1. Problems provide us with greater opportunitues. 2. Problems promote our spiritual maturity. 3. Problems prove our integrity. 4. Problems produce a sense of dependency. 5. Problems prepare our hearts for ministry. (more empathetic)
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Laying a Good Foundation | Taking a Youth Group From Chaotic to Christ-Honoring
I have always enjoyed working with and preaching to teens. They are exciting, unpredictable, curious, energetic, needy, moody, loving, unloving, kind, mean, etc. When I finished Bible college, my first ministry was being a youth pastor for a good church. It was so rewarding and it gave me so many early gray hairs. It seemed...
Thoughts on the Home | Goodly Heritage
“Sadly, too many parents measure the spiritual temperature of their children by their ability to abstain from worldliness, instead of how deeply attracted they are to godliness” “If I fervently nurture holiness in the life of my children, then, I can faithfully trust God to keep them from worldliness.” “I missed out on the possibilty...
Where there is no Vision
It has been said that, “people only see what they are prepared to see.” Many times we fail to adequately portray the vision that God has placed on our hearts. Others cannot catch the vision until the vision has been properly communicated, A vision takes Pondering, Preparation, Passion, Perseverance, and Power. Vision without action is...
The Heart of our children
“May we plant in our children’s heart such a desire to know God, that when they grow older, the desire of their soul will be to know that same God in a far deeper way.”
Food for Thought – The Latest and Greatest GPS
There are so many GPS units on the market today…….Garmin, Magellan, Tom Tom, Kenwood, Lanzar, Rand McNally, Pyle, Ouku, Cobra, and others. Each one is designed to be able to route some to travel from one destination to another in the best way possible. You can set up to go the fastest way or the...
Lessons for Life-Enemies of a teachable spirit
Proverbs 17:27 says “He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.” This “excellent” spirit speaks of a spirit that is self-possessed, calm,cool, peaceful. This is the same term that is used in Proverbs 25:25 where it says, “As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good...