Today was the second Sunday in our Missions Celebration. A couple of quotes that stuck out to me were these: “Missions exists because worship does not; ” and “Missions will end, but worship will never end.” Those are not statements that belittle or make missions less important. in fact, I think that those statements actually […]
Read More →Take-away #5 from Chuck Swindoll “You will have people that worship you and those that criticize you. Neither deserve much of your time.” The first thing I thought of was a statement I heard in my first ministry; “Praise is like perfume, it smells nice, but you don’t want to drink it!” Praise from people […]
Read More →All I know is that I get sick of hearing and seeing stuff like this. I wish I could apologize to the community this church is located in… Comments?
Read More →Take-away #4 from Chuck Swindoll “Tradition is the living faith of those dead passed down. Traditionalism is the dead faith of those still living.” (Yes, another one from Chuck Swindoll! I have one more from him, as he is such a well of wisdom!) My thoughts: I think too many people buck tradition because it […]
Read More →Take-away #3 from Chuck Swindoll “When God wants to do an impossible task, He takes an impossible person and crushes them. Leave room in your life for the crushing” If this is true, then I should welcome the valleys and struggles in my life as opportunities for spiritual growth. It is easy to plan everything […]
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