My good friend Matt Willmington is a great coach. During March Maddness while you’re watching your bracket blow up, take a break to check out his blog post “Are Your a Rebel or Revolutionary?”
Matt always sees things with incredible discernment and insight. You and I both know coaching is what wins championships. Go Coach Roy!
This weekend I have been listening to a conversation among church leaders from various places who desire to see families be and do who and what God has told them in the Bible. I have been challenged first and foremost to take a look at me. As a pastor, my desire is for my family, my first ministry, to be presented holy and acceptable before God. I can’t “do” that. No one can. But as a husband and dad, I can lead my family to keep their eyes on the prize for which God has called them. (Philippians 3:14). I can pray for and with them daily. I can read the Bible with them weekly (at least). Frankly, I do not pray with my wife enough. I do not pray with my daughters enough. What I have come away from this weekend with is that it must begin with me. And that’s my challenge to every parent.
Check out the live blogs of the conference at www.sbts.edu/family.
Some of you may have heard the old 1971 song from Carly Simon, Anticipation. If you remember the lyrics, it said…
Now you know as well as I do that it wasn’t anticipation that was making her wait, it was PROCRASTINATION!
This morning our family came across this verse in 1st Peter 1:13. It says, “Therefore, prepare your minds for action; be self-controlled; set your hope fully on the grace to be given you when Jesus Christ is revealed.”
Procrastination is the opposite of action. It’s the lack of action (at least the right kind of action.) Make the choice to be a person of action. Now it’s time for me paint the living room or maybe I’ll do it next weekend.
Don’t forget or procrastinate (Saturday night) to bumped your clocks up an hour for Daylight Savings. If you’re a procrastinator check out this blog from a couple of teenagers.
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