Feeling defeated? Worn out? Depressed or repressed? A million miles from God? There are many reasons for all these feelings, but let me suggest a powerful one that spoke to me from yesterday’s Band of Brothers gathering.
"Therefore repent and return, so that your sins may be wiped away, in order that times of refreshing may [...]
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Times of Refreshing
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Well Done…
Have you ever been around someone that loves to talk about how well they are doing? They might mention a job promotion, how amazing their kids are, how effective they are at home or school or church, or what a great spouse they have been lately. They seem genuinely pleased with their efforts, and [...]
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Slingshot to a Gunfight
You don’t bring a slingshot to a gunfight. I mean, you could…but you’d lose. It isn’t the right weapon. Thought it has the power to kill, it doesn’t match up to the power of an M-16. You could use a slingshot to kill a rabbit or break a bottle, but it won’t do much [...]
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The Ministry of Giving
I was interviewed by a college student recently about how our church works. One of the questions the person asked me was how I would define the word “ministry”. The synonym I chose was “service”. To minister on behalf of God is to serve on behalf of God.
In 2 Corinthians 9, Paul writes [...]
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Show Me the Money!
Most churches (and people) tend to avoid talking about money. Why don’t we talk about it?
We work hard for our money right?
There are so many examples of unscrupulous people exploiting people’s generosity for personal gain. We can’t trust people, can we?
We’ve got mortgages, retirement worries and mouths to feed. We need to look out [...]
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Godly Sorrow
Sorrow. One word that can produce radically different results.
For the kind of sorrow God wants us to experience leads us away from sin and results in salvation. There’s no regret for that kind of sorrow. But worldly sorrow, which lacks repentance, results in spiritual death. 2 Corinthians 7:10 (NLT)
There are two kinds of [...]
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