I need your prayer!  It seems that the cool weather has brought out and about a good number of men and women who have decided that their major calling in life is to quench the Spirit of God with their negative, critical and often mean spirited attitudes.  It seems like every year – as we get closer to the big holidays of Thanksgiving and Christmas, they just seem to show up.  It’s not that they are not around at other times during the year.  They just seem to be around more and up to doing more harm than good during this time of year.

I love everybody, but I have to be really honest and tell you that I have to pray a lot more than usaul to find and share love with the Spirit Quenchers!  They drain the life out of me!  I can be happy, excited and ready to go for God and then after a run in with a Spirit Quencher, I am sad, drained and in need of a nap!  The Bible tells us to not quench the Spirit!  In fact it has some rather strong advice for those that would allow themselves to become quenchers of the Spirit, so be careful!

I am not sure what we can do about Spirit Quenchers – they have a mind, heart and spirit of their own and they get to decide for themselves!  I do know however, that I don’t have to let a Spirit Quencher turn me into a Spirit Quencher!  So I will keep talking to my God who loves me and has an amazing plan for my life.  And I will keep listening to my God through the love letter of His Word.  And I will ask you my family and friends to pray for me and with me – that I will stay strong and yielded not to man, but to God!  By they way, I will be praying the same thing for you!

I am big on list!  I make a list everyday that I call my “To Do” List.  It is a list of things that I need to get done to feel like I have accomplished something.  As important as it is to have a list of things that I need to do.  It is also important to have a list of things not to do.  The truth is most of us waste a lot of time doing things that we really don’t need to do, and if we can stop doing the things that we are not supposed to do, then we will have more time to focus on the things that we need to do.

I read a book a while back that got me to thinking about list and the importance of different kinds of lists.  To get some help on what you might put on you “Not To Do” list check out this blog by the guy that wrote the “Four Hour Work Week”   http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/08/16/the-not-to-do-list-9-habits-to-stop-now/