Dear Friends,
Tom Harper oversees Biblical
Leadership, a teaching ministry for those engaged in church work. This is
a wonderful teaching tool for those seeking to increase and develop their
leadership abilities.
Tom’s message yesterday
was very convicting, and I hope it will be for you as well.
Tom writes, In the summer of 2001, I embarked
on my first-ever short-term mission trip. We went to Cuba, where my faith was
stretched. God's character and his ways overwhelmed me.
A few months later, I decided
to try to read the Bible all the way through. During this spiritual journey,
our second child was born. Soon after, I tried my hand at teaching in church.
These events were like
dominoes falling. Each clinked against the next like a schoolchild nudging his
neighbor with a whisper "It's your turn."
I recently found a journal
entry from 2004, right after I'd finished my three-year initial traipse through
the Old Testament. It hits me squarely these decades later:
"As I'm beginning the
New Testament, something just occurred to me. If I think there is so much
wisdom, truth, knowledge and power in this Bible, if I believe it speaks to
every area of life, if I believe it can cut to the heart of a man and save him,
and if this book is the only one written by God himself—then why am I not
studying it more deeply and seeking to become more intimately familiar with it,
with all my heart and mind?"
I'm still hungry to learn
and grow. Are you? No matter how many dominos have toppled in our wake, we have
more to learn, new places to go.
Let's embrace the Word
with full faith that it can change us. That it can strengthen us for whatever
God has planned next.
In growth mode,
(See below to sign up for his free bi- weekly ministry resources).
Tom Harper
Founder, BiblicalLeadership.com
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