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Random thought: it's almost 4 years since i got married. woah. i'm mostly wondering how so much happened in so little time!

"How can you believe, when you receive glory from one another and do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?" John 5:44   (of course, I reccomend in-context)

Since this blog tends to be a select audience, I wanted to share this thought from Mark Driscoll about prayer.    Pastor Mark is one of my favorites because he keeps his focus on practical spirituals...I like to blend him up with teachings from Mike Bickle (IHOP-KC), Billy Humphrey (IHOP-Atlanta) and R.C. Sproul & David Jeremiah (just a few) to help round out my thoughts when soaking up teaching.   His perspective is "shut it all down" - which I think i've heard many times from the guys at Houses of Prayer...but he highlights the need to silence all.  Alistair Begg spoke on this while I was attending Parkside in Cleveland.  Our culture is so busy, we often forget what silence is like; we have the opportunity to come before the God of the universe with the things that are difficult.  He is faithful to listen and to answer.  Yet, we're so wired up and connected that often we're not connected.   And talking with God, hearing from Him gives me the boldness...

A break from your regularly scheduled internet searching: ...a coffee break, that is. Check out this site for some great coffee brewing and storage tips in plain english. http://www.laterzacoffee.com/page51/page51.html -David

I have a theory of what is going on in the church today. 4% of my generation is actually attending a regular church service and claim christianity as their religion. This is compared to a 40-something-% of our parents' generation. Many of our generation (1983 to the year 2000, as generation is defined by 18 years) really doesn't get the religion-thing very well. I think we get love, but not religion, routine of church for the sake of having a routine. Jesus prayed for unity in his prayer in gethsemane. The one disciple who stayed awake during that time must have written that one down. His prayer "that they may be one". Look at Christianity on Wikipedia.com sometime and you can see that we have issues. Here's an example of what happened to the protestant church: So, we have some family issues. As soon as denomination mom and dad have an issue, they get divorced. The kids have an argument about who sits where, they don't speak to one another any longer....

I'm learning self discipline in my life currently. Practice is important for musicians, athletes and artists, but also professionals, public speakers, baristas and everywhere in between. Self discipline can be defined as doing the things we don't feel like doing. As the musical type, I can fall into this trap of 'feelings' - which are many times fleeting. We also cannot live off of adrenaline or inspiration; at least I can't. There's not enough juice in inspiration to keep me going for a month or a year. Usually, after the first couple days, i've lost the inspiration. Check out the football inspiration: Inspiration and talent will only carry you so far. The habits you form will sustain you. One fall, in the panhandle of Texas, the local high school football team was enduring a terribly embarrassing season. Week after week, the hometown would show up and cheer to no avail; it was abysmal. Finally, a wealthy oil man could take it no longer. The week befo...