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My Summer With Sommer
This week I’m in Minneapolis for a Pastor’s conference which I atttend every year. It’s put on by Bethlehem Baptist Church, where John Piper pastors. The family came with me minus Josh who has his nose to the grindstone at school. It was two years ago at this conference that I ran into an old friend whom I hadn’t Continue reading
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My Favorite Prayer Partner
Diane and I will celebrate 20 years of marriage this coming May. By God’s grace, that means we have been praying together almost every day for two decades. It was Dennis and Barbara Rainey of Campus Crusade that gave us the idea, back in the day. One or both of us (I asked her – she can’t Continue reading
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The Day I Heard the Voice of God
There aren’t a lot of days in my life I can say that I know God sent a message intended just for me. But there are a few. This is one of them… It was the fall of 1998. We were living in Lake Forest, Illinois, and I had spent the year interviewing for senior/solo pastor positions. I Continue reading
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Random Thoughts On Journaling
“Journaling is key – must journal as I meet with God.” – note in my journal from our European sabbatical, June 3, 2009 I’m sitting here in the living room with a stack of old journals in front of me. Josh is playing the piano, providing some nice background music. Life is good. Anyway, about journaling Continue reading
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What Does it Mean to Wait on the Lord?
Dr. Grudem Dr. Wayne Grudem was a professor of mine in seminary, and I had a sense that he was a man who really knew and loved the Lord. One day a student asked him in class how we might teach the people in our (future) churches as well as he taught us. He said, Continue reading
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Shamelessly Persistent Prayer…and Glorious Answers: The story of Daws
My own prayer life has been significantly impacted by the prayer lives of others, and one of these is a man named Dawson Trotman. Like King David, Daws was a man after God’s own heart and was used greatly by God to start The Navigators, a Christian organization emphasizing a personal walk with God, evangelism, discipleship and Scripture memory. The man Continue reading
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Memories of My First Prayer Meeting
Cadet Chapel, West Point The year was 1982, sometime in the second half of August, and it was Reorganization (reorgy) week at West Point. Reorgy was supposed to be one of the hardest weeks at the Academy, and at least in my book, it lived up to its reputation. I did something wrong – doing Continue reading
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Exceedingly Abundantly More…
There is one prayer request I will be seeking God for more than any other in these next 40 days. It is found in Ephesians 3:20, 21. If you like, add it to your list, and together we will ask God to do something really wonderful over these days. In the context, Paul has just Continue reading
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Power Through Prayer
Personally, I need reminders. I tend to forget the basics from day to day. No where is this more key than in the life of prayer, where Satan is constantly whispering in my ear that prayer does not matter. I don’t think I regularly hear him tell me to skip daily prayer. What I hear Continue reading
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Bicycle Helmets and the Surprising Danger of Committing Yourself to Prayer
Usually, I wear a bicycle helmet. I hear they keep your brain from becoming mush if you happen to kiss the pavement. Now, most everyone knows this, but still, it is a rare sight to see a teenager (I have two in my house) with a bike helmet. Diane and I have fought the battle of helmets, and…I think Continue reading
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