Tweet As part of a relationship series, I share how the quality of the words in a relationship always impact the quality of the relationship. Love Helps – Words from…
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God looked into Gideon’s heart and saw that he needed some encouragement for the task ahead. Gideon had already agreed to obey God. He had kept the three hundred men God had ordained for battle and sent the rest of the men home. Still, God must have seen fear in his heart, so God allowed Gideon to hear something, which gave him encouragement.
I was talking with a church recently that had explosive growth, but things have slowed. They wanted to know why they were not growing any longer.
I decided to share my quick answer here.
There are times where God is giving a season of rest and preparation or, in some situations, even taken His hand from the church. Outside the God factor, there are usually reasons for stagnation in an organization, including in a church. In fact, these may be true in the life of a person become stagnant also.
In my experience, the reasons are for getting stuck and halting growth include:
Tweet In this post, I want to share some gifts you can give your pastor. How’s that for a self-serving post? Those from the church where I serve as pastor…
If you were sitting in my office, however, I would attempt to draw this diagram on my dry erase board. I hope you can get past the crude drawing to get to the intended meaning, because it really is important to understand in shaping a marriage.
Tweet I am a runner. Running is some of the best thinking and down time I have in my life. It’s the one time where I’m the most removed from…
Tweet A few years ago I was running in Philadelphia. It is one of my favorite cities in which to run. I love the Fairmount Park System, because I can…
Tweet As believers, our goal should be oneness in all relationships. Join me for an explanation. Love Helps – Oneness from ron edmondson on Vimeo.
Tweet Over the years in leadership, I have experienced my fair amount of criticism. When I was in business, it could come from employees, former employee, customer, supplier, or the public. When…
Tweet This is a guest post by Tyler Crosson. Tyler is student pastor where I serve. He’s an excellent communicator and has a passionate heart for Jesus and for ministry….
Tweet We had a snow day this week. As I type this, actually two snow days. Who knows if there will be more? If you’re wired like me, a snow…
Tweet Sometimes we make it harder than it has to be. One of the best and easiest strategies to helping couples grow their marriage is to practice and apply these…
Tweet I recently was interviewed by someone who is considering church revitalization for his next ministry assignment. My answers are not formalized — it was a casual conversation — but…
Tweet You’re going to hurt people and people are going to hurt you. As John Ortberg says living with people is like “dancing with porcupines.†So what will you do…
Tweet True friendship is rare. I have had many friends in my life, but finding one that stands the tests of time — that’s hard. “Greater love has no one…