IMPACT

"I am convinced that when we face our fears, we look straight into the eyes of opportunity, and the courage we often need to engage our greatest challenge can be found only in the misdst of engaging that challenge. There is a point as we seize our divine moments that a battle begins. It is in this point of IMPACT where we experience conflict, opposition, and resistance. But it is also at the point of IMPACT where we have the greatest opportunity. It is on the battlefield that we reflect what's on God's heart, and we stand in that place where God longs to make Himself known."
Erwin McManus

Oh so true! How many days do you wake up feeling like you are about to go into a battle or are in the midst of a battle? But how cool is it to think that God is using these conflicts, oppositions, and struggles as opportunities to not only impact us, but also to impact those around us that are waiting and watching to see how we will respond? I pray that every challenge that we face, we respond to in a way that glorifies God and impacts others by pointing them to Him.

Advance

Here are some quotes and thoughts from a GREAT book that I am currently reading:
Chasing Daylight by Erwin McManus.

This book has really challenged me and encouraged me. I read it (from cover to cover) on my way to Spain and now my small group is working through it.

"What is it about our conversations with God that we seem to hear the no more readily than the yes? Many times when we claim we are waiting on God, He is waiting on us."

"You move forward unless God tells you to stop. You advance unless God tells you to wait. There are certian things that you do not need permission to do. You've already been commissioned to do them."

"Too many divine opportunities are lost because we keep waiting for a word when the word has already been given."

Are you advancing? Are you moving forward with God as you guide?

If not, how would your life be different if you lived and worked from a YES than a NO? What is preventing you from living your life from a YES rather than a NO?