by Paul Barker | Posted onSaturday, October 1st, 2011| Tags: Blogroll, Blogs, character, compassion, humility, knowing the truth, love, Obedience, Relationship, Will of God |no responses by Paul Barker A few years ago on a return flight from Los Angeles to Nashville, I had a layover at the Las Vegas airport. As I walked to my departing gate, I noticed that people I passed were staring at me and whispering to one another. It made me self-conscious. I did a quick scan of my clothes to make sure everything was in order. I could not see anything out of the ordinary. But people kept staring. Finally, one guy said, “Hey man, you’ve got something on your face.” I expressed my appreciation ….
by Brett Fuller | Posted onTuesday, September 27th, 2011| Tags: Blogroll, Blogs, character, Discovery, faith, Good resource blogs, Relationship, Theological, Will of God |no responses by Brett FullerPROVERBS 20:5 says, “A plan in the heart of a man is like deep water, but a man of understanding draws it out.” In Africa, where sometimes drought is common, water is mined by drilling “bore holes.” These deep wells are sometimes thousands of feet beneath the surface. Obviously it requires more than shovel and a strong back to tap into these reserves. It takes people who both know where the water is and how to get it out.Deep within the soul of every person is the understanding that he/she has been put ….
by Steve Murrell A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO while reading the latest on-line sports news, I clicked on a link to Dennis Rodman’s NBA Hall of Fame acceptance speech. That 12 minute speech answered a lot of questions about the enigmatic basketball star. After viewing the video twice, I tweeted that Rodman’s speech was “sad, heart-breaking & refreshingly honest.” Here’s a quote from speech that many can relate to: “I have one regret: I wish I was a better father.” –Dennis Rodman Inspired by Rodman’s gut-wrenching honesty and by Psalm 127, last Sunday I preached a sermon ….
by Stephen Mansfield | Posted onSaturday, September 17th, 2011| Tags: character, Discipleship, faith, family, leadership, Lordship, love, making disciples, Parenting, Power of God, prayer, reaching the lost, Relationship, service, Will of God |no responses by Stephen MansfieldI received an email this week. It asked that I offer again a piece I wrote nearly two decades ago. I’m happy to do so. May it be an encouragement to those who serve in unnoticed roles.________________________________________Her name was Elizabeth Anne Everest. Few today will remember her. In fact, few would have known of her even during her lifetime, which ended in near obscurity in 1895. She was, after all, only a nannyone of thousands in Victorian Englandwho quietly spent their days caring for the children of other people. Strolling in a park ….
by Wolfgang Eckleben | Posted onSaturday, September 3rd, 2011| Tags: Blogroll, church planting, Discipleship, Discovery, leadership, Lordship, making disciples, mission, Obedience, prayer, priorities, Will of God |no responses by Wolfgang Eckleben HERE’S MY PRAYER for you and for myself today: “We…pray that our God will make you fit for what he’s called you to be, pray that he’ll fill your good ideas and acts of faith with his own energy so that it all amounts to something. If your life honors the name of Jesus, He will honour you.” – 2 Thess 1v11 (The Message) Remember: God has called you… (Yes you! He’s got Kingdom business assigned to you) You need to stay “fit” to fulfill your calling… (are you getting enough spiritual ….
by Steve Murrell | Posted onSaturday, August 27th, 2011| Tags: Blogroll, Discovery, faith, gratitude, humility, knowing the truth, Lordship, some good geek blogs, Will of God |no responses by Steve Murrell(Editor: Originally posted July 10. Enjoy reading.)I’m back in Nashville after a two week trip that included ministering to leaders at Every Nation Church in London, visiting my son in Oxford and training church planters in South Africa. It also included the usual flight delays and monstrous airport security lines.One of my airplane books for this trip was Tim Keller’s King’s Cross, a study of the life of Jesus in the Gospel of Mark. According to Keller, when Mark says Jesus spoke “with authority” it is like saying Jesus is speaking as the author. The New ….
By Dennis Sy The best leadership ingredient every person must have is not vision, charisma, or having the right people in the bus. Those are important things a leader must have but I found out there is something else far more important than that. While reading through 1 Samuel 14, Saul did something pretty amazing as a leader. He would spot the right people and put them in his team. Talk about leadership. Jim Collins, author of Good to Great, says to bring your organization to greatness, you have to get the right people in ….
By Paolo Punzalan You might remember this line from the movie Apollo 13. The space craft was in the verge of disaster and so were the lives of the astronauts inside it. It was in this framework that Dr. Howard Hendricks mentioned the problem in leadership we have in the church. There is a lack of leadership in the church that eventually spills out into society. The greater problem he presents is that unfortunately, we have people who are in positions of leadership yet one thing is lacking – CALLING. Houston, we really have BIG ….
By Wolfi Eckleben The word of the LORD came to Jonah son of Amittai: “Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me.” – Jonah 1:122 This text requires no specific context from the book of Jonah, because it’s a theme that runs throughout the Scriptures. Besides for creation & redemption, God has chosen to work through men and women to fulfil His purposes on the earth today. Throughout history the destiny of people, cities, nations hang on the knife-edge as those whom God has ….
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