As I mentioned earlier, I have been limiting my Internet access recently (and not minding it at all actually...), so posting here has slowed down considerably.  I seem to have lots of great ideas when I get up in the morning, but by the time I make it to the library to check email, my ideas for posts have all evaporated. 

Anyway, here is another podcast episode.  I heard Deborah Hiebert give this talk on January 9 at IHOP-KC and immediately thought "this is going on the podcast."  It's not that she gives a particularly systematic presentation or that she has any earth-shaking theological insights, but she shares the reality of her life in God from her heart.  The thrust of her message is simply endurance in the midst of the mundane - because Jesus is worth it.  And, as the writer of Hebrews said, "We have need of endurance!" (Hebrews 10:36)

Deborah Hiebert - Seven Longings of the Human Heart
Deborah Hiebert co-wrote the book The Seven Longings of the Human Heart with Mike Bickle in 2005. She was part of the IHOP-KC leadership team until a few years ago, when she and her husband moved to Idaho to participate in a new ministry. While returning to IHOP-KC in January 2009, she gave this message at the Friday night Encountering God Service.

She actually does not talk very much about the 7 longings in her message (as she says, read the book...), but her story is powerful because she testifies to the reality of Jesus' good leadership and the possibility of keeping your heart alive in love for Him even while making life work with a family and children and ministry responsibilities.