Our church planters often ask me, “What’s the one secret to building a great church?” They look at me eagerly, notebooks in hand, ready for my answer. I know they want a technique, a plan, or a guarantee. But this is what I give them: Put your hope for success in God’s mercy and not your ability.
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To aid you in cultivating a habit of consistent prayer, I've prepared the Warrior's Prayer. Based on Ephesians 6, this poetic prayer will help you pray on the believer's armor as you prepare for spiritual battle.
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We often think of waiting as something we do passively, inactively. We wait in line at the DMV, we wait for a bus, we wait in the doctor's office or the dentist's office. But when the Bible speaks of waiting for the Lord's return, it is not speaking of being inert and passive. Biblical waiting is active and productive.
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How do we share Christ with a world in need of hope? Paul said in Colossians 1:28, “We proclaim Him, admonishing every man and teaching every man with all wisdom.” The word “admonishing” in this verse means to warn people. Let’s face it: there are negative aspects to the gospel message. We’ve all sinned.
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One the great tyrannies of our age is the lie that we will be most useful when we are as strong as we can be. We tell ourselves that God wants us to conquer all our challenges, to overcome the Evil One in frontal assault, to have our family and church and neighbors look to us and say, “Now there’s a strong servant of the Lord!”
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There’s a lot of excitement about this solar eclipse that will be happening today. Some are even suggesting that it’s a sign from Heaven, that judgement is coming specifically on the nation of America.
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Year after year, the Midianites swooped in to steal Israel’s crops, and every year, the Jews resorted to drastic measures to hang onto the little left behind. But God, in His mercy, provided a deliverer—Gideon. Prior to this, there is no record of Gideon’s courageous exploits, yet the Lord called him a “mighty man of valor.”
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Imagine there was a monitor attached to the side of your head. At any moment, it would display the exact thoughts—unfiltered—running through your mind. Does that seem cool to you? If so, you’re deluded. It would be a disaster.
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Jesus said a strong thing to Peter when He spoke these words: “If I do not wash you, you have no part with Me” (John 13:8). Our Lord’s rebuke introduces a convicting observation: being a servant is not a sign of inner weakness, but of incredible strength.
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Year after year, the Midianites swooped in to steal Israel’s crops, and every year, the Jews resorted to drastic measures to hang onto the little left behind. But God, in His mercy, provided a deliverer—Gideon. Prior to this, there is no record of Gideon’s courageous exploits, yet the Lord called him a “mighty man of valor.”
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