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My sheep recognize his voice and come to him. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. John 10:3

Sometimes people think it is craziness when others talk about hearing from God and no doubt there are some ungodly things done because someone says, God told me… But don’t let the mysterious nature of hearing from God nor the fact that people do sinful things keep you from pressing in to know God better and to serve Him more effectively.
Don’t miss the fact that hearing from God is predicated on…

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Last Sunday, October 3, we partied BIG time but the real story line was not the fact that we celebrated 25 years as a church! Yes we thank God for His faithfulness and we are grateful for the many who’ve given so much to Indian Creek through the years. But we wanted to serve in a way that would illustrate who we are and what we are about so we decided to attempt to gather 25,000 meals. To reach that number we would have to gather ten pounds for every man, woman and child who calls Indian Creek home. In reality to reach this goal we would have to get to the second level of friends, co-workers, neighbors and relatives. And we did! (click on the title)

This is the third blog about the three prayers God asked me to pray. The first was to be humble. The second was to invite His discipline. The third thing God asked me to do was to accept His pruning. I didn’t know much about pruning but I knew I didn’t like prunes! And I was pretty sure that pruning meant cutting and cutting meant pain. I could guess that the things that would get cut were probably things I liked but Jesus didn’t. In short, I wasn’t looking forward to the process. I can’t stress how much I did not want to pray these prayers!  Read on…

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The second prayer God had me pray was to invite discipline. As you can imagine I didn’t want to pray this prayer any more than I wanted to ask for humility. My solace was that the scripture says in Hebrews that God disciplines everyone that He loves and it is part of how He treats us like a son. So I prayed the prayer out of obedience.

I’ve learned a few things since I began this prayer…

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Today I continue the series on Dangerous Prayers. This blog is full of potential landmines so let me say from the very beginning, I’m not humble and proud of it! I don’t think I’ve arrived when it comes to understanding humility. And I often fail in applying what I do know. And I’m not just being humble. Can you see the problem here?
However, since God asked me to pray for humility I’ve learned a few things. First off I’ve learned…

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Two years ago I had one of those moments with God where you know the gravity of the request God is making but you also know the answer needs to be yes. It started out as a normal time of prayer and Bible study but there was a point in time where I felt God was asking me to pray 3 prayers. After hearing these thoughts in my spirit I felt sick. They were to pray for humility, discipline and pruning. While those all sound good and spiritually profitable my mind was already rushing ahead to the kind of lessons that might accompany those prayers.

I’m going to write a blog about each of the three individually over the course of the next few days…

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I’m thinking of my church planting friends who are serving faithfully in July without a lot of results to show for their efforts. Be faithful!

We are a results oriented culture and that’s not all bad. Pragmatism must be considered because if something is not working we should look long and hard to see if it should be considered. We’ve all heard the definition of insanity, keep doing what you’re doing but hoping for a different result. Understanding outcomes and keeping our eye on the target is a must if we are to accomplish our goals…

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Okay, I admit from the start this might be the weirdest post ever but I just got to say, God’s provision is amazing whether you can explain it or not. In this case I can’t. This will always be one of those things that make you go hmmmm.

I got up early today. Spent some great time in God’s Word and in prayer. I’m working through Beth Moore’s Believing God Bible Study. At 8:10 I got on my bike while it was still cool with the goal of riding to Missouri and back on the Indian Creek Trail. It is a 40 mile or so ride.

I was a little over halfway to Missouri when I came around a corner a little too fast…

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I’m watching the U.S. Open today and remembering my Dad. He’s played Pebble Beach so watching helps me remember how grateful I am for his life. I wish I could hear him describe how he played the course and see the light in his eyes as he remembered an enjoyable time. This is my first Father’s Day without him and I miss him.
It started about two weeks ago when I realized that this would be my first Father’s Day without my Dad…

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