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30 Days of Daily Prayers-

What follows are prayers based on scripture readings from the day. They were sent via Twitter so they were limited to 140 character.

Today’s prayer – Lord, search my heart today & show me those things I need to change so my faith may rest fully in you. Help me change.

November 28, 2009

Heavenly Father, Creator God, I choose this day to sing your praise and honor your name by the things I do and the words I say. Amen.

November 27, 2009

Today’s prayer – Father God, you give us your best, in return we should give you our best. Show me where I fall short. Amen.

November 26, 2009

My prayer – Loving Father, you have shown your love to me in numerous ways. Let me dwell in your love & share it with those around me.

November 25, 2009

Today’s prayer – Father God, help my unbelief so that when you call on me I will respond by faith in obedience to you. Amen.

November 24, 2009

Lord God, let me look to you for my strength, for my contentment. It’s not about what I have or don’t have, it’s about trusting in you.

November 23, 2009

Today’s prayer – Father God, you have been generous to me, let me then be generous to others with my time and resources. Amen.

November 22, 2009

My prayer – Father God, search my heart & show me those things I do that man may value but are unpleasing to you. Help me change. Amen.

November 21, 2009

Today’s prayer – Jehovah Jireh, let me pursue the things you are teaching me & be content with what you have provided. Amen.

November 20, 2009

Today’s prayer-Father God, let me use the treasures you have provided me to invest in the lives of people you bring into my life. Amen.

November 19, 2009

Today’s prayer – Jesus, let me honor you by giving of my time & recourses to serve those whom society has seemingly marginalized. Amen

November 18, 2009

Today’s prayer – Abba Father I want to know & do your will – transform me, renew so that I may know & do your good & perfect will. Amen.

November 16, 2009

Today’s prayer – Father God, give me wisdom as I stand in the gap for those whom society has marginalized or rendered voiceless. Amen.

November 15, 2009

Today’s prayer – Lord, as I serve & work this week let me do it with the attitude that it is you I am serving or working for. Amen

November 14, 2009

Today’s prayer – Heavenly Father continue you’re transforming work in my life & use me to encourage other’s as you transform them. Amen.

November 13, 2009

Today’s prayer – Gracious Father thank-you for counting me faithful & allowing me to serve others for your glory & honor. Amen.

November 12, 2009

Today’s prayer – From the apostle Paul – Father God pour out your spirit of wisdom & revelation on us so we can know you better. Amen

November 11, 2009

Today’s prayer – Creator God, you wired me with certain gifts & talents – let me use them to honor You and serve others. Amen.

November 10, 2009

My Prayer – Father God, let me rejoice in the things you have done. Let me share your story with other. Amen.

November 9, 2009

My Prayer – Abba Father, let me seek you each day to refresh me & to restore me so that I can do the ministry you have called me to.

November 8, 2009

Today’s prayer- Father let me grow in knowledge of you today and let me nurture my relationships with other. Amen.

November 7, 2009

Today’s prayer – Father God, may the stories of you & your children continue to strengthen my faith & help it to grow. Amen.

November 6, 2009

Prayer-Abba Father, your desire is for me to live in bold relief to the culture around me so as to bring glory to you. Help me be bold.

November 5, 2009

Today’s prayer – God, give me your eyes & heart so that I do respond to the thinks going on around me with mourning, fasting, & prayer.

November 4, 2009

My prayer – Heavenly Father, today let me do and serve, not to seek praise from the world, but so I can bring glory and honor to you.

November 3, 2009

Today’s prayer – God of the universe Jesus is my master, I am his apprentice – Holy Spirit teach me to be like Jesus. Amen.

November 2, 2009

My prayer – Creator God, you are the refiner of my life – put me in the crucible, remove my planks, I want to live a transformed life.

November 1, 2009

Today’s Prayer – Lord, now that hear voice give me the wisdom to understand it and the courage to do it. Amen.

October 31, 2009

My prayer-Abba Father let me draw near to you, rest in you, and honor you by the things I do, the words I use, and the stories I write.

October 30, 2009

My prayer today – Lord, let me be still so I can listen, let me listen so I can hear, let me hear so that I can serve.

October 29, 2009

Today’s Prayer – God, let me show your love to others so that they may see you. Amen.

October 28, 2009

Today’s Prayer – Father God, bring to me this week someone who needs to be reconciled with you. Help me to help them. Amen

October 26, 2009

Today’s prayer – Father God Almighty, show me who to give voice to, who to server. Show me who, show me how.

