I remember the time I turned 40. I asked the question “Does it feel like life has begun?” (There is a saying that life begins at 40 – for those who don’t know.) Everything seemed the same so far, except that I woke up before my alarm.

For two years, I had a lot of expectations regarding the next phase of my life. My most significant request to the Lord was that I would have the privilege of focusing most of my time and energy on the things that I’m “made for.” What am I made for? Turning people to Christ, discipling them and making them soul-winners. I want to train others to reproduce this process many times over throughout their lives. I guess it’s a simple request.

Early in my teenage years, God took a hold of me. The verse that inspired me from that time on was Jeremiah 20:9b “…his word is in my heart like a fire, a fire shut up in my bones. I am weary of holding it in; indeed, I cannot.”  

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