reading red moon rising, by pete greig and dave roberts. this portion by pete screamed out at me.

"I also felt trapped in a life that was increasingly being dictated to me by a diary (dayplanner). I think there's a danger spiritually, for many of us, that if God packed up and left town today we might not notice until tomorrow, or worse. we have strategies and structures that can easily bypass the Holy Spirit, strategies for funding, strategic ways of prioritizing time and advancing the kingdom which were ignored completely by Jesus. He allowed the woman with the issue of blood to divert His 911 call to a dying girl's bedside. He never established a Bible school and never even thought of a name for His ministry. He prioritized people without influence, offended those with power, and apparently missed major ministry opportunities in order to picnic and pray."

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