This is a pretty crazy week for me.

I’ve got some writing deadlines. We’ve got to knock out our Annual Ministry Report. Brainstorming our next sermon series. I’m speaking at Washington Bible College. And I’m headed down to Atlanta to speak at a men’s event at First Baptist Church in Peachtree City.

Just thought I’d process a few things out loud.

The less I have to do the more I depend on myself. That’s why I think it’s good to be stretched. I think it is the seasons where I’m stretched physically and spiritually that I realize just how dependent upon God I really am! The more I have to do the more I need God. Definitely one of those weeks!

Here is a simple rule of thumb: the more you have to do the more you have to pray.

Prayer keeps me in proactive mode. It keeps opportunities from becoming obligations. And it is the key to ministry by osmosis–you simply share out of the overflow of what God is doing in your life personally.

I find that I have mixed emotions whenever I am preparing to speak at a conference or preach a sermon. I have a level of anticipation. And I have a level of stress. I don’t think the stress is bad–it’s eustress not distress. But there are times when the stress overshadows the anticipation. And there are times when the anticipation overshadows the stress.

Prayer is the difference maker.