For months now I have been proactively seeking ways to honor the people in my life who have been sacrificing time and their talents to build a new ministry at our church. I have been talking about the value speaking to someone’s potential and being encouraged with those who are closest to me in the ministry.

But outside of my team, I was failing at honoring the most imporant person in my life. MY WIFE.

Honor isn’t an attitude or actions.
It’s a lifestyle.

What I learned:

Dishonor produces insecurity.
Dishonor corrupts intimacy.
Dishonor depreciates trust.

So before you speak out of turn, or say something out of spite; check the price tag.

So I am determined to HONOR my wife and remember that ultimately she magnifies the best in me.

This note is about waiting on God.  And to me sometimes waiting, when God says wait; is like sitting at a red light.  I know, you’re thinking, DUH.  You stop and wait at a red light.  But there’s more to it than that.

Keeping you car stopped at a red like requires a tremendous amount of effort and intention from you as the driver.  Let’s think of the  stop light as God’s direction in your life,  the Road = His plan for your life, and your Car represents your faith.  So many times, we feel life waiting for God means that we don’t have to do anything or serve anywhere.  But as the driver in the seat of your own faith you bear the resposibility of controlling your vehicle.

It takes effort to hold the break pedal to the floor.
It takes you being fully engaged in your faith journey to see the light change.
It takes awearness to see what God is doing in people around you.

Waiting doesn’t mean disengage, it mean’s be patience.  Remain focused, and contiune to obey the laws of the land.  It also means California stopping not allowed.  If you don’t know what I am talking about here it is.  It’s those people creep their vehicle forward when the light is red, trying to get ahead of the system.

The only way to really change the world is to fully immerse your will and your desires into the mind of Christ so that we become an extenstion of His ministry to mankind.  You are the change the world needs, and the best place to start is prayer.

Prayer determines your effectiveness.

The most influenctial and perhapse the most effective Church is the church of the apostles in the Book of acts.  There once was a group of believer’s so committed prayer that resulted in strategic generosity poured out in such a way that socioeconomic barriers melted away. And their love for one another in such a way that bridged the racial and gender divides, and celebrated culture diverences.

These with one mind were continually devoting themselves to prayer.   Acts 1:14

Out of the 28 chapters in the book of Acts, the aposltes are found praying 19 times.  Prayer, in fact was the first thing they did after Jesus ascended into heaven.  Not evangelism, healing or preaching.  Prayer.

Prayer produces clarity.
Clarity produces vision.
Vision prodcues purpose.
Purpose produces a plan.
A plan produces effectiveness.