Contributed by Jim Kane on Jun 11, 2007
In a recent article Mindy Caliguire wrote, "With the performance pressures church leaders face today, it’s a wonder more are not flaming out. I wish more churches could talk honestly about the ministry systems that perpetuate the problem. What will have to happen before we change?
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TENDING YOUR GARDEN
Suppose 2 women were planting a vegetable garden. On the same day, they prepared the earth and planted their seeds. One then neglected her garden and waited for her vegetables to grow.
The other woman worked in her garden regularly. She put cages around the young tomato
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As a child, Pastor Bill experienced the pain and hopelessness of abandonment. One day, as he walked down a street with his mother, they stopped to sit for a while. She instructed him to sit there and wait for her to return. He sat and waited for 3 days straight. She did not return. A gentleman who
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 22, 2001
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"Prayer is surrender-surrender to the will of God and cooperation with that will. If I throw out a boat hook from the boat and catch hold of the shore and pull, do I pull the shore to me, or do I pull myself to the shore? Prayer is not pulling God to my will, but the aligning of my will to the will
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Contributed by Brian La Croix on Nov 4, 2002
Dr. Jeffery Meyers, of Bryant College in Tennessee, and an instructor at Summit Ministries has something he calls the “Four Deadly Questions” he asks people who don’t follow Christ:
“What do you mean (or “mean by that)?”
“How do you
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Contributed by Richard Mcnair on Nov 4, 2004
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At the spiritual level, planning means taking the initiative. It’s not about sitting around until you are absolutely certain God is calling you to a particular task, direction, country, or ministry. Nor is it waiting for the doors to open so you can go there easily. Planning is an act of faith.
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Contributed by Jim Kane on May 18, 2009
Have you ever wondered how far Jesus traveled? I decided to ask that question at a website called, ask.com, and according to the website iluvwalking.com, it is estimated to be around 21,525 miles. But, of that 21,525 miles, only 3,125 of them He walked
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Contributed by Richard Mcnair on Oct 27, 2004
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"Nothing grows under a banyan tree." This South Indian proverb speaks of leadership styles. The banyan is a great tree. It spreads its branches, drops air-roots, develops secondary trunks and covers the land. A full grown banyan may cover more than an acre of land. Birds, animals, and humans find
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Contributed by John Harvey on Nov 9, 2005
In China, Pastor Liu Ding has been to prison so many times for following Christ that he cannot remember how many. Each time as he has been released he has been labeled “Non-repentant.”
“I endured much hardship when I was in prison. Right at the beginning, my ears were beaten with an electric
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Contributed by Merv Budd on May 2, 2011
WE NEED MORE WILBERFORCES
In the middle of the eighteenth century, Christians became increasingly concerned about the slave trade. They amassed information on the inhumane treatment of the slaves and believed that eventually they could generate sufficient public support to overcome the slave trade
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Contributed by Tim White on May 7, 2011
BOSS: MARK DEVER ON THE FOUR ASPECTS OF LEADERSHIP
B=Boss. The leader "reproves, rebukes, and exhorts with all longsuffering and doctrine."
There is a delicate balance in local churches between pastoral authority (Hebrews 13) and congregational authority (Matthew 18). The pastors must exercise
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Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Apr 2, 2010
Moving to Sydney from the Whitsunday's in Australia is like moving to a new country - it has a culture of it's own which is vastly different. Moving into a new ministry also has it's challenges and so I can identify with Abram as God brought him out of his comfort zone in Ur of the Chaldeans to the
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