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Outward activities and inner priorities

By Dave Henning / October 4, 2015

In Chapter 2 (“From Overscheduled to Organized: Harnessing Your Calendar’s Power”) of Simplify, Bill Hybels begins with the wry observation that “our schedules are packed so tight, we couldn’t slip a razor blade between appointments.”  Our busyness easily becomes a source of pride, feeding our sense of importance.  But this pride nourishes something unhealthy in […]

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Customizing a replenishment plan

By Dave Henning / October 3, 2015

Bill Hybels concludes Chapter 1 of Simplify with a caution- when we’re at the bottom of our fullness bucket, we’re dangerous.  Living in a depleted state has serious consequences for every area of life.  We aren’t living the way God designed us to live.  Pastor Hybels provides two action steps to help us assess our […]

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Re- create energy and vitality

By Dave Henning / October 2, 2015

In today’s blog, Bill Hybels discusses the second through fifth keys to replenishing our souls. 2.  Family.  Although family looks different for each of us, Pastor Hybels emphasizes we all have a “family” of friends we’ve gathered around us- people God has brought into our lives.  To keep our bucket filled, our family relationships  need […]

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Connecting with God

By Dave Henning / October 1, 2015

Today Bill Hybels discusses the first key (of five) to replenishing our souls. 1.  Connecting with God.  Pastor Hybels unequivocally states the single biggest bucket-filler in his life is being firmly hand-in-hand with God (emphasis author’s).   Pastor Hybels adds that when he is really connected with God, he’s quicker to stay on God’s agenda and is […]

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What replenishes your soul

By Dave Henning / September 30, 2015

As Bill Hybels continues Chapter 1 of Simplify, he surmises you’ve been empty so long, you’ve forgotten what replenishes your bucket, what replenishes your soul.  Pastor Hybels cautions, however, that before you can establish a plan for keeping your bucket filled, it’s vitally important that you understand why you’re so depleted in the first place.  […]

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The price of depletion

By Dave Henning / September 29, 2015

In Chapter 1 of Simplify, Bill Hybels tells of the time a few years ago when he felt so depleted for months that his wife and kids suggested he spend time at the family cottage in Michigan- alone.  God took the scales off Pastor Hybels’ eyes in a little grocery store in town when he […]

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All the Places to Go

By Dave Henning / September 28, 2015

All the Places to Go (Tyndale, 2015) The full title of John Ortberg’s latest book is All the Places to Go . . . How Will You Know?  God Has Placed before You an Open Door.  What Will You Do?  Pastor Ortberg describes an open door as the great adventure of life, because it signifies […]

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Needless clutter

By Dave Henning / September 27, 2015

“Simplified living requires more than just organizing your closets or cleaning out your desk drawer.  It requires uncluttering your soul.”- Bill Hybels As Bill Hybels continues Chapter 1 of Simplify, he emphasizes we need to examine the core issues that lead us into frenzied living in order to stop doing the things that don’t matter […]

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A simple, healthy inner world

By Dave Henning / September 26, 2015

“When we fritter away our one and only life doing things that don’t really matter, we sacrifice the things that do matter.”- Bill Hybels Simplify: Ten Practices to Unclutter Your Soul is the latest book by Bill Hybels, founding and senior pastor of Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington, IL.  Pastor Hybels coaches and […]

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Just enough clarity

By Dave Henning / September 25, 2015

“We don’t follow clarity.  We follow God.”- John Ortberg “The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it.  Its gates will never be shut by day- and there will be no night there.”- Revelation 21:24-25 (NRSV) John Ortberg concludes Chapter 10 of All the Places […]

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When we’re afraid

By Dave Henning / September 24, 2015

“Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.  Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul and with all your strength.”- Deuteronomy 6:4-5 “It’s not what’s on the other side of the door that gives me confidence to go through; it’s the one who goes with […]

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The first door

By Dave Henning / September 23, 2015

“So Jesus also suffered outside the gate in order to sanctify the people through his own blood.”- Hebrews 12:13 Today John Ortberg looks at the second reason we’re tempted to give up searching for the door when the wall seems insurmountable. 2.  God is not good enough.  Pastor Ortberg states we become afraid God will […]

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