“Demands come across as entitled. . . . A simple please levels the playing field. It will get y0u further than your title, your rank, or your credentials. Authenticity trumps authority, like a royal flush. The word please demonstrates a posture of humility, and no one did it better than Jesus.”- Mark Batterson “Let this […]
“God not only reveals His story in the inner room, He also reveals in the inner room your unique role in that story. You have a critical role to play in the story of God on earth, and that part become clear to you in the secret place. In order for you to play your […]
“There is a crack in everything. . . . That’s how the light gets in.”- Leonard Cohen, “Anthem” The man said, “This is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for she was taken out of man.”- Genesis 2:23 In Chapter 9 (“Naked and Unafraid: The Paradox of […]
“The Prayer of Intervention involves a flow of ‘proclaiming, invoking, and enforcing.’ “- John Eldredge John Eldredge concludes Chapter 6 of Moving Mountains by emphasizing that the believers praying for Peter’s release from prison were “proclaiming the truth, invoking the kingdom, enforcing the kingdom.”- just as Jesus had taught them to do. Yet, when Peter […]
“God . . . is growing us up; we too must learn to rule and reign.”- John Eldredge John Eldredge concludes Chapter 5 of Moving Mountains by reminding us that Jesus, the Lord of angel armies, is now in the throes of bringing His enemies under His feet- along with angelic and human forces. For […]