Comments on: Week of the One Year http://shaneash.com/2009/07/06/week-of-the-one-year/ Sharing stories about leadership and life in the Kingdom of God. Tue, 20 Jul 2010 10:40:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Shane Ash http://shaneash.com/2009/07/06/week-of-the-one-year/#comment-695 Shane Ash Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:49:28 +0000 http://shaneash.com/?p=605#comment-695 Great question...I think I would have to say...both. I have lived the "frustrated" life of waiting, feeling like I had to have permission and title in order to act. And I grew eventually enough frustrated at my frustration that I was motivated to do something about it. For me...it goes back to the very first blog post ever written here on my blog. I was reading a book called "Holy Discontent" by Hybels...and I can honestly say, it was a defining moment in me to act. I have tried from that moment to this to always choose to serve over standing around complaining... Great question…I think I would have to say…both. I have lived the “frustrated” life of waiting, feeling like I had to have permission and title in order to act. And I grew eventually enough frustrated at my frustration that I was motivated to do something about it. For me…it goes back to the very first blog post ever written here on my blog. I was reading a book called “Holy Discontent” by Hybels…and I can honestly say, it was a defining moment in me to act. I have tried from that moment to this to always choose to serve over standing around complaining…

]]> By: Ray http://shaneash.com/2009/07/06/week-of-the-one-year/#comment-694 Ray Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:30:38 +0000 http://shaneash.com/?p=605#comment-694 One of my favorite (in most cases rhetorical) questions to ask: Why do so many Christians spend so much time preparing or waiting for that big ministry opportunity, instead of doing what they can where they are? The former often results in a lifetime of waiting, while the latter spends a lifetime of serving. Follow-up rhetorical question: Which group are you in? One of my favorite (in most cases rhetorical) questions to ask: Why do so many Christians spend so much time preparing or waiting for that big ministry opportunity, instead of doing what they can where they are?

The former often results in a lifetime of waiting, while the latter spends a lifetime of serving.

Follow-up rhetorical question: Which group are you in?

]]> By: Jodi Light http://shaneash.com/2009/07/06/week-of-the-one-year/#comment-690 Jodi Light Wed, 08 Jul 2009 03:49:56 +0000 http://shaneash.com/?p=605#comment-690 I have questions about God's will/power and how that relates to me. I think I believe that God lets me live my life and make decisions. I don't think I'm a puppet. I don't have any concrete evidence that God has ever changed the course of my life without my consent. Then again, on many occasions my heart has been changed by things I have seen or heard that God provided. Well, here's my real question. What is the use of prayer? Let's say that I have a terrible disease. I pray for God to heal me. And let's pretend that I am healed. Did my prayers convince God to heal me? If God is all-knowing didn't he already know that He would heal me? Did He also know that I would be obedient and ask for that? Do my prayers ever change His mind? Tackle that one! I have questions about God’s will/power and how that relates to me. I think I believe that God lets me live my life and make decisions. I don’t think I’m a puppet. I don’t have any concrete evidence that God has ever changed the course of my life without my consent. Then again, on many occasions my heart has been changed by things I have seen or heard that God provided. Well, here’s my real question. What is the use of prayer? Let’s say that I have a terrible disease. I pray for God to heal me. And let’s pretend that I am healed. Did my prayers convince God to heal me? If God is all-knowing didn’t he already know that He would heal me? Did He also know that I would be obedient and ask for that? Do my prayers ever change His mind?
Tackle that one!

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