Dependence on God

Ruth Haley Barton

Posted on by Kath Walden

I have been drawn to the story of Moses, because his hard-won strength of soul forged in his private encounters with God gave him the staying power he needed for the long haul of leadership. He made it all the way to the finish line of his life in leadership not because he knew how to think about leadership and conceptualize it in clever ways. He lasted because he allowed his leadership challenges to catalyze and draw him into a level of reliance on God that he might not have pursued had it not been for his great need for God which he experienced most profoundly in the crucible of leadership. He literally had no place else to go!

 

Hayley Braun

Posted on by Kath Walden

Psalm 23 says The Lord is my Shepherd, which means you are a sheep. The Bible says that He is the Potter and we are the clay, which means you are the clay, not the potter, it is not your job to shape you and it is not your job to lead you. It is your job to be dependent on the Potter and upon the Shepherd, upon the Comforter, and upon the One who leads you. Your job is to be led.

 

Kris Vallotton

Posted on by Kath Walden

One of the most common reasons we don’t hear God on a regular basis is that we don’t “turn aside” from our daily activities to hear Him. Jeremiah prophesied this: “You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart” (Jeremiah 29:13). The heart of the matter is really the matter of the heart. God wants us to value our relationship with Him by not treating Him like a cosmic bellhop or a casual friend.

Duncan Smith

Posted on by Kath Walden
The most important thing I’ve learned as a leader is to inquire of the Lord. I ask myself, ‘Holy Spirit, what would you like to say?’ It’s a practice that has become like muscle memory for me, always checking what the Lord thinks at any moment. Keep developing the ability to listen to the Holy Spirit. We can all grow in how much we ask Him, how much we listen for His prompting, and how much we choose to be obedient to His word.

John Mark Comer

Posted on by Kath Walden

Jesus came out of the wilderness with all sorts of clarity about his identity and calling. He was grounded. Centered. In touch with God and himself. From that place of emotional equilibrium and spiritual succor, he knew precisely what to say yes to and, just as importantly, what to say no to. Hence: as the Gospels go on, you quickly realize the quiet place was top priority for Jesus.

John G Lake

Posted on by Kath Walden

Many Christians thinks it’s all right if they pattern after Jesus in a sort of way. They imitate Him, and they do the things which He did; that is, they outwardly do them. They perform kind acts, and they do other things which Jesus did. But the secret of Christianity is not in doing, the secret is in being. Real Christianity is in being a possessor of the nature of Jesus Christ. In other words, it is being Christ in character. Christ in demonstration. Christ in agency of transmission. When one gives himself to the Lord and becomes a child of God, a Christian, he is a Christ man. All that he does, and all that he says from that time on, should be the will and the words and the doings of Jesus just as absolutely. just as entirely, as he spoke, and did the will of the Father.

Francis Chan

Posted on by Kath Walden

God is not just one thing we add to the mix called life. He wants an invitation from us to permeate everything in every part of us. In the same way, seeking a healthy balance of the Holy Spirit assumes that there are some who have too much Holy Spirit, and others who have too little. I have yet to meet anyone with too much Holy Spirit. Granted, I’ve met many who talked about it too much, but none who are actually overfilled with His presence.