Taking a Day with the Lord is...

This seems like a daunting task to me. I have really enjoyed all of my time with the Lord recently, but taking a day with the Lord does not seem life giving. I have a fear of not being able to sit still and talk with Him for any length of time. I love reading the Word, but the idea of spending time alone with the Lord in just talking, which is what I view a day with the Lord as. ~danny

Will's noggin gets to bloggin in the 21st century...

My financial partners know how to pray for me. I just started sending out weekly prayer updates to those partners which I have email addresses for and it's been met with a great response. I usually get 3-4 email response per week from people thanking me, asking me to pray for them as well, and just letting me know that they're praying. It's great

My sleep, exercise and eating habits are unregulated. I've been thinking a little bit about this lately and I guess I should get on that.

Taking a day with the Lord just needs to happen. That's it. I read the suggestions on Godsquad about it, and was convicted about some of the wrong ideas I had about a day with the Lord and its purposes, and now I really want to do it to immerse myself in the presence of the Lord and worship him in his glory.

My sleep, exercise, and eating habits are...

My sleep and eating habits are probably close to the best they have ever been. My exercise habits could definitely be better, but I think that it is mainly because I do not have something that I truly love that would qualify as exercise. I think being more healthy in general has been very beneficial in giving me energy and exciting me for life. ~ danny

I have found myself clinging to some promises of God this year such as...

that I am a new creation in Christ (2 Cor. 5:17). I come back to this verse so much, but right now I keep coming back to it. I've been sharing my story a lot lately in detail with a student in our ministry for a paper she is writing. Sharing it reminds me so much about how Jesus has changed me and how I am no longer that person but a new creation. I remind myself of this truth a lot. It's inspiring and motivational and praiseworthy for me. - Palf

My participation in our WSN partnership ha opened my eyes to...

the need to go and for students to be sent! I loved going to East Asia and really desire to go back for an extended period of time. For some reason my heart sees and desires to share the Gospel with students overseas in East Asia more than here in the states. Maybe it's because the students there seemed more open or I saw their need for Jesus more clearly. I'm not sure why, but I know that's where I'm at today. - Palf

blogging all over alan's little heart... (Will's catch up entries.)

I tooke the initiative to share the gospel leaving the results up to God and Jacob told me that he had never really understood before why someone would believe in Christianity but thought that he had a better grasp of it now. He didn't pray to recieve Christ but I'm still praying for him and hope to talk to him again sometime.

My walk with God has been soul enlarging as of late, marked by views of the Lord that blow my mind and challenge me to attempt greater things for him than I can do on my own. It has been humbling for me to realize how I can't do very much and feel very inadequate, as I struggle personally with confusion, grief and sorrow, but how accepted I am and how much God still wants to use me.

Walking in the power of the Holy Spirit is freeing. I took Thomas at CC through the Holy Spirit booklet and realized again for myself how little God requires of us except to put our trust and faith in him. I want to walk more in the power of the Holy Spirit.

Seeing a new movement planted and growing makes me think of...

something that I want to see happen but haven't yet. - Palf

I have found myself clinging to some promises of God this year such as...

I think at more than any other time in my life I am relying on the promises of God. I have been desperate for the Lord to give me strength to walk in a manner worthy of His calling and the wisdom to do so. I have been struck deeply by the Lord's promises of Wisdom in James, and of the power of the Holy Spirit in epistles. I definitely feel as though I am going down in quicksand and instead of being patient and waiting on the Lord to provide, I am flailing in all directions trying to grab at anything to save me. ~danny

Because my life is a role model to students, I am committed to...

thinking carefully about how I influence them by my own decisions. I've really come fact to face with this reality recently and am still grieving how my decisions to take part in stuff has influenced these students. My desire is to learn from this situation and to watch my life more carefully so I will influence them in a way that will encourage them to draw nearer to Jesus. - Palf

My Participation in our WSN Partnership has opened my eyes to ...

Well since I have not participated in ours but really desire to it is somewhat difficult for me to answer this question. ~danny

Leadership is...

really difficult. I think when I helped lead the trip to East Asia two summers ago and how challenging that was. I often consider how I never want to be a CD because of the challenges of leading a team. I struggle enough with leading in the areas I am responsible for now. I can't imagine taking on new areas of responsibility. What does that say about me? Am I lazy? Am I living in fear? Hmm... - Palf

Paul said to "follow me as I follow Christ" and when I tihnk about asking a student to follow me as I follow Christ, I...

get excited. I think it makes me realize how I need to be drawing near to the Lord every day. - Palf

Taking a day with the Lord is . . .

something I really want to do soon, but I have some fear about it. I think I'm uncomfortable with the idea of it right now because of all the drama that has occurred with Karis. I really desire to bring my whole heart before the Lord but I feel the need to meet with Kevin and share my heart with him before I feel like the Lord will connect with me. This might be totally mixed up thinking, but that's where I am right now. - Palf

My sleep, exercise and eating habits are . . .

pretty good right now. I've lost 7 lbs. on Zumba since September which has been really encouraging to me. It's also helped me to keep a right perspective on food. Sleep has been more of a challenge because Trenton is waking up more in the night right now. - Palf

My Financial Partners Know...

I am not sure what my Financial partners know about Nicole and me. I feel as though I have been disconnected with a lot of my ministry partners over the last couple of months. ~ danny

My financial partners know....

that we are still trying to raise new funds. We need to contact them again and follow-up with all of them our letter from the summer. - Palf

Walking in the power of the Holy Spirit is...

a challenge for me. I am highly aware recently of my desire and constant struggle with walking in the flesh. But I know that choosing for Him to fill me is greater than when I am filled with me. Lord, empty me of myself and fill me with more of you. ~Mik

My walk with God has been...

honest. I feel like I am crying out to the Lord in my hurt and pain now more than ever. I am learning a dependence on Him that I have maybe never experienced. It has also been very rich. I am learning, through a Bible study I am in, how to study the Psalms and meditate on who God really is, and believe what His Word says to be true of him, and not allow my life to be led by my feelings. ~Mik

I took the initiative to share the gospel, leaving the results to God, and...

I love the story of Rachel. We met on a Sunday after church, when I went to lunch with my parents and she was with with the family they were meeting. After learning she had initiated the process of looking for a church, and went for the first time with a family she did not know, it was obvious she was interested in spiritual things. Plus the fact that she is a college student, I was looking forward to getting to know her. Two days later we met for coffee, and I brought Knowing God Personally booklets just in case the conversation presented an opportunity to share. Long story short, she was ready to hear the gospel and decided she wants to follow Jesus. We have become great friends and we are going through follow-up together and she has joined my upperclass women's Bible study. Praise be to God for HIS work. ~Mik