When I treat people like they are doing their best, even when they are not, they do even better. When I treat people like they don’t really care, even when they don’t, they care more.

Asking for a friend: What is Joy?

Check out Tim Johnson’s strong work @areyoufree2

I have walked among small men and become small. I long to walk among great men and become humble.

“...we are alive in the epic era of Consecration—the complete consecration of God in love for the world he created. It is the period between the comings of Jesus—the age of the Holy Spirit.“ -@jdwalt

The fiery furnaces are there by God’s direct permission. It is misleading to imagine that we are developed in spite of our circumstances; we are developed because of them. It is mastery in circumstances that is needed, not mastery over them. Thanks again Oswald Chambers.

I have spent too much time trying to escape difficult circumstances. I am finally learning to embrace and be embraced by Jesus in them.

There really are few things worse than Theological Trolls. They rank in the food chain just above junior demons. Don’t be one.

A word I desire to “hear” and “abide” with in the rare week long walk up to Advent.

A broken man is not a wicked man, but a broken man—unhealed—in a position of authority is capable of great wickedness. #leadership

Why the Church Flourishes and What Makes it Flounder:

Christians do not hold themselves to a higher standard. They are themselves, HELD, by a higher standard. His name is Jesus.

receive their friendship, overlook their unkindness, forgive their malice, be a servant of servants, and condescend to the lowest offices to the lowest of mankind. -William Law. Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life 1729

Let every day, therefore, be a day of humility; condescend to all the weaknesses adn infirmities of your fellow creatures, cover their frailties, love their excellencies, encourage their virtues, relieve their wants, rejoice in their prosperities, compassionate their distress,

Because that really sounds like AT&T doesn’t it?!

I was asked to write an endorsement of @kevinwatson's new book-Perfect Love. I said, "I will be recommending Perfect Love for the rest of my life." I did a podcast interview with him, you can find that here: https://t.co/AKFLcVBJil or https://t.co/OW1oPO4QHO

If your Ash Wednesday service has been canceled due to weather, we'd love for you (or your church/small group) to join us at 6pm CT for A Night With New Room - Ash Wednesday livestream with @jdwalt, @mattmahermusic, @kevinqueen, & others. Register FREE @ https://t.co/RXXrPZxwEe

“If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread” This temptation goes straight for core identity—to validate one’s being by their doing; to establishing worth by performance or appearance or some other self-generated source of one’s value.

In essence, Jesus prepared thirty years for a three-year-work. Oh, what difference it could make if we would consider preparing three years for what could be a thirty-year work! https://t.co/cyp3Ztcay4

First Word. Last Word. God’s Word.: https://t.co/d68Zw90FKR We are embarked. Please join us!