Biblically, Waiting Is Not Just

The Goal Of Prayer Is To Live All Of My Life And Speak All Of My Words In The Joyful Awareness Of The Presence Of God. Prayer Becomes Real When We Grasp The Reality And Goodness Of God's Constant Presence With 'the Real Me.' Jesus Lived His Everyday Life In Conscious Awareness Of His Father.

There Is A Immense Difference Between Training To Do Something And Trying To Do Something....sp Iritual Transformation Is Not A Matter Of Trying Harder, But Of Training Wisely.... Following Jesus Simply Means Learning From Him How To Arrange My Life Around Activities That Enable Me To Live In The Fruit Of The Spirit

The Decision To Grow Always Involves A Choice Between Risk And Comfort. This Means That To Be A Follower Of Jesus, You Must Renounce Comfort As The Ultimate Value Of Your Life.

Spiritual Formation Is For Everyone. Just As There Is An 'outer You' That Is Being Formed And Shaped All The Time, Like It Or Not, By Accident Or On Purpose, So There Is An 'inner You.' You Have A Spirit. And It's Constantly Being Shaped And Tugged At: By What You Hear And Watch And Say And Read And Think And Experience.

If Ever There Were A True "just As I Am" Church, If Ever There Were A Community Where Everybody Could Bring All Their Baggage And Brokenness With Them Without Neat And Tidy Happy Endings Quite Yet, If Ever There Was A Group Where Everyone Was Loved And No One Pretended - We Could Not Make Enough Room Inside The Building.