I just got home (10:00 on Thursday night) and I am so excited that I may have a hard time going to sleep tonight.  Almost 200 people gathered tonight at our Keller campus for Refuel a night of food, worship and sharing for our staff, care team and board members and their spouses.  I loved it!  I loved getting together with front line leaders from all of our campuses.  I loved the food.  I loved getting to worship with my wife and a group of fired up, highly motivated Christ followers.  I loved the opportunity to share vision with people that I love.

I am 100% in on the mission of Cross Timbers.  I believe that God has us in a healthy, vibrant place.  I can’t wait to see what God does in the midst of us over the next few months.

I am grateful.

I hate spam.  Growing up I ate fried spam from a can–hated it.  :)  As an adult I hate electronic spam in all forms-emails and especially on this blog.  The main reason this blog is moderated is the HUGE amount of spam that comes in every day.  This morning there were over 130 comments to the blog to be moderated.  Most of them were spam.  They were about:  buying gold, real estate, diamonds, computers, anti virus software, creams and lotions that I won’t mention on this blog, tires, and insurance to name a few.  There were opportunities to go to nursing school, tarot card reading school, truck driving school, and to start my own home based business.  Spam clogs up the mission of this blog–to encourage people in their walk with Christ.

Fighting any spam attacks today?  (and I’m not talking just electronic spam)  Is there anything in your life that is keeping you from hearing from and walking with God?  You have a divine purpose–to know God and make him known in your little corner of the world.  How’s that going for you?

Did the Lord speak to you this morning?

What is the difference between listening and hearing?

“Hearing God is a learned trait.”  Have you seen this to be true in your life?  How?

How does fatigue affect your ability to hear God?

Moms of young children–what are your unique challenges in the area of stillness and silence?  How can your mate help you?  How can the church help you?

Do only “good people” hear God?

How has God encouraged you this week?