Pride and Prejudice
“Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee, standing by himself, prayed thus: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other men, extortioners,...
View Article“Into Thy Hands I Commit my Spirit…”
Tuesday Re-mix: Into your hands I commit my spirit; deliver me, Lord, my faithful God. Psalm 31:5 It occurs to me, there are two prayers which every church leader (and most especially every pastor)...
View ArticleMeanwhile, Until We are Truly “Abiding in Him”…
Tuesday Re-mix: If you say, “The Lord is my refuge,” and you make the Most High your dwelling, no harm will overtake you, no disaster will come near your tent. Psalm 91:9-10 “I am the vine;...
View ArticleHope for the Barren Church
Thursday Re-mix: Because the Lord had closed Hannah’s womb, her rival kept provoking her in order to irritate her. This went on year after year. Whenever Hannah went up to the house of the Lord, her...
View ArticleBeing the Orange
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect… Let love be...
View ArticleCorporate Prayer as a Means of Focus
So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, that the Son does likewise. John...
View ArticleChurch Leaders and Our Hard Hearts
Tuesday Re-mix: So, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as you did in the rebellion, during the time of testing in the wilderness, where your ancestors...
View ArticleWhat Does Your Church Need God For?
Tuesday Re-mix: Sell your possessions, and give to the needy… For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. Luke 12:33-34 The parable of the rich fool is, I think, a difficult lesson for...
View ArticleLoving Against the Grain
Tuesday Re-mix - You stiff-necked people! Your hearts and ears are still uncircumcised. You are just like your ancestors: You always resist the Holy Spirit! Was there ever a prophet your ancestors did...
View ArticleWalking Slowly Through the Crowd
Tuesday Re-mix: A large crowd followed and pressed around him. And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years. She had suffered a great deal under the care of many doctors and...
View ArticlePride and Prejudice
“Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee, standing by himself, prayed thus: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other men, extortioners,...
View ArticleHealthy Relationships: That the World Might Believe
“I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.” John 15:5 “I do not ask for these only, but also for...
View ArticleGospel Centered Worldview: God’s Plan for His Church
In hope he believed against hope, that he should become the father of many nations, as he had been told, “So shall your offspring be.” He did not weaken in faith when he considered his own body, which...
View ArticleDon’t Worry, Be Happy
“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? Look at the birds...
View ArticleThe God-Forsaken Church
Now his daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was pregnant, about to give birth. And when she heard the news that the ark of God was captured, and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, she...
View Article3 Common Mistakes in Pastor Searches
Just as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not leave you or forsake you…Only be strong and very courageous, being careful to do according to all the law that Moses my servant commanded...
View ArticleThis Kind Cannot be Driven Out by Anything but Prayer
And after crying out and convulsing him terribly, it came out, and the boy was like a corpse, so that most of them said, “He is dead.” But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up, and he arose....
View ArticleThe Key to Your Church’s Strength
And he told her all his heart, and said to her, “A razor has never come upon my head, for I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother’s womb. If my head is shaved, then my strength will leave me, and...
View ArticleHope for the Barren Church
Because the Lord had closed Hannah’s womb, her rival kept provoking her in order to irritate her. This went on year after year. Whenever Hannah went up to the house of the Lord, her rival provoked her...
View ArticleBy Anything but Prayer
And after crying out and convulsing him terribly, it came out, and the boy was like a corpse, so that most of them said, “He is dead.” But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up, and he arose....
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