What Are Your Strengths?

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Reading The Way of the Warrior, by Erwin McManus, I am struck by something he says about loving God.

In his chapter titled, The Warrior Finds Honor in Service, he notes that as we read Jesus’ words about loving God with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength, we seldom consider what that last word means – our strength.

Then he makes a great suggestion:

Maybe a good exercise would be to sit down and make a list of all your strengths. After all, you can’t take mastery over what you are unaware of. Your intellectual capacity is a strength. Your physical health is a strength. Your emotional intelligence is a strength. Your ability to influence others is a strength. Your ability to create wealth is a strength. Your resilience and determination are strengths.

-McManus in The Way of the Warrior, p. 62.

So I am asking myself, how am I loving God with my strengths? How are you loving God with…

  • Your intellectual capacity
  • Your physical health
  • Your emotional intelligence
  • Your ability to influence others
  • Your ability to create wealth
  • Your resilience and determination
  • Your…

Those strengths are gifts from God. And if we are loving him with heart, soul, mind, and strength, those strengths will increase – for God’s glory.

30Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ - Jesus in Mark 12:30 (NIV2011)

People At War…

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I just read this in the intro to Erwin McManus’ book, The Way of the Warrior: An Ancient Path to Inner Peace.

When we look around at the turmoil of this world, our hearts full of fire, it may help to look inside and see if our hearts are any different.

If my heart is no different than the angry world before me, maybe the place I should start is with myself.

Proverbs 4:23 (NIV2011) 23Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.

Social Media Platforms

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Social Media Platforms are puzzling at times… and therefore, unreliable.

A year or so ago, Facebook removed our access to our page for a few days. The platform never explained why.

Last night, Instagram locked us out of our Instagram page for at least the next 24 hours.

They said they wanted us to verify our account. Experience indicates they may take a while to get back to us.

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