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Getting them all riled up
Yesterday as I began to preach at 8:50, I told the early church folks that just because we got out at 9:20, I did not shorten my sermon. We were just ahead of schedule. At 9:38 when church was over, … Continue reading
What God is going to do with the seeds
Yesterday I was at the 9/11 Memorial at the Pentagon in Washington, DC. They have 184 benches, one for each innocent who lost their lives on that day, and 85 Crape Myrtle trees that will each eventually grow up to … Continue reading
Posted in Walking the Walk
Tagged Church, Faith, God, Holy Spirit, hope, Jesus, seeds, trust
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Does God want me to do it?
I remember about 15 years ago when our church was thinking about spending a lot of money. The administrative board was talking about not having the money. Our pastor said, “The question for the church is never, ‘Do we have … Continue reading
A million reasons
The other day someone said to me, “I can come up with a million reasons” to not do something we were discussing. I do not know if you have ever done the old side by side list of pros and … Continue reading
Posted in Obstacles, Opportunity, Walking the Walk
Tagged afraid, Church, courage, Faith, fear, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Obedience, obey, trust
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Please quit saying “God will not give you more than you can handle”
The truth is that God will absolutely give us more than WE can bear. The truth is that He will never give us more than HE can bear. Continue reading
What hope is there?
I listened to Pastor David Wilkerson this morning (from a sermon he delivered several years ago) talk about one of the most important pastors in Hungary who was killed after developing a blood clot after suffering a severe burn. … Continue reading
Posted in Hard times, Obstacles, Opportunity
Tagged depression, difficult days, discouragement, Faith, God, hope, Jesus, promise, trust
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Giving God the glory as I question His ways
Our community is doing a great thing collecting money for a young girl who has a serious health issue. Continue reading
Posted in Obstacles, Opportunity
Tagged 911, bad things happen, depression, doubt, Faith, illness, Jesus, question, stuff happens, trust, UMC, United Methodist Church
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Can you be trusted with small things?
If you pastor a church with 25 people, do your best, prepare your sermon as if 1,000 people were going to hear it, and preach the Gospel with all you’ve got. Continue reading
Posted in Obstacles, Opportunity, Walking the Walk
Tagged 100000, Blog, faithful, keep going, small church, small groups, sunday school, trust, youth group
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I think you should do it this way
Have you ever said “I think you should do it this way”? Sometimes we have a reason for wanting things done a certain way. When I put the food out for a Wednesday night dinner, sometimes it does make a … Continue reading
Posted in Hard times
Tagged depression, difficult, Faith, hard times, Jesus, stress, trust
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