Thought Quotient

I have sung so many songs about prayer because it is impossible to have a Christian life without praying and reading the Bible. Staying on fire for the Lord is dependent upon spending time in His presence. It is the Bible that helps us hear His voice. It is prayer that breaks bondage. Life must be about prayer or Christianity is just a label. That sounds harsh, but I did not say it. The Bible says it, in Luke 18:1. We are fooling ourselves if we think we can be strong without prayer. - CeCe Winans

Read more in the current issue of Christian Music Planet magazine.
Purity, prayer, and love: Life lessons on living in the spirit

Related Links:

• The Prayer of Jesus
• www.cecewinans.com

These are the sermon notes I took from an Adrian Rogers sermon this past June as he spoke at a pastor’s conference:

The Making and Ministry of a Man of God.

Judges 6
Gideon - afraid of the Midianites

“I’ve seen men too big for God to use, but I’ve never seen a man too small.”

Five factors in the life of Gideon:

1) Man of Vision - had an encounter, felt a call, given a challenge by the living God
Judges 6:12 -
There has never been a greater opportunity to preach the Gospel than today.
God is still the same God.
We need to put our eyes on God - and be transformed by Him.
What a great God we have!
Note: We have the N.T., Holy Spirit - something Gideon didn’t have.

God uses men of vision. (more…)