12:01 a.m. - Thursday, Jul. 29, 2004
Put Aside The Ranger...
I am finally becoming the man that I was born to be. I have no more time for weakness and stupidity. I am the man of strength which God has made me to be. I have the mind of Christ and the heart of Jesus.
I will not back down from confrontation. I will meet it head-on and deal with it as Christ would.
I will not back down from the 'bad part of town,' and I will not hide my cross.
I will be a friend to the friendless. I will be a father to the fatherless. I will bring hope to the hopeless.
I am done with fear, and I am finished with timidity. I will no longer use them as cheap substitutes for humility.
To be humble requires strength. To be dangerous requires humility.
I am finished with doing a lounge act impression of Jesus. God's heart beats inside of mine. I will live like it.
I am finished with the fear of brokeness. I will let God break me and I will weep without shame.
Christ is my center. My truest self is selfless.
I will desire Life like water and yet drink death like wine.
The Lion of Judah and the Lamb of God have made my heart their home.
