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My testimony
This past weekend was my first time back leading worship at my church. It had been more than five months. I couldn’t help but share my testimony. Stay blessed…john
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This is the way?
Read Matthew 16:21-28 Summarize this passage by answering Who? What? When? Where? Why? PERSONAL REFLECTION RECALLING THE MESSAGE WEEKLY PRAYER FOCUS Pray for people whose faith in Jesus is putting them in danger. Ask God to deliver them. And pray for the strength you need to take up your cross and follow Jesus. SCRIPTURE…
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Up early
It was 3am and I couldn’t sleep–too many thoughts and ideas were running around. So, I got up and studied the Bible and wrote my sermon. Then I checked something on Facebook and noticed a lot of people already on, too, posting and commenting. I was going to write a post that said something…
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Ministry struggle
My greatest struggle in ministry leadership has always been to get a church to choose meaningful, transformational ministry over church-indulgent ministry. What’s the difference? Why can’t we have both? We can have both, if we rename and reorder the indulgent ministry. When we do, it becomes something more meaningful itself and frees us to…
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Eyes on me
No lie. No exaggeration. I had never seen someone’s eyes get that big before. No, I wasn’t in the habit of going to the doctor. I’m not sure why I was there that day. The nurse took my blood pressure and that’s when her eyes almost exploded. “Sir, that’s hiiiigh,” she said. She checked…
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Pity the fool
It’s easy to find yourself 10 YouTube videos in on any given topic. Today, it was Mr. T. Who doesn’t like Mr. T? Yes, he’s a world-famous celebrity. Millions of people can hear his story. But your story is no less meaningful for someone else to hear. How has God challenged you? What lessons…