Don't Waste Your Life by John Piper
Let me start by wishing you a very Happy New Year!! I hope this next year will be one of the best year's you have had yet.
With the new year comes all kinds of resolutions. At the beginning of every new year we make promises to ourselves that we are going to change something about our life or ourselves. People make resolutions like losing weight, get a new job, get a raise, go on a certain vacation, get their finances in order, etc. Let me make a suggestion for you. Why not make this year's resolution that you Don't Waste Your Life? You want your life to count for something, right! Of course you do, we all do, so why not start this year in living your life with intentionality and purpose?
John Piper encourages us to not waste our life and be lulled into the ways and thoughts of success of the world. But to live our lives in reckless abandon for Real Purpose, with intent, All For Jesus! Pick-up Piper's book today and begin reading and being encouraged as he excites us to live a life of purpose and not waste this gift God has given us. The only purpose in life is to live for Christ, so why not resolve to start with this year and live intentionally for Christ with passion!
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Monday, December 14, 2009
December Delight
Praise Habit: Finding God in Sunsets and Sushi
By: David Crowder
I've been wondering about what book I should recommend for December. As I reflected in the somber twilight of my florescent lit office and aroma candles burning I once again asked myself.
"Self, what book should I recommend this month?" and self replied back "Well, it is December. It would be good to recommend something on the birth of Jesus Christ or about His coming." I thought told self "Yes, that would be good, it would be good to recommend a book that would praise Jesus' coming in human flesh and being born by a Virgin as foretold by the prophets and being born in a manger. But why just focus on praising Him now?! We should praise Him all the time! It should be a habit!" Then self thought told me "You're right, you should recommend Praise Habit by David Crowder because he takes several of the Psalms and reflects on them and how they direct us to make praising God a habit in all things of life. It's not a thing we do but more of who we are." So, I thought said to self "That's a great idea. I think a lot of people would enjoy reading Praise Habit by David Crowder. He makes some really great points about Praise being a Habit and not something we do on Sunday mornings. And the way he wrote it is hilarious, whimsical, and yet brutally honest." Then self thought replied back to me "yeah, that's what I was thinking. And, a lot of people know him from his Christian Band with Sixsteps Records called 'The David Crowder *Band'. He rocks your face off with music that praises God and he writes words that are bound together with pages that praises God too! It has to be good stuff." And I thought told self "oh, it is good stuff I've read it before. Have you read it before?" and self thought told me "oh, yeah, man, I've read it a couple of times. It's that good. And it's good to be reminded about making Praise a Habit in your life and not just an event." And I thought said to self "Right On! Right On!"
By: David Crowder
I've been wondering about what book I should recommend for December. As I reflected in the somber twilight of my florescent lit office and aroma candles burning I once again asked myself.
"Self, what book should I recommend this month?" and self replied back "Well, it is December. It would be good to recommend something on the birth of Jesus Christ or about His coming." I thought told self "Yes, that would be good, it would be good to recommend a book that would praise Jesus' coming in human flesh and being born by a Virgin as foretold by the prophets and being born in a manger. But why just focus on praising Him now?! We should praise Him all the time! It should be a habit!" Then self thought told me "You're right, you should recommend Praise Habit by David Crowder because he takes several of the Psalms and reflects on them and how they direct us to make praising God a habit in all things of life. It's not a thing we do but more of who we are." So, I thought said to self "That's a great idea. I think a lot of people would enjoy reading Praise Habit by David Crowder. He makes some really great points about Praise being a Habit and not something we do on Sunday mornings. And the way he wrote it is hilarious, whimsical, and yet brutally honest." Then self thought replied back to me "yeah, that's what I was thinking. And, a lot of people know him from his Christian Band with Sixsteps Records called 'The David Crowder *Band'. He rocks your face off with music that praises God and he writes words that are bound together with pages that praises God too! It has to be good stuff." And I thought told self "oh, it is good stuff I've read it before. Have you read it before?" and self thought told me "oh, yeah, man, I've read it a couple of times. It's that good. And it's good to be reminded about making Praise a Habit in your life and not just an event." And I thought said to self "Right On! Right On!"
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