tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6522155340743471839.post7276383258394390036..comments2023-04-25T09:28:46.745-07:00Comments on PRAXIS - God Revolution: How About Strategic Praying and Discerning Instead of Strategic Planning?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17204529749627013617noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6522155340743471839.post-63937649605039813982011-08-19T12:14:57.140-07:002011-08-19T12:14:57.140-07:00So..I was smiling as I read this post.. as an expe...So..I was smiling as I read this post.. as an expectant grandmother I am very excited about the new little people that are coming into my family. I am also praying for the familiy connections that will help both these children that are coming, know that they are loved and cared for. I could never have planned or expected that I would be having a grand <br />child whose parents were still working on committment to each other. I never thought I'd be frightened and anxious about the delivery of my first grandchild...but God has these amazing plans that ask me to be faithful and patient. i can't plan out the life I want for me or for my children. It doesn't work that way. I can try and be very discouraged and disappointed at th eout comes, but God's plans are so much bigger and more indepth than my plans. And so I try to wait and try to be the kind of loving parent/grandparent that God would have me be, modeled after his son Jesus. So I pray, and have faith and patience.Debbie Billingsleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6522155340743471839.post-53970197618213702272011-08-19T11:53:04.667-07:002011-08-19T11:53:04.667-07:00Well, after reading this post I was sort od smilin...Well, after reading this post I was sort od smiling to myself..yes.. we need to stop(as humans trying to control,manipulate,steer) our future. As n expectant grandmother I sit here and marvel that ai cannot control or plan the way my grand children come into tne world, but I can pray that the circumstances in which they are born will somehow be a blessing to the family as well as to God's Glory. I try to keep in mind as I try to be patient and loving. We are SO out of control of everything! The more we pray the more the Holy Spirit trys to speak and we need to be so attuned to listening! It is hard to to do. I am only a lowly student in this school of life...but... I know I am not alone!Debbie Billingsleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6522155340743471839.post-3671589481566707422011-08-11T05:58:09.604-07:002011-08-11T05:58:09.604-07:00Jim,
What is the biblical foundation for "st...Jim,<br /><br />What is the biblical foundation for "strategic planning" or "longterm planning"?<br />I don't see much if any of it, that is, not done by people. The Spirit leads, and although a problem between Christians is solved by a council (Acts 15), strategic planning for the proclamation of the Gospel in new areas seems to be done exclusively by the Spirit who calls individuals and gives them a method that works (Paul going to synagogues first). In our day we have seen the unprecendented growth of the Church in China. Was that the result of study committees, reports, fundraisers, "strategic planning"? I don't think so. But they do a lot of praying! Maybe we should become like children, led by the Spirit, with us praying and the Spirit doing the strategizing, and giving us just as much or little info as He decides, which is always enough for us to know where to go, what to do and how to do it. Our dependence on anything or anybody but the Spirit leading us might be our problem. Or am I too radical now?Henry Chamberlainnoreply@blogger.com