Thabiti on Prioritizing

I’ve been hooked up with school and work lately and haven’t had much time to post, however I would like to pass along a sermon by Thabiti Anyabwile and some questions that he concludes with.  The sermon is on Haggai 1, and you can listen/ downoad it here.

Thabiti concludes his sermon with some introspective questions that consider how and why we are doing what we do, and I encourage you to read them slowly and consider if/ how you are putting God first:

1. What command has God given me that I have left undone?
2. What single thing can I make plans for that will matter most in ten years and in eternity?
3. How can I do this year to increase my enjoyment of God?
4. What great risk will I take specifically and intentionally for God’s honor and praise?
5. What is the most helpful new way I can strengthen my church?
6. For whose salvation will I pray most fervently?
7. What can I do to enrich my prayer life?
8. How can I use my finances to please and honor God?
9. What must I do to leave an enriched spiritual legacy to the next generation?
10. To what ministry will I devote an unprecedented amount of time?
11. What one doctrine do I want to better understand in order to know God better?

Thanks for reading!

mickey

Prayer & Meditation Resources from Dr. Whitney

I recently experienced some awesome, awesome talks by Dr. Don Whitney (SBTS) about prayer and meditation and practical ideas for fueling our quiet times alone with God. I encourage you to check out some of the following resources and consider adopting a few new habits that will help you dig into God’s Word and allow the Spirit to change you as you live and commune with Him!

I listened to the following three sessions during a recent road trip of a conference that Dr. Whitney does all over the US about prayer and meditation. These talks get very practical, and I wish that I would have learned this information the first day that I was a Christian and had reviewed it every year since then.

Session 1 – Meditating on Scripture
Session 2 – Praying Through Scripture
Session 3 – Praying Through Scripture

Here are some of the resources that he uses in his classes and conferences (I encourage you to read and print these out even if you are not able to listen to the messages):

Methods of Meditation
Phillippians 4:8 Questions
The Joseph Hall Questions

More information on this subject from Dr. Whitney’s classes that he teaches can be found here, and more audio from Dr. Whitney can be found here and here.

Here is the homepage for Dr. Whitney’s website.

I pray that these resources might help to jumpstart your prayer and meditation as it has mine. These methods help to open up two-way communication between us and God, as it is not through fulfilling “quiet-time requirements” but through a life lived with God that we fully glorify Him and are deeply satisfied in Him!

Please feel free to leave comments about what you find through these resources or even some of your own experiences in these areas.

In Christ!

Mickey