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Light Overcomes Darkness: Share the Light
Most Pastors want to start the new year and reaffirm and review the vision of the Church. They tend to focus on the mission for their own local Church rather than the mission for the whole Body of Christ. As the Pastor of our congregation I began to seek God for direction. It is in my heart for us to become personal soul winners. To become a church that adopts the Book of Acts model growth – taking the gospel to homes, the work place, our neighborhood, and the other places where we encounter people. This is the message God laid on my heart to deposit into the hearts of our congregation…
Let the Past Stay There
I have never been in prison. I work with lots of folks who have, but I have never directly experienced it. I read a story of a man who was in prison, awaiting sentencing. He was either going to be imprisoned longer, sentenced to death, or set free. Here’s the thing – this time, he had done nothing wrong! He had a past. In fact, this man had a terrible past. But this was not the reason he was incarcerated. He really had done nothing wrong. Not this time…
Nehemiah’s Committment – Stay on the Wall
A little more than a year ago, I watched my son take a test for his second degree black belt in karate. He was 15 at the time. He worked reasonably hard all the time, but his effort the few months before the test was noticeably different. He met with his teachers as much as possible. He was at every class. When he wasn’t assisting them in teaching the younger kids, he was working on his own stuff. He had some important work in mind. I watched him put off trips out, weekends away, and other things in which he was interested. He was focused on what he determined to be his important work and he refused to get distracted. What about you? Do you ever get distracted from your important work? I know I do…