Do you remember this from Sunday School? I thought I'd start with how our thinking had been shaped from a very young age. So, what is the Church? I just started a teaching series called ReThink Church. As I was working on the second segment of this series I realized I had made a statement in a previous post that I said I would follow up one. The post entitled "Honor", was about [...]
"Outdo one another in showing honor." Romans 12:10 ESV In I Corinthians 12:22-27 it tells us that God places the members of the body where He desires and bestows greater honor on those who lack it so that there is no division in the body and that we can have the same care for one another. If one member is honored we all get to rejoice together as well as if one suffers, we all [...]
Today is my wife Amy's birthday. She hasn't aged a day since this picture 20 years ago. My life has been enriched by her every day. No other woman would put up with me the way she does. "He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the Lord." Proverbs 18:22 Check out that mullet. Aren't you jealous? We are only afforded so many such events to celebrate in life. We [...]
"It is ingrained in us that we have to do exceptional things for God - but we do not. We have to be exceptional in the ordinary things of life, and holy on the ordinary streets, among ordinary people - and this is not learned in five minutes." Oswald Chambers Discipleship is a process. It's moment by moment. It's the ordinary things that produce the character necessary to support the Great Moments. The exceptional things [...]
Since I shared yesterday about checking the motives of our heart, I thought I'd treat you to a ministry reality check. If you are a pastor or have been in ministry you will enjoy this. If you are not, then maybe not so much. This post comes from Perry Noble entitled "What they really mean..." Check it out HERE. What are the real motives behind your words? What are the real motives behind your actions?
