Intention is submitting to the anvil.  If you are piece of steel, you don't really relish the anvil. It's hard, unmerciful and it's gonna just hurt. Going to the anvil means your shape is not what it should be. It means you need to be re-molded, re-shaped, re-made in some form or fashion.

Everyone likes the idea of change, but the reality is things don't change on their own--they like the way they are. Steel, in and of itself, is going to keep its form unless it is heated and formed against something. Energy and pressure on the steel are necessary to change its shape.

Why the anvil?  One could just sit back and wait for the steel to change itself over time, hoping the metal would learn to fashion itself into a building. But that never happens. And steel is strong, so it must be pressed against something even stronger than itself, something that will not yield. Something that will help the steel be remade into what it was meant to be.

The anvil is a benchmark. In fact, it's the ultimate benchmark, the standard by which everything else is not measured, but molded.

  See "Aligning" section for more on using "intention".

  The next "I": Imagination...

  The Six "I's": Putting It Together...

  Dream a Little Dream
Take a trip through your imagination. Frolic in the mind and pick up an idea or two. Go ahead and daydream. It's okay. Nobody is looking. Close your eyes.

  Posterpalooza!
The poster is a great idea and theme tool for use in promoting ministries and events. Here are just a few samples.