what I am pondering
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What Does The World Give?
What does the world give to us? Trouble. Disaster. Worry. Brokenness. Fear… And yet, we often settle for it. We don’t know there’s anything different. Or maybe we don’t believe it. But He promised… “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do…
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Your Prayers Not Heard?
What if it feels like God isn’t hearing our prayers? These are some possible hindrances to prayer. They will challenge you. They certainly challenged me. “Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful…
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My House Shall Be a House of Prayer – Jim Cymbala
Prepare to be fired up and ignited with truth… Jim Cymbala: “My House Shall Be A House of Prayer”
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Too Crusty For Christmas? (My Christmas Wish)
Stop and really ponder this one. Christmas. When the Creator comes from his throne on high… down to us… in a barn. May we recognize how holy God is, yet that He humbled himself, chose to be born in a barn, laid in an animal’s feeding trough in order to meet us in our messes,…
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Your Future Is Determined By One Thing
“People who have a seeking heart still makes mistakes. But their reaction to rebuke and correction shows the condition of that heart. It determines what God is able to do with them in the future.” King Asa once led a whole nation in seeking God but became a coldhearted oppressor of his nation. A prophet…
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When Our Needs Aren’t Met… We Leave
We live in a culture that tells us, when our needs aren’t met we can leave. We can leave the marriage, we can leave the school, we can leave the church. There’s little thought to how we can make things better. There’s no thought to what ‘my’ part is. But, this is the great deception…
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Are You Confusing Christ With Christians?
Many of us have been hurt by those who call themselves Christians. I have. In fact, I’ve been hurt the most by Christians and yet I still choose to follow Christ. Some would say I’m nuts or duped. Ten years ago I myself just about walked away from Christ and then I just about killed…
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Missional Kids Ministry?
I’m looking for ministry leaders to engage in a discussion with me on how does one do missional kids ministry? How do you go from the attraction model of a “Disney-like” kids ministry to an effective life changing ministry that is geared towards mission? Or is there such a thing? Must you engage the entire…
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A Loveless World is a Sightless World
A loveless world is a sightless world – it does not see the bigger picture. Sometimes loving others helps open their eyes to see it, and when they don’t see it, we must keep on loving… no matter how hard it is. I fail at this over and over. It’s so much easier to shut…
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Megachurch or Homechurch?
September 1, 2010 I’ve been wrestling with what is the best and most effective ‘function’ or ‘format’ of a church? What is the most healthy? I’ve been reading authors such as Alan Hirsch and Eddie Gibbs who speak of going missional as a church rather than attractional. Recently, Francis Chan walked away from his megachurch…
Following and Trusting : Encountering God Out of the Box 