The Lion Chasers Manifesto

Another great one from Mark Batterson. This comes from his book, In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day, a book I really loved and I think every Christian should read.

The Lion Chasers Manifesto

Quit living as if the purpose of life is to arrive safely at death. Set God-sized goals. Pursue God-ordained passions. Go after a dream that is destined to fail without divine intervention. Keep asking questions. Keep making mistakes. Keep seeking God. Stop pointing out problems and become part of the solution. Stop repeating the past and start creating the future. Stop playing it safe and start taking risks. Accumulate experiences. Consider the lilies. Criticize by creating. Find every excuse you can to celebrate everything you can. Live like today is the first day and last day of your life. Don't let what's wrong with you keep you from worshiping what's right with God. Burn sinful bridges. Blaze new trails. Worry less about what people think and more about what God thinks. Don't try to be who you're not. Be yourself. Laugh at yourself. Quit holding out. Quit holding back. Quit running away.

Chase the lion.

What is an Idol?

Mark Batterson does a great job of helping us identify the idols in our lives. I really like this line...

"In the beginning, God created us in His image. We've been creating Him in our image ever since."

Here is his list of ways to identify the idols in your life:

So how do you identify an idol? Here are four idol identifiers:


1) What consumes your thoughts? Your daydreams are idol clues. If it's something you think about more than God then it may be an idol.


2) What bad habits do you struggle with? Your addictions are idol clues. An idol is something you cannot control. It controls you.


3) What do you spend too much money on? Your spending habits are idol clues. Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also!


4) What produces your strongest emotions? Your intense emotions are idol clues. If you want to identify an idol, all you have to do is identify your emotional attachments.


Identifying an idol takes a tremendous amount of soul searching. And you have to be brutally honest. But you cannot tear it down until you name it. If you're serious, I highly recommend Tim Keller's book Counterfeit Gods.

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Thanks Mark

God's Promises

This is part of a post written by Craig Groeschel. It is so good to think about the great promises of our great Father. You can read more of the post HERE

by Craig Groeschel

God promises:

• To meet every need you have from his riches. (Phil 4:19)
• You won’t be tempted beyond what you can handle. (1 Cor 10:13)
• To forgive all your sins. (Eph. 1:7; 1 Jn. 1:9)
• To make everything work for your good. (Rom 8:28)
• He’d never leave you or forsake you. (Heb 13:5)
• To be your ever present help in trouble. (Ps. 46:1)
• To give strength to the weary and power to the weak. (Isa 40:29)
• To guide you and give you direction. (Ps. 32:8)
• To give you a peace that goes beyond your understanding. (Phil 4:7)
• To give you power to defeat Satan (James 4:7)
• Nothing would separate you from God’s love. (Rom. 8:39)
• You are more than conquerors. (Rom. 8:37)
• Eternal life through Christ (John 10:27-28)

Feeding on God's Words

Great thought from Ann Jackson about feeding on the word of God.

Here are a few lines:

We all need to eat.

And to say, “feed yourself,” well, I found myself asking if that is a statement diametrically opposed to Biblical relationships and what Galatians says about carrying each others’ burdens?

Shouldn’t we be feeding each other?

To keep with the metaphor, shouldn’t we be looking around us, finding the weaker sheep and taking them to a spot with more grass? More life? The stronger of us can maybe go a day or two longer or leaner but the point of it is to be aware of each other and what we need?

Read more HERE


Something to think about... What have you eaten lately? How have you feed someone else lately?