April 2011
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Top Priority
In my introductory ministry class, we learn how to distinguish when we are actually called to ministry. One way we can recognize a call is that we absolutely cannot stop thinking about it. When is the last time I thought about ministry? The answer at any given moment would probably be within the last hour. But this morning I was reminded that my first and foremost call is to be a follower of...
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Satisfaction
I have always struggled to feel fully satisfied in Christ. Which also happened to never make any sense at all to me. If the creator and sustainer of the universe gave up everything to come to earth, veil his holiness, and endure the wrath of God for me – a sinner who deserved nothing but death – why on earth wouldn’t THAT be enough to satisfy me? I mean, if that wasn’t enough, I was pretty...
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A Warning
Take heed to yourselves, lest you be void of that saving grace of God which you offer to others, and be strangers to the effectual working of that gospel which you preach; and lest, while you proclaim to the world the necessity of a Savior, your own hearts should neglect him, and you should miss of an interest in him and his saving benefits. Take heed to yourselves, lest you perish, while you...
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Does My Wife Have to Share My Sense of Calling? →
“You’ve got to lead her first. […] The kind of lead where she looks in your eyes and she is confident that God has spoken to you and you’re following God’s leading.”
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Deal-Breaker List
Warning: This post is about marriage. And with my vast amount of first-hand experience being married, I hope you will take it very seriously! (And because you can’t always recognize a sarcastic tone when it’s in writing, I feel the need to tell you I’m being sarcastic.)
Sometimes I can get pretty overwhelmed hearing young Christians talk about marriage. And I will act like I don’t want to...
Matthew 25:14-30
Are you excelling in what God has given you today?