Weekly Reflection – IDENTITY: Who is God? The Scriptures are clear; new believers need nurture and care to continue successfully in their new life. The Bible uses the words infant and child to describe new believers. They are dependent on others for help and sustenance, and need nurture and care. They need basic training and… Continue reading Weekly Reflection 9/17/24
More Than Good Intentions Good intentions vs intentionality. Good intentions reflect a person’s desires, beliefs, and objectives. Intentionality requires action, its intentional living. Our vision, our goal, our good intentions are to be a church full of disciples of Jesus who are making disciples of Jesus. But, me saying that numerous times every Sunday, and… Continue reading Weekly Reflection 9/10/24
Weekly Reflection – Are you walking like Jesus walked? I encourage you to listen to or watch Sunday’s message from conference pastor Darren Peachy. To listen: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/living-hope-ministries/id1717677370?i=1000662957647 Or to watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ie2JGNZlsh4 I am not going to try and summarize Darren’s message, I will let you do that, but rather give you a couple thoughts I… Continue reading Weekly Reflection 7/23/24
Weekly Reflection – The Free Gift that Will Cost You Everything. We live in a time that whatever does not make our lives easier and faster, is quickly replaced with something that does; and my fear today is that this microwave mentality has or could creep into the church. Has it become all about making… Continue reading Weekly Reflection 7/2/24
“Come and See.” (Part 2) Imitating Jesus. He left comfort to enter our world. He prepared himself for the mission. He made Himself available and intentionally developed relationships. He responded to those who showed interest. He shared the gospel. John 1:35-46 John 1:38 Jesus turned and saw them following and said to them, “What are… Continue reading Weekly Reflection 6/20/24
Chair 1: “Come and see.” (part 1) This chair represents a seeker, someone who is curious, has questions, they’re looking. Not all unbelievers are in chair 1. Part of disciple making is inviting them into chair 1 so that they can see Jesus, get to know Him, begin to see who He is, what He… Continue reading Weekly Reflection 6/11/24
The Humanity of Jesus – We Can Follow Him Why did Jesus live 33 years here on earth as a human? I believe that the primary reason Jesus lived 33 years on earth was so He could make disciples who would make disciples. So that He could give us a model to follow. “Did Jesus… Continue reading Weekly Reflection 6/3/24
Chairs? Who Cares? Recap Why does the church still exist here on earth? To make disciples of all nations. (Matthew 28:18-20) What is our motivation for this mission? Love God and love others because God loves us. (Matthew 22:36-30, 2 Corinthians 5:14-15) What are some basic things we must do in order to fulfill this… Continue reading Weekly Reflection 5/28/24
Great Instruction – Prayer – Action – Speak Prayer - Colossians 4:2-4 “Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving.” Continue steadfastly - This means we want to be consistent in prayer and persistent in prayer. We are to pray consistently not occasionally, and steadfastly, meaning we persevere, meaning we don't give up. … Continue reading Weekly Reflection 5/14/24
“ The Mission and the Motive “ part 2 The Motive Motive is defined as something that causes a person to act in a certain way or do a certain thing. I believe that our ability to accomplish our goals or objectives or mission is only as good as our motive. That the reason someone… Continue reading Weekly Reflection 4/15/24
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