Month: June 2010

“Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may obtain it. And everyone who competes for the prize is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a perishable crown, but we for an imperishable crown. Therefore I run thus: not with uncertainty. Thus I fight: not as one who beats the air. But I discipline my body and bring it into subjection, lest, when I have preached to others, I myself should become disqualified.” (1 Corinthians 9:24-27) Anyone who...

In a world where everyone is constantly running around, answering phone calls, text messages, Facebook status updates, and even the minute to minute tweets, it is easy to understand the lack of attention that one pays to his own mind, body, and growth. Information is being thrown in front of our eyes, sometimes quicker than we can close the internet windows that pop it up in front of us. Where is there time to “Be still and know that I Am God”? Who has space for this in the daily schedule? In ministry, it doesn’t get any easier. There...