Tweet “In that day I will restore David’s fallen tent. I will repair its broken places, restore its ruins, and build it as it used to be” (declares the Lord)…
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I got to thinking this week…the life of a Tweet is so short…
It’s there a few minutes…then gone forever…
I decided to share them here gives them more life.
Here are my top 10, most re-tweeted, tweets this week:
Tweet Will this be my last post ever? It will be according to a recent prediction. It’s been the buzz all week, so perhaps you heard it. Christian radio host…
For the next several weeks, the memory verse will be from Romans, looking at what has been called “The Roman Road”. I am not one who believes it takes a formula to be saved, it takes a change of heart, believing in the One God raised from the dead…Jesus…but sometimes a script can help a person process through what seems to be complex information. That’s what the Roman Road has done for many.
Romans has been described as one comprehensive look at what it means to be a believer; from start to finish. If you study this book well, you’ll have a great understanding of who you are in Christ.
Here is this week’s memory verse:
Yesterday I posted 7 Things that Forgiveness is NOT. It seems appropriate to also post 7 things that forgiveness IS.
I often wonder if the reason we don’t forgive as we should is because we don’t understand the subject well enough.
Here are 7 things that forgiveness IS:
Some experiences’s just mold your character faster than other experiences…
Today, let’s share those experiences with each other.
Let’s do that by completing this sentence:
Sometime in a person’s life they need to experience ______________________.
Authenticity is a necessary trait for leaders these days…
People are less likely to fall people they don’t feel are transparent or real…
Here’s a word of advice to leaders…
A met with a young man recently who is passionate about growing in his relationship with God, being a better husband and father, becoming more active in the church and community and excelling in his work.
He’s sensing an internal, self-induced tension to do more and be better in each area of his life.
His question to me was basically, how can he balance all the things he wants to do or feels he needs to be doing?
I certainly understood the question. It’s a pressure I’ve experienced many times in my life, especially during certain seasons. In fact, I’m sensing it again as I entered the empty-nester phase of life.
I gave him one word of advice that has helped me during those seasons. Perhaps you need to hear this as well….
Recently I spoke to a group of church planters. My assigned task was to share the “3 most important steps to launching” a church plant in my opinion and experience. After the times of prayer…when you know you have a God-given assignment to plant a church…what next?
Here is what I shared. I believe these are similar for beginning any project.
One thing pastors love is church visitors. Really, what we like even more is church visitors who become regular church attenders, but that process starts with visitors. It’s always a mystery why some visit and never come back. The reasons may be the subject of another post, but one thing I’ve learned, much of the chance for return depends on what type of visitor the visitor happens to be.
I have discovered there are basically 5 types of visitors to a church: