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...
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Growing up PK | Eight Pearls Discovered from Ministry
You find so many mixed reviews when you start asking kids what it is like to grow up in a preacher’s home. For many, they will immediately whine about the pressure of growing up in the ministry “bubble”. “I can’t be myself”, they will often exclaim, “because everyone is watching me.” Some will complain about...
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...
A home built to be blessed
In Genesis 18:17-19 the Bible says this, 17- And the Lord said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do; 18- Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him? 19- For I know him, that he will command...
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...
What Every Parent Should Know
In Proverbs 22: 6 We find some words of wisdom to those who are raising a family. This wisdom, from thousands of years ago, is still a foundation for every husband and wife whom God has blessed with an “heritage” from the Lord. In this passage we are reminded that there is a need to...