Do you want to be greater?
On Thursday, I started reading Greater by Steven Furtick. He has written one of my favorite books on prayer called Sun Stand Still. In Greater, he challenges us to not settle for "good enough" while at the same time avoiding frustration because we cannot achieve "greatest." He looks at the life of Elisha throughout the book. Here are some quotes from the first two chapters: "By leaving and then sending His Spirit to dwell inside His followers--ordinary people like you and me--Jesus released a greater power for us to do extraordinary things on an extraordinary scale. The kinds of things the early church saw and did. The kind of things He still wants to do today through us." "For most of us, the experience of our daily lives is a far cry from the greater works Jesus talked about in John 14:12." "There's a huge gap between what God said in His Word and the results we see in our lives." "Are you ready to o...