Quote from article by Francis Chan

"Honestly, a nonbeliever can accomplish a lot of what you’re doing. Pray that God would lead you into tasks that can only be done by the power of the Spirit. Pray for results that can’t be explained humanly. Ask Him to do what only He can do through you. Pray in faith (James 1:6) and stop looking at the men of Scripture as unattainable superheroes. “Elijah was a human being, even as we are” (James 5:17).

As I read this, i started to think. How much do I try to "do" church without His Holy Spirit? How much do we all think we can do without His empowering? I seem to remember in John 5, Jesus saying "apart from me you can do nothing". Let us not forget that we truly need Him. Also let us not forget how truly wonderful it is that the God of Heaven seeks to have relationship with us!

The Peace ! Philippians 4:7

I was reading Philippians 4: 7 recently and I started to wonder. We often pray for this "peace" for people. I guess praying that the peace of God would be available is not such a bad thing, but here is the question . Is there a prerequisite to said "peace"? If you start reading in Verse 1 you see that Paul gives the admonission to "stand-firm in the Lord" Verse 2 instructs to "live in harmony" , verse 4 gives the imperative to " Rejoice in the Lord" , and finally we are told to unanxiously and in everything "present our requests to God". So here is my thought, is the peace that is promised in verse 7 based on the aformentioned items, in other words it seems that this " peace" is available to those who are in pursuing relationship with the Lord? Maybe we do not stop praying for God's peace, but perhaps we realize that true peace is available to those who are intentionally "rejoicing IN the Lord"