I’ve been listening to a beautiful song called “I Give Myself Away“. The author of the song is a brother by the name of William McDowell. He’s an extremely talented and anointed worship leader who has been blessing people all over the world with his music and message. The song is a call to a commitment to follow our Lord and Savior with all that we have and are. The lyrics are as follows… Chorus [...]
Being a good Samaritan starts long before we encounter someone in need. The Good Samaritan was prepared and ready to get involved. I know I’ve got some work to do. Will you join me?
The great invitation of Jesus is to “Come, follow me” (Mt. 4:19). It is an invitation to discipleship and Jesus is clear that the invitation isn’t to “sort of” follow him. It isn’t something we can do half-heartedly. It is an invitation to be all in. There is no mediocre discipleship according to Jesus. The word “mediocre” comes from the Latin word that means half way up the mountain. Nowhere did Jesus invite us to [...]
Jesus accepted the mission to bring God’s influence to and change the world. But the Devil would attempt to thwart his mission and tempts Jesus to abandon his effort. We have been offered the great invitation to follow Jesus and change the world. And we too can expect the evil one will do all that he can to detour us from following Jesus, bearing spiritual fruit and changing the world.
Yesterday I had 2 parents ask me for some advice on kids that lie and/or tell “stories”. If you have kids, you too have experienced (or will experience) the same thing. One day, my 4 year old daughter came home from Sunday School with a pair of red mittens. I asked her where she got them. She replied, “My Sunday School teacher gave them to me.” With skepticism I said, “Your Sunday School teacher just [...]
God has clearly brought us our next Student Ministries Pastor! John, his wife Didi and their sons, Jonah and Grady, will be moving from Ohio at the beginning of March. He will then take over the leadership of our Student Ministry as Mike leaves to pursue his God-given calling. Read on – and see God’s guidance through the process! OVERVIEW OF THE INTERVIEW WEEKEND Going into the interview weekend (January 13-16), my overall prayer was [...]
