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Yesterday, I posted from Thrive focusing on how to dig deep.  Today, the quotes are from the second part of the book that focuses on reaching out. what matters is how our lives and tongues confess Jesus to the people in the places where he has planted us. The Enemy constantly points to our failures. So how should we answer him? The same way Jesus did. With Scripture. I once heard Pastor Tony Evans say that the area of the church about which you find yourself most critical is probably the area where you're supposed to serve. You're seeing a hole that only you can see--because that's your gift. He (Satan) can't have your soul if you belong to God, but he can steal your joy, kill your hopes, and destroy your dreams. Love earns the right to speak truth. And truth proves that we really love. You can be a friend of someone and not agree with the way she lives. We build a bridge to Jesus by loving people and meeting them where they are, praying for them, and sha...

I picked up a copy of Thrive by Mark Hall when I was in Atlanta for the International Christian Retail Show. I finished the book before I left on vacation.  Here are some thoughts from the book: You were meant to do more than just survive. You were meant to thrive. You were created for one purpose: to know God and to make him known. We have to dig our roots deep. And when we do, we naturally will reach out. A balanced believer is supposed to do both. What God starts, he finishes. Digging into the truth helps us root out the weeds of the world. We hear God's Word speak truth into specific situation all the time. But by the time it bounces around our brains a few times and goes through the filters that Satan and his evil world system have slipped into our heads, we talk ourselves out of God's promises, provision, and protection. We convince ourselves that it's still all on our shoulders. I have to guard my time with God every day because it's the first thin...