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By: tony

tony — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:18:13 +0000

i agree, the ready part is very important. if you’re ready, and maybe that simply means God says ‘go’, then you can handle the curves along the way.

i believe this concept is very, very scriptual - it’s called ‘faith’. be strong (ready) in your faith and this allows you to let God control the exact location of the guided missile - He’s guiding it anyway - or at least should be

great insight Matt - i loved that

By: Matt M

Matt M — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:34:50 +0000

“I am advocating action in the face of uncertainty.” -Jerry

Ecclesiastes 11:4

Farmers who wait for perfect weather never plant.
If they watch every cloud, they never harvest.

By: Christine N

Christine N — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:06:51 +0000

Jerry,
I like the guided missile illustration works much better–it truly fits your concept! I think the visual of gun/bullet was hard to swallow for some who posted!

By: ec

ec — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:00:22 +0000

Jerry - With all the misguided counseling, one could get mixed signals about major life decisions. I turned to this blog to gain some new insight. I have the uttermost respect for Lifechurch and their ministries. With your topic sparking a personal conflict, I thought I’d ask. Thanks for being objective and offering new perspectives.

By: Jerry

Jerry — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 22:43:16 +0000

Hey All,
This is Jerry,
I have appreciated reading all of your comments, and I certainly understand some of the skepticism. Maybe this will help. When you fire, don’t think of a bullet from a gun, think guided missile. Prayer, leadership, wisdom, and new information work as a sort of a guidance system along the way. I am not advocating recklessness, I am advocating action in the face of uncertainty.

By: ec

ec — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:04:51 +0000

On Larry, “This is not about man making a decision and then asking God to bless it—it is about man acting on a direction that God has given and us not using the spiritual excuse of seeking more detail just to delay action” - that’s really challenging. Thanks for that.

By: phill

phill — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:15:11 +0000

Actually I shot both my eyes out…thank God for dogs…except for I think he is missing his as well

man I need to learn that aiming philosophy

By: Tome D.

Tome D. — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:42:43 +0000

I echo Larry’s comment. I have seen this played out in my time at LCtv.

By: Larry

Larry — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:39:51 +0000

As a Lifer myself—this approach does is not as reckless as it sounds. During the “ready” part, God is sought after and followed. I think it is after that when most go back and begin to question the decision or the implementation or the leading through the decision. This is not about man making a decision and then asking God to bless it—it is about man acting on a direction that God has given and us not using the spiritual excuse of seeking more detail just to delay action.

By: Judy

Judy — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:18:25 +0000

Could debate this approach with scripture…but I can’t debate the success of LCtv using this approach

By: matt

matt — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:18:07 +0000

We have been tossing around the idea amongst our staff for over a year now about selling our small property and moving, either to another property or a temporary location so that we can grow. We have multiple services already but can only fit a certain number of seats and we are at 70% full in each. The property is not big enough to build and we don’t have to people necessary to finance that. But we feel that God has given us this property as an asset for ministry and if it is not working in its current form we must use it in another form. That is what we are going to do. We have begun the process of selling and with that money we hope to more effectively do ministry in a location that will allow more people to be reached. We don’t have everything figured out, but we know that God is telling us to do this and that He has it figured out and will reveal it to us as we go. Pretty crazy but tons of fun.

By: ec

ec — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:12:21 +0000

On a more personal and career level of ready, fire, and aim, how did some of you make the swtich to go from corporate to ministry? How did the decision to work at church affect your families? Was it a ready, fire, and aim decision?

So, “What have you been waiting on that you just need to execute?” I guess this decision is one of those.

In prayer at a crossroad right now - Thanks!

By: Phil Thompson

Phil Thompson — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:39:34 +0000

I certainly can appreciate that perspective, but i guess i just get concerned when so many of our decisions involve people and their well being. I just hate to make a major decision using that method if the stakes are high.

By: Mike Jones

Mike Jones — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:05:20 +0000

As a LC.tv broadcast team member I’ll attest to this principles truth!

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:15:21 +0000

pray it up, play it out.

my thought process before any move.

James 2:22

By: Judy

Judy — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:40:41 +0000

Shoot before you aim….you scare me Jerry

By: jon

jon — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:22:07 +0000

but wait, what if…? what about…? aren’t we going to pray about this…?

what role does faith play in all of this? do you think that as leaders we put God in a box and don’t allow him to do those HUGE things He wants to do, because we are still taking aim…?

By: Scott Williams

Scott Williams — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:07:01 +0000

I will paraphrase:

It sounds good, I think it’s going to work, It sounds like a plan… Let’s roll with it!

Go make it happen!