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The What Hustle
In the hustle and bustle of life, we can often get caught up in life’s “whats” keeping us very busy. “What” I have to do, “what” I have to get, “what” I have to say… But when we compare the hustle to the life proposed to us in scripture, we leave much of the passion, fun, and excitement of life behind as we rush forward to get the “what” done! Haggai recorded God’s answer to this. When God saw the…
Adaption Adoption – The Church’s COVID Response
The church has gone through the most significant adaptions in its history. The church’s rhythms have been fundamentally unchanged for way too long, and now, having made a ton of adaptions, what new behaviors ought we to keep?
The COVID Wakeup Call
We take offense because of the limitations that COVID has created all because a version of the church, that we have created, has been limited.
Pathway
You are to walk in every pathway that the LORD your God commanded you, so that life may go well for you, and so that you will prolong your days in the land that you will possess.’ Deuteronomy 5:33 With so many bible reading plans, devotionals, books, and discipleship tools out there I often wonder what tools I should be using to “walk in every pathway that the Lord” has commanded for me. Because Deuteronomy links pathway to command, I get a…
Simply Supernatural
The Introduction to Simply Supernatural So this week I turned the corner and got into the final straight of finishing my next book: Simply Supernatural – the simplicity of the Holy Spirit. I am so grateful that there are a few of you that are excited to help me edit and review this book. But I thought that I would publish the introduction to you and get your thoughts. I am still awaiting the edited version of this introduction from…
Devoted to the Word
There is so much we take for granted. Today I attended a funeral of a friend and the speaker made the suggestion that in many areas of life we are ok with not really understanding things as long as they work… like your motor car or your mobile phone etc. We take the intricacies of things for granted as long as we get what we want or it does what we need it to do. I got to thinking that…
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DISCOVER Matthew 28:18-20 is our commission from Jesus. The commission starts with the word “Go.” Jesus uses that word to get us moving. When it comes to this commission Jesus wants us to have whatever we need to get it done! Romans 12:6-8 speaks of the gifts that we have been given to accomplish our great commission and it uses similar language. We have been given gifts to activate and get moving for the benefit of others. It’s all about…
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A COLLECTIVE STORY WORTH TELLING Romans 12 asks us to do what we believe we have been called to do-well (Romans 12: 6-8). We are to tell the world what God has placed in our heart. Our ministries vision statement is simply a summary of a collective story. Whatever our ministries vision, it is what we have been called to do collectively. An organization like your ministry is the sum total of personal Ideas, visions; purpose and direction. It is…