Heavenly Father, I acknowledge and praise you for who you are. Thank you for the blessing of our children. Thank you that you have given us our children to love them and so that we can learn to love you more…for our sanctification…and to glorify you more. Grant us wisdom and grace to train and…
Great word for pastors on pastoring people. https://www.evernote.com/shard/s226//sh/8d50e4f5-22b1-443 2-901a-c69d5027abb9/ef4b3878540e8cbdbd93e2ea8c7ff4dd
How do you help people who are angry? This is a question that’s been asked of me in an increasing measure lately. Ultimately this is due to the Spirit of God bringing conviction to a person’s heart (John 16:8-11) but another small factor has been my willingness to share about my personal struggle with anger.…
What does it mean to be patient or long-suffering? In 1 Corinthians 13:4 Paul tells us that the first characteristic of biblical love is that it is to be patient or long-suffering. The Greek work makrothymeo is comprised of two parts: macro = long and thymeo = to suffer. Hence, the word long-suffering. It’s a…
There is always a tendency when people write about personal struggles in a public forum for other people to misinterpret their words, to not understand the purposes of their words, for their words to serve as a stumbling block in the sense that their “airing” of struggles “tarnishes” people’s perception of them or worse, individuals…
Thanks Trevin Wax for the factually correct and helpful post. You can read it here.
This afternoon another pastor and I sat down with our stewardship team to discuss our proposed 2012-2013 budget. Our time together was most fruitful as we discussed over the course of an almost two-hour meeting items ranging from utilities and insurance to discipleship and mission partnerships, both domestic and international. I am grateful in a…
I recently finished a book called Uprooting Anger and wanted to share one chapter in particular where author Robert Jones gives some practical strategies and steps for change regarding anger (or really any sin). They are: Repent of the evil desires that produce your angry behavior and receive God’s forgiving, enabling grace. No thorough and…
