Equipping Leaders To Multiply

Vision Detour

I love to dream.  But I love it even more when the dream begins to leave port and sets sail toward reality.  That’s when you get this feeling in your gut that says, “This is really going to happen.”  But I’ve noticed any time I’m pursuing a God given vision things don’t go the way I anticipated, they never happen as smoothly as I planned nor do they happen in the timing I imagined.   I’ve…Continue Reading

Building What God Doesn’t Want to Build

Sometimes my ambitions outpace God’s assignments.  I have dedicated my life to honoring and serving God, but as vision grows in my heart so grows the temptation to build what God is not asking me to build.  A spiritual leader must guard his ambitions and daily keep his ear tuned to God’s directives.  There’s a little known character in the Bible named Hiel who made this mistake and he paid dearly for it.  His story…Continue Reading

Dangerous Prayers

God slapped me around with this question last night:  “Are your actions a reflection of your prayer life?”  Ouch!  This hurt because it made me realize praying safe leads to playing it safe. As I read 1 Kings 17:1 I was struck by the boldness of Elijah’s action, “Now Elijah said to Ahab, “As the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, whom I serve, there will be neither dew nor rain in the next few…Continue Reading