Michael Harrison's e-devotion

  Lets take a simple journey together.  It has been a good week in so many ways, but what I don’t do in these e-devotion is simply share some of the things that happen or are shared during the days of the week.  Here we go. As I shared yesterday was our anniversary.  I am grateful for Julie, but what I am most grateful for is a local restaurant that wasn’t too full where we could sit over in the corner to eat and talk.  It was so good, and I am so blessed. On Wednesday I drove a good ways to a men’s Bible study.  It happens each week at a fast food restaurant in North Carolina (Dario has locations where they give men a free breakfast who come to the weekly study).  It was awesome walking in the room where more than 60 men gathered to study the Bible, and Stu opened Daniel 4 in awesome ways.  Read that chapter.  God is so good. So on with the journey.  Here are just a few of the things that came across my reading this week: Proverbs 31:8-...

It is the end of the week.  Maybe you have had a great week or maybe it has been challenging.  Could be that you, like me, have had a week packed with stuff and you are ready for a break. Let me take some time to run to something fun called “the top five”.  Maybe it is like the David Letterman show when he did the top ten.  Or maybe it is like some cool article you have read that gives you ideas on a topic or opinion. This top five is a bit of the overflow of this week where I have been, what I have experienced and more precisely what has encouraged me.  Listen or read on. Number 5.  Catch that verse that sticks out. You have heard some share a verse.  Maybe it is one that you have heard many, many times, but this time it has more meaning.  It could come across as literally a word from God meant just for you. 1 Thessalonians 1:8  NLT   And now the word of the Lord is ringing out from you to people everywhere, even beyond Macedonia and Ac...

It was awesome to spend time at the Refuel conference this week.  I shared Tuesday the notes from the first day of the conference.  Today I am sharing notes from the second day.  This isn’t all of the notes but just some that stick out. Listen in.  Learn some of what I did.  May God give give us insight and draw us closer to Him. Dave Stone  A pulley system helps you lift more than you can alone.  Just like h ealthy habits help lighten your load and help you increase your ability and influence.   Four habits of healthy leaders Habit 1. Exceptional leaders continually model humility  Trouble comes when we rely on our own strength.  Wrestling with fear instead of faith.  If the Holy Spirit pulled himself out of your life, would you even relive that she is gone?  If you model humility and partner with God living with a servant heart, it will bear weight like a pulley.  Power with pride is as potent as poison. It wil...

I am at the REFUEL conference in Lynchburg, Virginia for a few days.  So I thought I would share some of my notes from today’s meetings.  This is some good stuff.  Trust you will find some encouraging to you… Dave Early. Leading the discipling church.  Do we really believe God is able and bigger and has a future plan?  If so, our prayer lives would be different.  Pattern your life around what is going to last forever. Don’t get trapped in doing the stuff that doesn’t matter.  Measure the results of the message months later. Are they following and applying it.  “ The key to great ministry is cooperating with the Spirit of God. ” Robert Coleman quote. Test of preaching is what men do about it. Matt Wilmington. There is a danger because you recruit bad teams when you don’t know who you are. Know your shape.  Emerson Quote. The Character of the leader determines the character of the organization.  Study how God recruited people. Ajai Pillai...

The past few days I attended a leadership conference, and I would like to share with you my notes from each message.   It was an excellent experience.   The worship was incredible.   I want to say a huge THANK YOU and GREAT JOB to Pastor Jonathan Falwell and Thomas Road Baptist Church in Lynchburg, VA.   Enjoy and may God inspire you as I have been inspired! ReFuel notes. Oct 14-15, 2014 JD Greear. Summit church. Raleigh NC I believe it is time that evangelicals have a new look at the Holy Spirit Some seek experience. Some ignore. John 16:7 NLT But in fact, it is best for you that I go away, because if I don’t, the Advocate won’t come. If I do go away, then I will send him to you. Are we excited about having the Holy Spirit inside of us? Jesus told the disciples to do nothing until the Holy Spirit comes? What is Four reasons we need to recover the Holy Spirit presence 1 The Holy Spirit empowers our works will be greater...