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Grass is greener?
The grass may actually be greener on the other side of the fence, but it still has to be mowed.
Posted in Illustrations, Quotes
Tagged abiding, bitterness, church-growth, commitment, complacent, consumerism, envy, God-has-a-plan, greener-grass, growth, hard-work, jealousy, opportunities, potential, reaping
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Equip
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Equipping is empowerment…being equipped means you have the power to do something. When we look at the Church of Acts we discover that the believers walked in the understanding that God equipped them for what He called them too and that He gifted the church with leaders to prepare them (or “perfect”) them for acts of service (that is using the giftings, abilities God had equipped them with) in the kingdom. The church today must regain this concept of being a place where people discover how God has equipped them for ministry and then are prepared, encouraged, and released into their calling (which is an ongoing process)… Continue reading
Posted in Podcast, Sermons, Sunday Morning Service
Tagged Acts, Church on Fire, equipped, experience, gifts, infilling, maturity, ministry, opportunities, participate, pastors, power, serve, serving, shape, vision
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Redeemed Time
So here we are, at the threshold of 2002. Looking back at the previous year there is certainly lots that has happened. Of course what would stand out most in peoples minds would be the events of September 11th. Certainly the busyness of our lives was interrupted that week when the news of the disaster reached where we were. However, is there really any lasting dent in our “normal” lifestyle. Certainly for some directly impacted by this tragedy there has been ? but what about the rest of us? Has life returned to normal for you? And lets think about that word for a minute ? “normal”. In this world that we live in ? is normal all that it?s cracked up to be? Certainly if we look around at the events in the world, in our own country in our own town for the past 10 years we find that what has been termed “normal” is far from ideal! How do you define normal for your life? Continue reading
Posted in New Years, Sermons, Sunday Morning Service
Tagged church, New Years, opportunities, purpose, resolution, serving, time, time-management
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