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Vulnerable Faith Devotional Chapter 6 Part 1

Chapter 6. Part 1 to the end of the appearance of Step 12
Step 11 through prayer and meditation I can improve my conscious contact with God
Holy Spirit, help me to pray unceasingly and to begin to know what that means. Help me to have dedicated time with you before my day begins and to have my default setting be ‘PRAY’ and not ‘TV’ thank you that it is no longer ‘PORN.’ Be the centre. 
“Pentecost united and empowered God’s people to love across boundaries that once divided,” 
Pentecost is not a power encounter but a cultural and relational one. It is a big GO into all the world. Pentecost is a rain that has not stopped falling. Jesus, help me to stop carrying an umbrella. It is a bridge that is always being built. 

“Missional is descriptive rather than the thing itself” and I see it now. I always feel like adding qualifiers to make myself look smarter and well rounded (not that I didn’t see it before). It is a struggle to simply right this for myself. To let go of the pride of being heard in the best possible way so that I am seen in the best possible light. SHIT! Man, I hate that about myself. I want to be intelligent but I want more to be seen as intelligent. Jesus, help!

“This is not mere activism—or it had better not be—but the natural outpouring of the work God has done in us in liberating us from our pre tense, from the bondage to the fear of death.”

‘Step 12 Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry the message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.’


I can tell you the best people in my life are the ones who walk and talk honestly about falling down. They are also the ones who keep getting up. These make up the best leaders and the best friends. They are the best spouses and the best parents. This is how I want to be. It is mighty hard and I hold onto the pride of standing so tightly. Jesus help.



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