Slow traffic is always an annoyance to me, especially if I am running late. I don’t like admitting it but sometimes I fail to leave enough margin in my schedule and cut things too closely. Lack of proper planning means I either have to slow down, taking things in stride - or rush, thinking I am somehow going to recover…
Words are powerful and process the ability to evoke a myriad of emotions while bringing comfort, pain, motivation, or discouragement. Words are the catalysts for actions and thoughts. For example, the following words spoken singularly can arouse emotion and create action: FireStopGoHate Love Understanding the power of words should cause us to think carefully before speaking. Proverbs 21:23 admonishes us…
A burden for ministry may take you to a place of service, but only a love for Jesus will keep you there. Cultivating your personal spiritual walk is not a bullet point on your ministry training checklist; it is the source of life and ministry. Notice what Ezra (ca. 450 BC) did when he went to rebuild the temple. From…
The graduation buzz is everywhere! Graduation invitations are arriving like political mailers during the presidential election. Depending on your region of the country, you may be winding down from or gearing up for graduations. The hotel I’m staying at this weekend in New Hampshire is overrun with graduates and parents preparing for graduation ceremonies. Last Wednesday I spoke at the…
This...is the generation that seeks Him, that seeks Your face. Psalm 26:6 Why do students give up sleep, leaving the comfort of their beds every week to join friends for prayer before going to school? They come together to “watch and pray” as the scriptures command. After a brief time in the scriptures, they focus on praying for friends, teachers,…
Wuss – weakling or wimp – Dictionary.com Unabridged, Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2010. If you cannot bench press 1075 lbs., climb Mt. Everest without bottled oxygen, or score the decisive goal at the World Cup, some may refer to you as a “wuss.” The truth is, only a minority have actually pulled one of…
I was running late for an appointment so the slow traffic was an annoyance. My bright idea was to take a short cut. I was cruising until I turned down an unfamiliar street, coming to a screeching halt at a “Dead End” sign. It was not the end of the world but in my current state of mind you would…
There is one ministry that every person, in every church, on every continent can do without excuse, theological degree or cooperate strategy and that is…Pray. My friend Tim Eldred of Endeavor Ministries believes the best way to make the ministry of prayer an investment for the present as well as the future is to get adults praying with students. Pray…
I am taking a reprieve from the topic I had planned to cover in my blog today to ask you to join me in prayer for a special family. Nathan and Beth Shoultz have served with Word of Life for 8 years and are an incredible blessing to this ministry. On Monday, December 12, 2011, Nathan suffered a stroke at…
“Rediscovering the gospel has given me a joy in God I never experienced in all my years of fervent religion” (pg. 5). So Dr. JD Greear begins his book Gospel, Recovering the Power that Made Christianity Revolutionary declaring that there is a distinct difference in religion and relationship. This truth has eternal consequences and as I wrote in my post…