing on a 21 day fast. Never in a million years did I actually think this would come up but nonetheless it did.
How much progress have I made since turning off the switch of sarcasm in life and leadership? What have I learned in the journey? How can I encourage you to live a fairly sarcastic-free life?
Here is what I am learning:
David built the tabernacle from a heart that cried out for the living God (Psalm 84:2) not from duty to the law. The tabernacle was built for love not law. Passion established and sustained a 24/7 reality. The Lord favored the Tabernacle of David because it came out of the heart of someone consumed with gazing on His beauty (Psalm 27:4).
The first priority of every revival in the Old Testament was to re-establish the 24/7 reality. Why? It declared Israels love and full committment to the Lord and not a prescription written from the law.
Radical lovers who will make it a priority to declare His worth is whom the Lord is seeking (John 4:23).
Today, we as believers are a House of Prayer if indeed communion with God is found as our top priority. Also, we are establishing a House of Prayer where a community can gather to seek the Lord, encounter Him, then turn the world upside down (Acts 17:6).
Your thoughts?
It’s been interesting to see how a culture shifts within a church over the course of a few years. When the Lord spoke to us clearly about Harvest House Church becoming Convergence House of Prayer I really did not know what to expect.
What I do know is that this is what we are supposed to be doing. The Lord has confirmed this many times over with the prophetic word and in the hearts of leadership.
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