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Use this day as a wonderful “news-free” day
All the news today will be about the incompetent government we have… but we already knew that! So, it’s a great opportunity for a news junkie like me to keep completely away from all news sources which will all parrot the same information. It’s a great day for prayer, because GOD doesn’t shut down his Kingdom and his resources are…
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Why I won’t be “packin’”
The article was this: “Pastor Shot in His Pulpit.” The discussion in a Facebook went to: “Maybe we need to carry when we go into our pulpits.” You can pack. If it’s legal, I ain’t sayin’ nuthin’… especially if you’re packin’. cebook group of ministers centered around this thought: “Maybe we should be packin’ when we head to our pulpits these days.” And I…
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Calling out the dream
This past weekend I called out the dreams of God in a way I’ve just never tried before. I declared completely irrational things that I can truly blame as “the anointing.” 😉 Besides that, I sensed a strong call from the Lord to speak out the dreams HE is giving me. It’s not my ability and when these things happen,…
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Why I pastor a great church!
In our small church, we had 17 leaders go on our retreat. Among our leaders is Ida. She is a board member. On the day before her 82nd birthday she got on the zip lines with 10 others. She is fearless! This is the church I love!
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Carry our dreams together
We have been on our annual leadership retreat. This was a weekend when the Lord challenged us to truly SPEAK OUT our dreams. The biggest challenge was to learn to hear the voice of God and pray what HE asks us to pray. As I spoke the dreams God was giving me, I then invited others to voice their dreams…
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This is not the day to shrink back
So don’t throw away your confidence—it brings a great reward. 36 You need to endure so that you can receive the promises after you do God’s will. 37 In a little while longer, the one who is coming will come and won’t delay; 38 but my righteous one will live by faith, and my whole being won’t be pleased with…
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A new generation of bold faith
May we rise up and insist not on our own ingenuity and skill, but let us call out for the very presence of God. We have become so skilled at drawing a crowd, but in our skill to draw a crowd, we have substituted that for the very presence of God. We have fallen into our own ingenuity trap and…
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Where Was the Church?
Sobering questions from the latest news out of the Middle East. The saddest audience question was from a young man who I’m guessing was Egyptian-British. He asked: ‘Where was world Christianity when this happened?’ Nowhere. Watching X-Factor. Debating intersectionality. Or just too frightened of controversy to raise Muslim-on-Christian violence. Too often the response I hear, and the one I too…
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Who do you think you are?
Meditate on Romans 8. Let it sink in. Pray through Romans 8, declaring the incredible victory of WHO YOU ARE in Christ! 37 But in all these things we win a sweeping victory through the one who loved us. 38 I’m convinced that nothing can separate us from God’s love in Christ Jesus our Lord:not death or life, not angels…
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If you’re going to doubt, make sure you can doubt your doubts
This is simply brilliant from Dallas Willard. I REALLY miss him in our current day!
