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I just finished reading Francis Chan’s Forgotten God. This book was challenging and timely. It is basically a call for yourself and your church to be filled with and living in the power of the Holy Spirit at all times. I have not blogged about it yet because I would have just typed everything he says – the best thing I can tell you is to read the book for yourself. Slowly. Prayerfully.

I will write one thought for you today. Hopefully it will make you think some about the Spirit and maybe encourage you to go through this book.

Francis mentions the story of Gideon’s army and how God started them with 32,000 men strong – in the end there were only 300. The only way they could win the battle was with God’s power. In the end, no one could say, “look what we did;” rather, they could only say “look what God did.”

Francis writes, “When I live by my own power and strength, relying solely on my natural talents to see me through, then people naturally praise me for how I am living. But when I am living in a way that requires me to depend on the Holy Spirit, people respond by praising my Father in heaven.”

I desire this in every area of my life. I want to depend on the Spirit when I’m planning songs for the worship gatherings, teaching kids bucket drumming in southeast Canton, hanging out with family and friends, leading worship, and talking to my neighbor.

I want to be led more by the Spirit than by Andrew.

I want God to be seen more in my life than myself.