I have a few things I need to post that I have not gotten down yet. In the meantime, I wanted to pass along two excellent articles. These are from “The Burn 24-7″ which is a prayer and worship ministry that is also focused on missions. I had the chance to hear their founder when I was at the last Luke 18 Project Leadership summit and was very impressed.
The first article is on Urgency and Legacy, two things that are sadly lacking among us.
http://theburn247.com/blog/2008/06/13/urgency-and-legacy/
The second article highlights the fact that we tend to focus on ministries and techniques, while the whole end of it all must be God Himself.
http://theburn247.com/blog/2008/06/13/he-wants-this-more-than-we-do/
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The days we are living in are very serious. We must prepare for the days ahead. They will be days of great glory as God visits His pure church and days of great terror as judgment comes and evil increases. We must stay so very close to the Lord that we may endure and overcome (note Jesus’ message to each of the 7 churches at the beginning of revelation).
“Then Jesus said to His disciples, If anyone desires to be My disciple, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me.” - Matthew 16:24 (AMP)
Faith is a significant issue in the Scriptures. We are told that without faith it is impossible to please God (Hebrews 11:16). We are told that faith is the door to access salvation and unlock the benefits thereof. Jesus is very clear that at His return He is going to be looking for faith on the earth (Luke 18:8). Paul exhorts us to walk by faith and not by sight (II Corinthians 5:7). Throughout the Scriptures faith is very clearly presented as the thing that operates the Kingdom of God. We cannot be redeemed without it. We cannot please God without it. We cannot even access God without it.
But how are people to call upon Him Whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in Him of Whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without a preacher? And how can men [be expected to] preach unless they are sent? - Romans 10:14-15b AMP
The pro-life campaign 