More notes from Joseph Garlington

When you do what God calls you to do, you don't have to apologize for it.

Adjust your feelings to the facts.

You may have to go against your father, family, etc to follow God's direction to you.

Morning session - joseph garlington

4 points that were interesting then wil follow up with more:

1. Your existence precedes your conception
2. Your purpose precedes your birth
3. Your assignment precedes your awareness
4. Believing precedes seeing

Chuck colson keynote speech

Just a few notes:

Culture is our responsibility. If the culture is sick it is because of us and the church. Culture is effectively religion incarnate.

We are reductionists if we reduce christianity to ONLY a relationship with Christ. Christianity is ultinately a worldview that tells us how to view EVERYTHING in this world.

We are biblically illiterate..in and out of the church and the culture recognizes this and Christianity is being defined instead by what we are against rather than what we are for...by those against us rather than those that are with us.

Church has replaced truth with therapy.

Good stuff so far...

A little change up to all you reading....

I am still going through Proverbs...but I thought I would start making it one post per week with a bunch of thoughts, rather than one a day...(sorry everyone, cause I KNOW that you have just been enjoying those SOOOO much :) ) It was getting to be that I wasn't doing a good job of posting other stuff. So, I posted a picture, a video, a thought with more to come tomorrow after I get back from my Iron Sharpens Iron conference. In fact, I will try to post a couple of thoughts during the day there...
So, until tomorrow....

Just because it is an awesome picture

Jaden's first at bat

Proverbs 8

The only thing that caught my attention today as I read through Proberbs 8 was that it was yet another place that talked about God's design of the universe. Verses 22 through 36 are all about wisdom being there at the beginning of creation as God put things into motion. I guess I just find it interesting in light of the continued debate on creationism versus evolution.

Proverbs 6:6-8

6 Go to the ant, you sluggard;
consider its ways and be wise!
7 It has no commander,
no overseer or ruler,
8 yet it stores its provisions in summer
and gathers its food at harvest.

Integrity really is a character trait that you find throughout the Bible. This passage struck me with that as I remember a definition of Integrity being referenced as the person you are when no one is looking. Here the ant has no overseer or ruler but does the wise and prudent thing. I strive to be the same person all the time, with people looking or not.

Countertops

I want to put up before and after pictures...but, instead for the moment I will just do this....a teaser (this is our hollywood sink):

Proverbs 5:18

May your fountain be blessed,
and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth.

It has been
and I do.

Love you honey.