Parents are supposed to instruct their kids. It doesn't mean they necessarily have that gift of teaching.

...I don't think my church's teachings were incorrect, just incomplete.

Are we in love with God or just His stuff?

A key to everything is surrender - to really come before the Lord and say, 'I will literally stay here as long as you want me to stay' or 'God, I will really go anywhere on the earth.'

Fear of God failing us leads us to "cover for God." This means we ask, expect, and are satisfied with less.

It is easy to use the phrase 'God's will for my life' as an excuse for inaction or even disobedience. ... My hope is that instead of searching for 'God's will for my life' each of us would learn to seek hard after 'the Spirit's leading in my life today.' May we learn to pray for an open and willing heart, to surrender to the Spirit's leading with that friend, child, spouse, circumstance, or decision in our lives right now.

People see only my actions. Instead, if I focus on Christ with thanksgiving, people see Him.