One of my favorite resources to recommend to friends is the Desire Conference—a free download through the iTunes Store.  With eight sessions of incredible teaching (that I’ve now listened to about three times), you won’t be disappointed!  A friend recently told me she found this audio material life changing and just what she needed.

I’m listening to Session 2 again this morning and taking notes.  Here are a couple quotes to share with you:

Don’t ask yourself what the world needs.  Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and go do that.  Because what the world needs are men and women who have come alive.

The only way you can get through this life living and loving well with a sense of focus and mission is to do it like He (Jesus) did—from the heart.  The power comes from within.  You cannot start from the outside and try and go in.  You can’t start with “well, this is the right thing to do, the responsible thing to do” and then generate enthusiasm for it.  It doesn’t work like that.  The Law is a set of standards which we feel the pressure of from the outside.  The spirit, the freedom, of grace, and the heart set free, comes from within.  –John Eldredge

Go to iTunes, search for “Desire Conference” in the iTunes Store, and start listening!  It may change the entire trajectory of your life.

On November 15, 1881, Ma Ingalls wrote this in Laura’s autograph book:

If wisdom’s ways you wisely seek,

Five things observe with care,

To whom you speak,

Of whom you speak,

And how, and when, and where

Your loving mother,

C. L. Ingalls

Kayla and I read that yesterday in Little Town on the Prairie and wanted to share it with you.  🙂

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