Each day present a once in a lifetime opportunity to become a new person, to walk a new path, to make new discoveries about yourself and others, and to act in ways never before tried or tested. Yet most of us see Monday Mornings as the beginning of another string of meaningless days and routines […]
Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it’s thinking of yourself less. Rick Warren “When it comes to change, there are three seasons of timing: (1)People change when they hurt enough that they have to, (2) when they learn enough that they want to, and (3) when they receive enough that […]
I hear it all the time “people just aren’t interested in church like they use to.” Translation: “people aren’t interested in the product we’re offering the way we’re offering it.” True enough. There is an undeniable decline in church attendance across America, but we must balance this criticism with another reality, the global explosion of […]
THE POWER OF C-H-A-N-G-E Part 1 – Connect I’ve always heard that religion is about reformation. But Christianity is about transformation. Those two things are not the same. The former is about what a person can do to make self-improvements – Ladder People. The latter is about a person totally yielding to the Person of […]
Are you Ready to go deeper than the surface will reveal? Are you ready to go further than your eyes can currently See? It’s time for Deep Roots! http://myemail.constantcontact.com/Deep-Roots.html?soid=1101570165871&aid=bwleAX9CDzU Related posts: Deep Roots: Spiritual Wisdom for Unquenchable Faith Deep Roots for June 20, 2011 Deeper Roots for October 10, 2011 Funeral Announcement for Charles Hardman
Leo Tolstoy once said: “Everyone thinks of changing the world, no one thinks of changing himself.” God wants to do greater things in our community and in our church, but He also wants greater things in our homes, and in our marriages, in our families, in our finances, and in our future. It has to […]
THE POWER OF C-H-A-N-G-E Part 1 – Connect I’ve always heard that religion is about reformation. But Christianity is about transformation. Those two things are not the same. The former is about what a person can do to make self-improvements – Ladder People. The latter is about a person totally yielding to the Person of […]
THE POWER OF C-H-A-N-G-E Part 1 – Connect Part 2 – Help Others I’ve always heard that religion is about reformation. But Christianity is about transformation. Those two things are not the same. The former is about what a person can do to make self-improvements – Ladder People. The latter is about a person totally […]
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Lectio Divina Isaiah 43:15-21 I am the LORD, your Holy One, Israel’s Creator, your King.” This is what the LORD says— he who made a way through the sea, a path through the mighty waters, who drew out the chariots and horses, the army and reinforcements together, and they lay there, never to rise again, extinguished, snuffed out like a wick: […]
#15 – No one is ever challenged to radically rearrange their lives to be a part of what God is doing. #14 – God hasn’t asked you to give something up. #13 – Everyone in your church is perfect. (If you are truly reaching lost people then you will discover that ministry is messy.) #12 […]