July 2010

What Language Do You Speak?

July 30, 2010

Harold Williams was listed by the Guinness Book of Records as the world’s greatest linguist, speaking over 58 languages fluently. Most of us struggle to speak one fluently! More importantly than how many foreign languages we speak is the manner in which we speak. Do we speak with faith or with fear, with trust in [...]

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Roadmap for Life

July 27, 2010

The person who thought of putting GPS in cars is my best friend. Some people have an innate sense of north and south. That’s not me. I need a roadmap that shows me which way I’m supposed to go and a voice that says, “Turn left 100 yards.” Proverbs is like a spiritual GPS, a [...]

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How do you raise up new leaders?

July 20, 2010

It’s very impressive to see an old steam engine pulling into a station with brakes squealing and clouds of steam billowing. But statistics say that 92% of that is show and only 8% of it is effective power. In the church we must constantly be looking to reverse those statistics and to raise up new [...]

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What are your core values?

July 16, 2010

Consciously or subconsciously, every church holds to certain core values. The unconscious values are the ones that strongly influence outward behavior even though they are not consciously thought out and defined. The consciously chosen values are those that are weighed carefully and acted upon intentionally. A ministry based on clearly articulated core values drives a [...]

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What makes a church who they are?

July 12, 2010

What makes a church the way they are? Some are strong in music, some are strong in teaching, some have drama and other creative worship expressions, some are youth-oriented. What makes each church lean towards a unique expression of ministry? Every church has certain core beliefs, core distinctive, and core values that make them who [...]

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Life Disappointments

July 7, 2010

Is your life motto “expect nothing and you will never be disappointed”? That’s not God’s desire for you! Proverbs 13:12 says, “When hope is crushed, the heart is crushed, but a vision come to pass fills you with joy.” Begin to see disappointment through God’s eyes. As an old poem states it, view your disappointments [...]

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