Tulsa Thoughts
Last week I attended the annual Tulsa Soul Winning Workshop. As usual I saw old friends and had a great time with Keith Davis a good friend who preaches in Florence, Alabama. I got the idea for this from his blog. Below are statements that we heard during the week. Chew on them.
“When we listen to our own prayers, we find out what is important to us.” –Randy Harris (we pray for what we want or concerned about and not real kingdom issues).
“I've been gone from church from months and no one seems to miss me!” –Rick Atchley (if you are not missed, then what kind of service were you doing for the church?)
“We have become so biblically illiterate that some think that the epistles are the wives of the apostles.” –Mark Moore
“They’re going to heaven, they’re just not going to like the first couple of months.” –Patrick Mead (what a surprise those who have been very exclusive in their fellowship of other "Christians" are going to be to see the rest of us in heaven).
“Am I willing to be uncomfortable in order to take the good news to our world?” –Jeff Walling (Speaking about how we are going to have to get uncomfortable in order to change the things we need to to reach out to this post-modern age).
“Don’t worry about a plan that God has that we might miss.” –Edward Fudge (God has not laid out a step by step plan for any of us. At each step we must look to God to see what he wants us to do. If we mess up. Confess and look to him again. He will always show you the way).
“If there is a reality that we all need to know, we will unhook ourselves from the shadow.” –Don McLaughlin (In “religion” we get too focused on the things that are only the “shadow” of a “reality”. We must focus on "The Reality - Jesus).
“God has a plan, He will work His plan and nothing will stop His plan. We all believe this, but we don’t live like it. If we did, we’d be the calmest people in the world.” –Randy Harris (one of the most insightful things I heard).
Keep the faith. Seek God. Confess your sins. He will be faithful. Serve.
Sid
“When we listen to our own prayers, we find out what is important to us.” –Randy Harris (we pray for what we want or concerned about and not real kingdom issues).
“I've been gone from church from months and no one seems to miss me!” –Rick Atchley (if you are not missed, then what kind of service were you doing for the church?)
“We have become so biblically illiterate that some think that the epistles are the wives of the apostles.” –Mark Moore
“They’re going to heaven, they’re just not going to like the first couple of months.” –Patrick Mead (what a surprise those who have been very exclusive in their fellowship of other "Christians" are going to be to see the rest of us in heaven).
“Am I willing to be uncomfortable in order to take the good news to our world?” –Jeff Walling (Speaking about how we are going to have to get uncomfortable in order to change the things we need to to reach out to this post-modern age).
“Don’t worry about a plan that God has that we might miss.” –Edward Fudge (God has not laid out a step by step plan for any of us. At each step we must look to God to see what he wants us to do. If we mess up. Confess and look to him again. He will always show you the way).
“If there is a reality that we all need to know, we will unhook ourselves from the shadow.” –Don McLaughlin (In “religion” we get too focused on the things that are only the “shadow” of a “reality”. We must focus on "The Reality - Jesus).
“God has a plan, He will work His plan and nothing will stop His plan. We all believe this, but we don’t live like it. If we did, we’d be the calmest people in the world.” –Randy Harris (one of the most insightful things I heard).
Keep the faith. Seek God. Confess your sins. He will be faithful. Serve.
Sid
posted by Sid Dye at
11:44 AM
1 Comments:
We really did have a great time bro. Hope to do it again sometime.
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