Lance Crawford

Little man’s 1st birthday

Elijah’s 1st Birthday, a set on Flickr.

Elijah’s First Birthday on Flickr.

My boy is 1 year old today! He’s the biggest blessing I could ever ask for.

364 days old

In my favorite city with my favorite person (Taken with instagram)

Natural Leader vs. Spiritual Leader. Just put this on my desktop to remind me of my priorities. From Oswald Sanders’ Spiritual Leadership.

Hey Philemon,

What is wrong with you? You’re awesome. I’m inspired by you. Tell your wife and church I say hello.

I demand that you Would you do me the favor of reuniting with Onesimus? He’s better now, I promise. I know he probably stole some stuff from you, but he misses you and wants to be friends. Please charge his debt to my tab. I know you’ll do the right thing!

I’m getting out of jail soon and crashing at your place. Please prepare my room.

In Christ,

Paul (Mark, Luke and others say hi too!)

Dear Timothy,

Here are four things people love:

• Arguing over things that don’t matter
• Believing lies
• Religion
• Themselves

Isn’t that silly/absolutely insane? Anyway, don’t be afraid to speak the truth.

I’m proud of you.

- Paul

P.S. Bring me my coat and my books. I’m dying here (literally)!

Dear Galatians, Jesus + anything = nothing. Jesus + nothing = everything. I love you morons. -Paul

Today’s excerpt from My Utmost for His Highest destroyed me (in a good way). I put my convictions in bold:

“Despise not the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of Him.” Hebrews 12:5

It is very easy to quench the Spirit; we do it by despising the chastening of the Lord, by fainting when we are rebuked by Him. If we have only a shallow experience of sanctification, we mistake the shadow for the reality, and when the Spirit of God begins to check, we say - oh, that must be the devil.

Never quench the Spirit, and do not despise Him when He says to you - “Don’t be blind on this point any more; you are not where you thought you were. Up to the present I have not been able to reveal it to you, but I reveal it now.” When the Lord chastens you like that, let Him have His way. Let Him relate you rightly to God.

“Nor faint when thou art rebuked of Him.” We get into sulks with God and say - “Oh, well, I can’t help it; I did pray and things did not turn out right, and I am going to give it all up.” Think what would happen if we talked like this in any other domain of life!

Am I prepared to let God grip me by His power and do a work in me that is worthy of Himself? Sanctification is not my idea of what I want God to do for me; sanctification is God’s idea of what He wants to do for me, and He has to get me into the attitude of mind and spirit where at any cost I will let Him sanctify me wholly.

Forget good theology. This is why I love Francis Chan…