The Latest "Living in Hope with the One Leader" Study Series
This is Part Two of a Four-Part study on the scripture in Matthew 25:21, 23 – “Well Done,” “Good,” “Faithful,” “Servant.”) where we explore the idea of "good" and how we use it in our current world.
The Latest "Living in Hope with the One Leader" Study Series
Trying to live above the chaos while still in the middle of it is a challenge. But being faithful while doing so is even more daunting. The word translated as “faithful” means “trustful,” “obedient,” “loyal,” and “deserving belief,” “consistent character.” It has both the sense of trusting someone else and being trustworthy...
The Latest "Living in Hope with the One Leader" Study Series
This is Part Four of a Four-Part study on the scripture in Matthew 25:21, 23 – “Well Done,” “Good,” “Faithful,” “Servant.” How can we better servants of Christ and Others?
ONE OF THE HARDEST LESSONS for a leader to learn is to give up control and become a steward of the process. What does this mean? Let go and let God? Be passive? Read more...
GOD IS AT WORK ALL AROUND US, if only we have eyes to see, ears to hear, and the right perspective. Our sensitivity to God at work flows directly from our intimacy and pursuit of God...read more
EVERY DAY WE ENCOUNTER LIFE SITUATIONS and opportunities that are well beyond our control or understanding. Faith is required to navigate life’s circumstances. Faith is risk-taking and commitment before knowledge. Here are three ways to increase faith...
CHRIST’S LOVE AND ACCEPTANCE give me security, significance, and satisfaction. They are gifts offered to us, yet we must take hold of them, own them, and act upon them. We already possess the treasure of God’s blessing...
THE CHRISTIAN LIFE IS NOT HARD—it is impossible apart from the life and power of Christ living in us. Yet when we are abiding in Christ and the life of the vine flows through us as branches, we have everything we need...
INTIMACY BEGINS BY RECEIVING the love of God. How much does God love us? What is the nature of the love? This reality is based on these truths…read more
TAKE TIME. GIVE GOD TIME to reveal Himself to you. Give yourself time to be silent and quiet before Him, waiting to receive through the Spirit the assurance of His presence with you and His power working in you...
We live our lives based on our perception of reality. My encouragement to a friend who was having problems was to set his mind on things above, to look at his life and daily issues the way God looks at him. Here are 5 things to remember…read more
You can’t imagine the gratitude that the Pastors and their families had when they received the food packages. They were all quoted as saying, “May the Lord bless the people that gave this to us!” It was there that I was reminded of...
We recited this proverb, “If you do not sit down to learn, do not stand up to teach.” Like Timothy, leaders must be people who are humble enough to study. As you grow and gain maturity and experience, you can teach others from what you have learned...
Being out of balance is a good diagnostic tool—we almost always can recognize when things are spinning out of control and our gyroscope begins to wobble. Yet the answer is never balance! …read more
WE OWN NOTHING IN THIS LIFE—we are stewards, managers of God’s possessions. We are entrusted with the temporal goods of time, talent, and treasure in order to grow in our relationships....read more
