So we are obviously doing well.  Life is forever changed for us with Judah our baby giraffe.  We take things a day at a time with a whole lot of grace from our Father.   We are anticipating an exciting 2010!  As I have been thinking of the year ahead and all that I hope comes out of it, I was deeply challenged by our friend Floyd McClung, whom is so “intentional” in all he does.  I thought these 10 questions of his were worth passing on for you to ponder for yourselves:

1. What’s one way, you could utilize time, to increase your enjoyment of God?
2. What’s the most humanly impossible thing you will ask God to do this year?
3. What’s the single most important thing you could do to improve the quality of your family life this year?
4. In which spiritual discipline do you most want to make progress this year, and what will you do about it?
5. Who are three people you can disciple more intentionally?
6. What is the most helpful way you can build community with a few other followers of Jesus this year?
7. For whose salvation will you pray most fervently this year?
8. Who is the person you most want to encourage this year?
9. What one thing could you do to improve your prayer life this year?
10. What single thing can you plan to do this year that will matter most in ten years?  In eternity?

Prayer for…

1. My Papa (Grandpa) is very sick right now with a failing liver. All his grandkids, including myself, are very close to him.  He’s the Grandpa all my friends wished for. He built us the biggest fastest wooden go-cart you can imagine. He would take us to the store and buy us donuts and ice cream so long as we didn’t tell our parents…. especially before dinner. He was unbeatable in arm wrestling and was always willing to hit the dance floor to show us how a real gentleman dances.

2. Annie’s Grandma has had some health struggles of her own recently. She is so dear to us and so precious to our family. She was taken to the hospital but is in recovery. Thank God she is doing much better.

3. Pray with us that the Holy Spirit work powerfully in us this year. We desperately need His power for life and ministry. You’ll know what I mean when you read our “Last Words” below from A.W. Tozer.

We love you guys and are so grateful for your love and support.

Follow close, follow hard

Allan, Annie and Judah

Last Words

“We may as well face it: the whole level of spirituality among us is low. We have measured ourselves by ourselves until the incentive to seek higher plateaus in the things of the Spirit is all but gone… [We] have imitated the world, sought popular favor, manufactured delights to substitute for the joy of the Lord and produced a cheap and synthetic power to substitute for the power of the Holy Ghost.”

- A.W. Tozer

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