Just had a great night with the small group guys. We all are becoming great friends but we still need a move of God so that we may become brothers. Honesty is a huge part to loving one another, and I feel that tonight brought everyone a little bit closer. Many of the guys are willing to become closer as brothers but still have a lot to learn about conviction and about “leaning the entire personality on the Lord.” The devil would love for us to be comfortable where we are at and never be challenged, but the Lord loves to discipline his children because “He disciplines the ones he loves.”

Risks can be a very Godly thing. David’s mighty men took a risk and fought for their lives just to bring their king a drink of water. David didn’t demand it, he merely wished for it, and his men were willing to give their lives just to simply please their king. I believe the Lord is asking us to take a risk for Him and to let go of some of the things in our lives that we feel we deserve. For example, “My king’s comfort and pleasure is way more valuable to me than my safety.”

To please the Lord is the happiness of man. That is to let go of our rights in faith that we can make it with just God alone and nothing else. Pray for tenderness and brokenness. We need the presence of God. We need to be willing to change.