http://www.wittenburgdoor.com/archives/evangelical.html10. When you pray, you punctuate all entreaties with as many "justs" as you can, as if to convince the Lord you are not asking too much. "Lord, we just want to thank you." "Lord, we just ask that you watch over Bobby as he heads off to college." Lord, can You really say no to such modest requests as these?
9. You take notes during the sermon. Whether you have a special notebook for this, or you use the blank margins of the bulletin, or you unfold notebook paper from your NIV Bible, you annotate an outline of the preacher's wisdom. Why else are those Power Point notes projected behind the pulpit? (Zipper Bible case pockets are optional.)
8. You receive at least three missionary prayer letters a month. These can be from tentmakers writing in code from lands that don't want their people converted, or they can be of the traditional variety, complete with reluctant requests for money but more importantly for prayers because they know God will provide all their needs (but send a love offering if you can; we're eighteen thousand dollars short for next year's budget).