Tag Archives: transformation

I look to the hills – Psalm 121

Posted on June 20, 2016 by He stirs up the people...

Someone sent me a gracious, heartfelt, encouraging, and timely message on Facebook the other day giving me more credit than I deserve for the way God has transformed the person’s life.  I told them, “I’ve had help.”  While I do … Continue reading →

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Seeing lives changed – From death to Life

Posted on April 20, 2015 by He stirs up the people...

For me, the most exciting part of being a pastor is when God allows me to be involved in a dramatic life change – witnessing God bring people from death to life.  And I am always mindful that it is … Continue reading →

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Choosing to avoid temptation

Posted on November 10, 2011 by He stirs up the people...

Often we know what it is that causes us to stumble.  We often know what it is that causes us to sin and it rarely sneaks up on us.  It’s predictable circumstances that always end up giving us the same … Continue reading →

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Manipulation vs. Transformation

Posted on July 26, 2011 by He stirs up the people...

If nothing changes in our lives, we have to ask ourselves if we’ve been manipulated instead of saved; manipulated by humans instead of being saved and transformed by the Holy Spirit. Continue reading →

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Making it to heaven

Posted on July 18, 2011 by He stirs up the people...

A preacher went into a bar.  There were four people sitting at the bar.  He said to the first, “Do you want to go to heaven?”  The man said he did, so the preacher told him to get over there … Continue reading →

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