While you have begun meeting again as a church, there are dear ones staying at home... they don't believe that there is a need for them to be physically present when the church gathers. They argue that their relationship with God is “private” and no one else’s business. But we know that the gathered church …
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The Beatdown: Runaway Expectations in the Life of a Pastor
Not. One. More. Thing. He was physically tired and emotionally spent. For four years he had done everything he knew to get the church growing again, but with no visible results. He no longer looked forward to preaching. Committee meetings had become gripe sessions. The mounting criticism of his leadership was withering to his soul. …
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Through Christ I Can
"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." ~ Philippians 4:13 the abundant life is a constant internal supply flowing from the One who said He came to give it to the ones who would abandon their overloaded lives in order to walk with Him daily through a joyful union and a lingering …
What God Starts, God Finishes
"...being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ." Philippians 1:6 Does the Bible really say that? I was stunned sitting in that pew on a Sunday night... and deeply moved. A few months earlier I had been sitting …