Save Money! Slow Down!

CNN says:

In a typical family sedan, every 10 miles per hour you drive over 60 is like the price of gasoline going up about 54 cents a gallon.

Read the whole thing here.

Intercessory Prayer: a beginner's guide

Here's something fun to do next time you do some traveling!

Step 1) At any store that you see business cards, pick up the LEAST SENIOR employee card that you can find. "Assistant to the Assistant Junior Pastor" would be awesome.

Step 2) Put three or four of these cards in your wallet.

Step 3) Fly home.

Step 4) Over the next week, whenever you go out to lunch or anyplace else, enter the cards in every drawing that you can.

Step 5) Wait for heaven.

Because my opinion is that God thinks this is hysterical. Imagine this situation.

PERSON 1: Hello, Enterprise Rent-a-car.
PERSON 2: Hello, this is Mike from Panera Bread. Is Alex there?
PERSON 1: Alex who?
PERSON 2: Alex Sinclair. He's this month's bagal winner.
PERSON 1: He's parking the economy cars. Can I have him call you back?
PERSON 2: No need. Just tell him to stop by the Panera Bread in Arlington Hts for his free bagal.
PERSON 1: Where's that?
PERSON 2: On the corner of Evergreen Road and Northwest Highway.
PERSON 1: In what city?
PERSON 2: Arlington Hts., silly.
PERSON 1: There's no Arlington Hts. around here. . .

O.K. - you're getting it. The next day, Alex gets a call from Payless Shoe Store, then Dollar General, and then Taco Bell.

Alex's boss wants to know when he went to Illinois. Alex thinks he's going to get fired. He prays to God that he doesn't.

Mission accomplished. Prayer.

Liberty update: we're back

We're back after a good week of ministry at Liberty University. Thank you so much for your prayers. Highlights include:

1) Seeing over 25 kids (rough visual guess) come forward to commit their lives to Christ Monday night.

2) Seeing hundreds of students fill the front of Thomas Road church on Tuesday night, confessing their sin and receiving forgiveness from our Savior.

3) Seeing our team take large strides forward in expressing their love and need for Jesus Christ.

4) Some great hang out time at different places in Lynchburg with the team. A fun Japanese restaurant, a Mexican restaurant.

5) Speaking at Liberty University's "Worship History and Philosophy" class with Andi and Meredith. I really felt God helped me speak from my heart.

6) Helping a student through some difficult passages in Hebrews. The Lord reminded me of the perfect verse to make His truth clear!

. . . In Kentucky

Doing some fun ministry with new friends with the dB network band this weekend. We're ministering to pastors at the Kentucky Baptist Conference "Shepherding the Shepherd" get-together.

My other guys (HBC/Downpour) are in Houston, rocking the truth of the gospel to radio listeners of "Walk In The Word".

When we get back, it's a hard week of work (getting HBC put together, and tracking some recording) followed by a trip to Liberty University. We're ministering to the students there as part of their Spiritual Emphasis week.