Book: Soul Revolution

Chapter: 5-6

We need a Kingdom

Revolution

Engaging in Risky Behavior

Read pages 78-79

This 60/60 Experiment, however simple, won’t

work unless you do it wide open.

You must get into a daily rhythm of radical

response in obedience to God’s Spirit.

Because one thing I’ve noticed –it’s only when

respond in obedience to those God-thoughts

that you se and understand God’s presence and

guidance in your life.

Believing is Seeing

Hopefully, you’ve been trying this experiment in

moment-by-moment conscious contact with God.

As your watch beeps every sixty minutes, you’re

turning your thoughts to God, talking over what’s

on your mind, willing to do His will.

BUT: You may be asking, “How do I know if these

prompting thoughts are from God? What if they’re

just my random thoughts?”

ANSWER: You only learn by responding. Act in faith;

then, when you look back, it will be clear whether

the thought was a God-prompting. Give yourself

permission to miss.

Read pages 80-81

So how do you know if

promptings are God-thoughts

or just your thoughts? Take

the risk to respond in trust.

Only when you respond will

you know! Jesus said, read

John 7:17

Once you respond, you see

little “coincidences”

happening –not all the

time, but over time. You begin

to see God’s wisdom lived

out, bringing rest in the midst

of chaos, peace in the middle

of turmoil, forgiveness to the

most unforgiveable people.

And you start to see God

working through you to care

for others.

Gene and the wreck on the way to

Robinson.

Read page 84-85

As we obey, God shows the

way.

God won’t normally light the whole path, He lights

a step at a time and as we take a step in

faith, he lights another, then another.

Look at Paul and Acts 16 (page 86&87)

Paul prayed, had a sense of what seemed right

and took a risk by moving forward. Only then did

he get greater clarity. The only way to know is to

go. Hebrews 11:6

We need to pray and fast and seek God’s will, but

in the end, we have to take one step

forward….trusting God to guide us.

So as we radically respond to God throughout the

moments of our days, we get to “see” more and

more of God at work in our lives. And through

this, we will see miracles performed. Most

important of which is the harmful, powerful

addiction of self. (Our way, not God’s way. Our

kingdom come, not His Kingdom come).

Read bottom of 89

Our deepest longings are

relational. God designed us

to need each other, but we

hurt each other by playing

god (thinking our ways

should rule).

We were created for loving

relationship with God

first, then with others. God’s

will is that we learn how to

love Him so that He can

lead us to love others.