LionChaser Manifesto.
Read it. Live it.
Quit living as if the purpose of life is to arrive safely at death. Grab life by the mane. Set God-sized goals. Pursue God-ordained passions. Go after a dream that is destined to fail without divine intervention. Keep asking questions. Keep making mistakes. Keep seeking God. Stop pointing out problems and become part of the solution. Stop repeating the past and start creating the future. Stop playing it safe and start taking risks. Expand your horizons. Accumulate experiences. Consider the lilies. Enjoy the journey. Find every excuse you can to celebrate everything you can. Live like today is the first day and last day of your life. Don't let what's wrong with you keep you from worshipping what's right with God. Burn sinful bridges. Blaze a new trail. Criticize by creating. Worry less about what people think and more about what God thinks. Don't try to be who you're not. Be yourself. Laugh at yourself. Quit holding out. Quit holding back. Quit running away.
Chase the lion.
An Excerpt by Mark Batterson, author of "In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day: How to Survive and Thrive When Opportunity Roars"
Saturday, January 26, 2008
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Thoughts Lead To Actions
Exodus 20:17 (NIV)
"You shall not covet your neighbor's house. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his manservant or maidservant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor."
What are you thinking right now? That is a very important question to ask yourself. It's a way to hold yourself accountable. We need to think about what we are thinking about! Here is why....God made one of His Commandments to call attention to our thought life!
Take a look at all the other Commandments...Other people will know if you break them, but no one but God and you will know if you break this one listed in Exodus 20:17....so why is this such an important Commandment?
It is so important, because just like all the other Commandments, God is wanting to give us freedom! These are not rules and laws to restrict or contain us, they are written in order to free us, to call attention to where we are falling short of The Glory of God!
What normally comes before lying, cheating, stealing? What normally comes before dishonoring your parents or misusing The Name of God? Your thoughts do! So God is saying don't covet or think about or lust over what does not belong to you...do not think about sin, because if you do, you will problably fall into sin, and then guess what? You are no longer free!
So, instead of coveting what is not yours or lusting over sinful thoughts, meditate on God's Word, chew on Scripture Day and Night
Take a look at Psalm 1:2 in the NIV and the MSG respectively....
But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night.
Instead you thrill to God's Word, you chew on Scripture day and night.
Follow God. Listen to God. Walk in His steps. He created you and He knows best!
Like Christian says, all we need to know is Jesus Christ and Him Crucified, Everything you ever need to know... everything else falls into place!
"You shall not covet your neighbor's house. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his manservant or maidservant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor."
What are you thinking right now? That is a very important question to ask yourself. It's a way to hold yourself accountable. We need to think about what we are thinking about! Here is why....God made one of His Commandments to call attention to our thought life!
Take a look at all the other Commandments...Other people will know if you break them, but no one but God and you will know if you break this one listed in Exodus 20:17....so why is this such an important Commandment?
It is so important, because just like all the other Commandments, God is wanting to give us freedom! These are not rules and laws to restrict or contain us, they are written in order to free us, to call attention to where we are falling short of The Glory of God!
What normally comes before lying, cheating, stealing? What normally comes before dishonoring your parents or misusing The Name of God? Your thoughts do! So God is saying don't covet or think about or lust over what does not belong to you...do not think about sin, because if you do, you will problably fall into sin, and then guess what? You are no longer free!
So, instead of coveting what is not yours or lusting over sinful thoughts, meditate on God's Word, chew on Scripture Day and Night
Take a look at Psalm 1:2 in the NIV and the MSG respectively....
But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night.
Instead you thrill to God's Word, you chew on Scripture day and night.
Follow God. Listen to God. Walk in His steps. He created you and He knows best!
Like Christian says, all we need to know is Jesus Christ and Him Crucified, Everything you ever need to know... everything else falls into place!
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