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Importance of Community

“The Christian faith requires community. I cannot follow Jesus alone anymore than I can get married alone.” – Timothy Paul Jones, What Does Jesus Want? (Discipleship Journal, April 2007)

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INVOLVE

This entry is part 2 of 4 in the series Church on Fire

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When you look at the early church the word that pops up a lot is the word together. Involve is really another way of saying together. Whatever word you use, you convey the idea that this is not a solo endeavor. One of the most amazing things to me when I read the Bible – along with the central story of Christ of course – is this remarkable choice of God to involve people in His plan! Throughout history as recorded by scripture – God’s interactions with humankind are most often found in His involvement with and involvement of people. Continue reading

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What are We In this For?

This message is a reminder to my church of what we are all about. It has relevance to every Christian in the church universal as well. In the introduction I emphasize the importance of “counting the cost” in order to remain effective and potent in our personal and corporate impact in the world. Continue reading

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Using Your Shape

This entry is part 2 of 4 in the series Improving Your Serve

Today, we?re going to see that in order to effectively serve we must make sure that we?ve surrendered to Christ and that we have a proper estimation of self. In other words, we must first go deep before we can go long. Continue reading

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Bringing Life to the Village

Today, as we celebrate and honor Mothers we will look at a book, but not just any book – we are going to look at the Bible, and we will specifically look at the life of Deborah. You find Deborah?s story in the book of Judges Continue reading

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