October 25, 2009

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Personal Life Platform – Text Version

Here is the text version of my PLP –

Personal Life Platform – Oct 2009

What follows are the central beliefs and core values upon which my faith has been built. As a Christ-follower, and with the guidance of the Holy Spirit I will endeavor to firmly establish this beliefs and values as the platform I stand on as I sojourn through life.

Foundational Beliefs

The foundations of my beliefs are built on three meta-narratives found in the Bible. These are the stories that I use to anchor my faith in God. They are used to establish and guild my operational beliefs and core values and to shape my worldview.

The first foundational belief is the Creation Narrative found in Genesis 1-3. We see God and humanity living in a rich intimate relationship …when man disobeyed the relationship was broken, separation from God occurred.

The second foundational belief is the Jesus Narrative that begins in Genesis and goes through the Book of Revelation. This is the story of redemption, reconciliation, and restoration. Foretold in the Old Testament, lived out in the Gospels, put into practice in the New Testament.

The third foundational belief is the Eternal Narrative found in Revelation 21. We have the image of the new heaven and earth coming down and God and humanity once again living in a rich intimate relationship.

Operational Beliefs and Core Values

My operational beliefs and core values are the specific beliefs and value that I believe God has called me to live out in my life. These could be life long beliefs and values lived out in all aspects of my life daily or they may be apart of who I am for only a season of my life.

· It is God in whom I will trust (Proverbs 3:5-6)

o Belief: Ultimately God is in control

o Value: Obedience

§ When I trust God fully He will guide my path. It is God’s wisdom that I need to use to guide my life.

§ I am living out this belief/value by taking on additional education without know what the end holds.

· I need to lean into my fears and push forward (Joshua 1)

o Belief: God is my source for strength and courage

o Value: Courage

§ When I step our and embrace my barbarian way, I need to “be strong and courageous.” I do this when I worry about doing what God has called me to do and who He has called me to be.

§ I am living out this belief/value by doing things that are outside my comfort zone (jail ministry).

· The heart is to be guarded (Proverbs 4:23)

o Belief: My body is the temple for the Holy Spirit

o Value: Purity

§ I need to have in place protections to keep my heart pure.

§ I am living out this belief/value by meeting with an accountability partner.

· Serving Him by Serving You (John 13:12-17)

o Belief: Being a Christ-follower is not about getting but giving

o Value: Servanthood

§ Jesus humbled Himself to serve others and then commanded us to do likewise.

§ I live out this belief/value by donating platelets once a month

· I must give a voice to the voiceless (James 1:27)

o Belief: All people are create in God’s image

o Value: Compassion

§ This is one part of the duality we live as Christ-followers. We are to “DO”, that is live out our faith.

§ I lived out this belief/value by volunteering with Habitat for Humanity. I am currently living out this belief/value by working with a group of men in IFI

· Loving God and loving my neighbors is what I am called to do (Matthew 22:37-41)

o Value: Holiness

§ As I learn to love God and others more, I become more like Jesus and grow closer to God. This is the second part of our duality as Christ-followers. It is the “BE.”

§ I live out this belief/value by setting aside time with God regularly, blogging, reading, and tending to my spiritual formation on retreats.

Motives

Why do I do what I do? I am motivated by love, love of God and love of my neighbor. Loving God is about the internal transformation that takes place in me as I go through the spiritual formation process. Loving my neighbor is about serving their needs or giving a voice to the voiceless. It is about being and doing.

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Winnie-The-Pooh Spirituality

Last night at the Renovare conference Eugene Peterson spoke about how for many our spirituality is not unlike that of Winnie-The-Pooh. Now I must admit it has been some time since I have read about Pooh and the company of characters that surround him, but I could relate to what Peterson was saying. You see Pooh would often come up with some rather unique thoughts or ideas that were then accepted by his friends as true. For the children reading the story or having the story read to them they to would find Pooh’s observations plausible and accept them as well, while we being the mature adult would look upon this with a bit of skepticism at the very least.

Peterson pointed out that as a culture, we are often falling into this Winnie-The-Pooh mentality when it comes to spiritual things. Someone comes up with an idea, revelation, inspiration, or theological position and then gathers around them a group who buy into what they are proclaiming and you have a “new” type of spirituality that will cure your problems and bring you happiness. Some of these new ideas are easy to spot and debunk, but others may be much more subtle and harder to identify.
It is one thing for the culture to deal with these different forms of spirituality, but what about when they creep or leap into the church. Are we ready to call them out? Are we even ready to identify them? Jesus said that “I am the way, the truth and the life…”
This will take a lot more pondering than I have given it here, but I will return to it. What are some pieces of Pooh spirituality that you have seen or heard?