August 14
Wayne Cordeiro: Dead Leader Running
All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is wrong in our lives. It straightens us out and teaches us to do what is right. It is God’s way of preparing us in every good thing God wants us to do.
2 Timothy 3:16-17 (NLT)
The revelation of God is whole and pulls our lives together.
Psalm 19:7 (The Message)
Under the leadership of Wayne Cordeiro, Oahu’s New Hope Christian Fellowship has grown to a whopping 11,000 weekly attendees with 8,500 of these being new converts. Wow! Unfortunately, after 20 years of go-go, driving ministry, Pastor Wayne hit a wall and he found himself sitting on a curb balling his eyes out not knowing why. A doctor soon diagnosed a biochemical imbalance and sent Cordeiro away for a rest.
A two-month sabbatical helped Wayne recover. In retrospect, Wayne delivered a talk titled Dead Leader Running in which, he covered five steps for avoiding burnout. They were all good, but his fifth one really connected. His fifth point? Be disciplined in your daily devotions. That’s it. From what Wayne Cordeiro related, I wonder if too many pastors let their sermons become their quiet time—taking God’s word and dishing it out without allowing God to speak to their hearts first. And then I wonder how many of us fail to spend any amount of time in quietly considering God’s message to us—choosing instead to charge off into our day with a full-head of steam and a head full of our best ideas.
With so little input from God, should people wonder why life unravels the way it does?
Wayne Cordeiro encourages all of us to have a disciplined time in God’s Holy Book—each day. His church website http://www.lifejournal.cc/ encourages us not only to read through the Bible but helps us by offering a daily journaling exercise. The acronym SOAP is a fitting notion—it helps us get "cleansed" in God's word every day. Scripture—Observations—Applications—Prayer help us to effectively “get” God’s direction.
At some point we need to understand and appreciate: God’s word “pulls our lives together.” And daily journaling with the Scriptures seems like a great place to start.
Father, help me to discipline my time, to spend more of it with You in order to hear Your heart and walk Your way. Amen.
Wayne Cordeiro: Dead Leader Running
All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is wrong in our lives. It straightens us out and teaches us to do what is right. It is God’s way of preparing us in every good thing God wants us to do.
2 Timothy 3:16-17 (NLT)
The revelation of God is whole and pulls our lives together.
Psalm 19:7 (The Message)
Under the leadership of Wayne Cordeiro, Oahu’s New Hope Christian Fellowship has grown to a whopping 11,000 weekly attendees with 8,500 of these being new converts. Wow! Unfortunately, after 20 years of go-go, driving ministry, Pastor Wayne hit a wall and he found himself sitting on a curb balling his eyes out not knowing why. A doctor soon diagnosed a biochemical imbalance and sent Cordeiro away for a rest.
A two-month sabbatical helped Wayne recover. In retrospect, Wayne delivered a talk titled Dead Leader Running in which, he covered five steps for avoiding burnout. They were all good, but his fifth one really connected. His fifth point? Be disciplined in your daily devotions. That’s it. From what Wayne Cordeiro related, I wonder if too many pastors let their sermons become their quiet time—taking God’s word and dishing it out without allowing God to speak to their hearts first. And then I wonder how many of us fail to spend any amount of time in quietly considering God’s message to us—choosing instead to charge off into our day with a full-head of steam and a head full of our best ideas.
With so little input from God, should people wonder why life unravels the way it does?
Wayne Cordeiro encourages all of us to have a disciplined time in God’s Holy Book—each day. His church website http://www.lifejournal.cc/ encourages us not only to read through the Bible but helps us by offering a daily journaling exercise. The acronym SOAP is a fitting notion—it helps us get "cleansed" in God's word every day. Scripture—Observations—Applications—Prayer help us to effectively “get” God’s direction.
At some point we need to understand and appreciate: God’s word “pulls our lives together.” And daily journaling with the Scriptures seems like a great place to start.
Father, help me to discipline my time, to spend more of it with You in order to hear Your heart and walk Your way. Amen.
posted by Craig Soderquist at 10:01 PM
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