One of the themes that I pounded over and over again during my last few years as a pastor at Randall was being deliberate about how you live as a Christian. I really have not lost my passion for this principle, so with that in mind, I want to offer a few more specifics for 2012:
1) Read Scripture everyday and intercede for my prayer team on a regular basis.
2) Memorize the following songs:
Come Thou Fount
To God Be the Glory
In Christ Alone
Be Thou My Vision'
Blessed Be Thy Name
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
3) Read the following books:
Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy (Metaxas)
Finding God in the Shack: Seeking Truth in a Story of Evil and Redemption (Olson)
There Is a God: How the World's Most Notorious Atheist Changed His Mind (Flew)
Philosophical Foundations for a Christian Worldview (Moreland & Craig)
Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra, That Hideous Strength (Lewis)
Patrick Henry (Tyler)
Tactics: A Game Plan for Discussing Your Christian Convictions (Koukl)
One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Live (Voskamp)
Nicholas Nickleby (Dickens)
Paradise Lost (Milton)
I Once Was Lost: What Postmodern Skeptics Taught Us About Their Path to Jesus (Evert)
4) Make a running list of things for which I am thankful to God.
5) Make use of every opportunity that is afforded to me to speak to others about Jesus.
Will you join me in such deliberateness?
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