Don’t Be Afraid of Asking

How often have you had an idea that seems so foolish you were afraid to move forward?

I've never met a leader who has said, "I've always acted on what I felt prompted to do." It can be very hard to discern the promptings of God!

The sports movement saw one of its strategies explode. What was happening around the world was truly unbelievable. It had huge potential. We needed a website with the capacity to deliver the videos and curriculum in multiple languages to fulfill this potential. It was here we hit a roadblock. The perfect name for the website was already owned by someone else, and it would cost a fortune to buy the name from them.

Should we try and raise funds to buy it? Should we brainstorm an alternative web name?

Then we discovered that the company that owned the name wasn't even using it.

With very low expectations, we wrote a letter to the company explaining why the name was vital and that it wouldn't be used to sell anything or make money.

We were massively surprised by the response.

They gave us the web address for free!

What if we had listened to our negative thoughts and didn’t take action? We don't know what this web address is worth today, but it would be far more money than you or I could imagine or afford.

Scripture to Ponder – Matthew 19:26

"Jesus looked at them and said, 'With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.'"

Key Lesson: By faith and prayer, take action. If it doesn't happen, you won't be the first person with this experience. If the Spirit opens the door, what joy!