There is a term used in the military arena called “The Commander’s Intent,” which simply refers to leadership that has soldiers focus on a mission’s objective without providing all the specific details on how to accomplish it. Its design is to harness the creativity of the soldier to accomplish a very specific objective. An exercise of ‘free will’ – just be sure to accomplish the mission! In my Christian walk, I can relate that to my own ‘Commander’s Intent.’ As a member of God’s army,[...]
Colossians 3:2-3 NIV "Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God." Daddy! Daddy! Is he dead? Is he dead, daddy? Is he dead? I felt panic rise as I tuned into my 3-year-old son screaming at me from the other side of the hospital's emergency ward. Subconsciously, I knew him to be over there to retrieve his toy car, but it took a second for me to connect his wailing to him watching someone, in a stretcher, being unloaded from an ambulance[...]
"But you will receive power and ability when the Holy Spirit comes upon you…" (Acts 1:8 AMP) I have always struggled with tempering my enthusiasm when I move a rock in my life and discover a treasure beneath it. We are still early in the HEARTstrong journey, but I am getting the sense that there is an awakening that seems to be percolating amongst the masses. I suspect others are feeling the same way. Case in point. I have always struggled with my prayer life – so many people, so many life issues, so m[...]
“But what about you?” He asked, “Who do you say I am?” Matthew 16:15 NIV A question that surely penetrates a heart if it is considered truthfully and in all sincerity. How easy it is to rhyme off the rote answers we’ve collected reading our Bibles, listening to Pastors and Teachers deliver heart-tugging sermons and hanging with other Christians who have been given answers that they now consider “textbook.” Put me in a room of seasoned Christians, and with them, I’ll raise a hallelujah but mee[...]