Who are you trying to please? Are you trying to make a living, make a difference, or leave a legacy? How will the world be different when you’ve succeeded? Is it more important to add new members or to increase your interactions with existing ones? Do you want a team? How big? (I know, that’s… Continue reading Questions for the minister to ask himself…
Month: May 2011
Despising youth…
When I was about 6 years old, I distinctly remember being fascinated by the red glow a spiral-shaped coil of metal on the top of our stove. My mother turned it on to heat up while she filled a pot with water. In a moment of curiosity, I quickly reached out and touched the surface… Continue reading Despising youth…
Quoted: Richard Steven Willoughby on Worship
Worship makes you attractive to God and man.
Quoted: Ron Wofford on Spiritual Appetite
If the time comes that your passion for temporal things outweighs your passion for eternal things, it is then that you know you have been spending too much time at the wrong altar.
Quoted: T.F. Tenney on Preaching
The only message that shouldn’t be preached twice is the one that shouldn’t have been preached in the first place.
An Alphabet of Encouragement
Although things are not perfect Because of trial or pain Continue in thanksgiving Do not begin to blame Even when the times are hard Fierce winds are bound to blow God is forever able Hold on to what you know Imagine life without His love Joy would cease to be Keep thanking Him for all… Continue reading An Alphabet of Encouragement