J Allen’s Reviews > Fighting Words Devotional: 100 Days of Speaking Truth into the Darkness > Status Update

"This verse [1 Thess. 5:16-18] is such a sweet reminder for me. How often do I forget to pray? A lot. I worry about things. I try to control things. I talk to friends and ask for people's advice. I say that I 'need to pray about this,' but so often, I wait so long to get down to the business of praying. And yet right here is God's command to 'pray continually. '"

"...but I do sometimes feel like I take more responsibility than I need to in "defending" Jesus or trying to manage other people's thoughts about God instead of following the Lord's lead and trusting the Spirit to do the life-altering work in others' hearts.... I am NOT the Holy Spirit, as it turns out."