Mike and Ben work the balance through Paul: it wasn't wrong for Paul to head for Asia/Mysia thinking people needed Jesus, and it wasn't wrong that God stopped him — 'mistake, please turn around' — humility is what turns you around. Mike tells of praying ten years for a man who came to Jesus in year ten: God knew day two wouldn't have worked, 'I've been faithful to you for ten years.' Ben's rule: wake up in boldness going about the Father's business, in humility, and you won't miss the Spirit moving; the perversion comes when you stop listening and run Jesus-shadowed human institutions on your own counsel. Dan adds Paul at the river meeting the woman who comes to faith: listen, pray, look for open doors, keep walking — but don't turn it into a 'go to rivers' program.
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