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Key Bible Verse: Only simpletons believe everything they are told! The prudent carefully consider their steps (Proverbs 14:15). Bonus Reading: Acts 17:10-12

The Devil would love for you to believe that all moderation and compromise is of him. But balance provides a stable base for building a revolution of love. We need to find and maintain the middle ground about:

• Work and worship. Some feel that praising God is the be-all and end–all. Others are more anxious to get out on the streets to start the Christian revolution. But if we're going to do an effective job, it won't be by our own might but by the Spirit of God.
• Reckless faith and common sense. Christians are called to have faith, not to be credulous. It's important to pray for discernment. Just because a man has a nice face, a good build, a pleasant manner, and a reputation for being godly, doesn't mean that every word he says is true. Many naïve Christians, believing anything that sounds spiritual or involves a miracle—particularly if it's in book form—have been misled.
• Submission and individual guidance. If leaders lord it over their flock, serving themselves rather than God, they begin to lose their leadership credentials. If you're under authority, be careful not to follow blindly or to let the leader carry all the responsibility for guidance.

—George Verwer in No Turning Back

My Response: Which of these three areas is my current challenge?

Thought to Apply: Enthusiasm is of the greatest value, so long as we are not carried away by it.—JOHANN VON GOETHE (German poet)

Adapted from No Turning Back (Tyndale, 1983) by permission.

Copyright © 2005 by the author or Christianity Today International/Men of Integrity magazine.Click here for reprint information on Men of Integrity.

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Prayer for the Week

Lord, I realize that Satan would love to switch me off on some siding. Please keep me on the mainline of Your will for me.

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