We all have people that inspire us. In many cases, the people that inspire us are good people that have overcome odds and achieved their goals. There are also those people that inspire us that are not who they really are. We are actually inspired by a carefully preserved image of that person but not the actual person themselves. It is often too late that we discover that supermodel was using heroin or that politician was seeing a mistress or that preacher was embezzling funds from the church and once discovered heads off to Mexico with his secretary. These stories are common.
This is the peril of looking at people to be our heroes -- they can be genuine but many times they are not what they say they are -- they wear masks or they have some hidden agenda of their own that is selfish. People are flawed, petty and stupid at times.
That does not mean we should not have heroes, but it does mean that we need to be ready to remember they are human. When our admiration for the person exceeds our commitment to our own principles we are on dangerous ground. It can also be helpful to pick a hero that is not flawed and there is only one I know of --Jesus Christ.
Jesus has always been my hero precisly becasue he was both God and man -- sinless and yet real. This is hero worship in truth.
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Sunday, November 29, 2009
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Desire for Personal Revival
Every week I meet with a prayer/fellowship group and we make sure that we do three things:
1. We pray together taking turns and agreeing with one another
2. Have a devotional with discussion
3. But we start every week by answering a question: "On a scale of 0 to 10 how was your walk with God this week? Include any testimonies or prayer requests that you feel are appropriate." Each person then gets about 5 minutes to answer the question.
I want to tell you this works, get a group of people together and try it sometime.
For many week I have been 8.5 or so and that is good but when I am in revival of Spirit it is 10 all the time. Eights are good but I want more. I am not dead, but is it still revival to want more closeness with God? I think so.
Blessings.
1. We pray together taking turns and agreeing with one another
2. Have a devotional with discussion
3. But we start every week by answering a question: "On a scale of 0 to 10 how was your walk with God this week? Include any testimonies or prayer requests that you feel are appropriate." Each person then gets about 5 minutes to answer the question.
I want to tell you this works, get a group of people together and try it sometime.
For many week I have been 8.5 or so and that is good but when I am in revival of Spirit it is 10 all the time. Eights are good but I want more. I am not dead, but is it still revival to want more closeness with God? I think so.
Blessings.
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