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Equipping Mission Volunteers The last post in this series was about worship as a weapon of our warfare. Worship was God’s chosen weapon to deliver Judah from destruction. There are three things we also need to know: Worship is one tool of fully equipped mission volunteers The words of Jesus teach this truth We need…

Life Lessons – Identify the Enemy Are you tired of hearing about wars? How many have you heard about lately? Maybe you have spent time and energy on these wars: Terror ISIS Poverty The media’s supposed “war on women” We should be aware of terrorist activity. We should pray for those persecuted by ISIS. The…

Patriotic Thoughts of Great Americans Feeling patriotic this July 4 season? What will you celebrate? Why do you celebrate? What will you teach your children and/or grandchildren? The reason I ask the questions is very similar to interpreting Scripture. We cannot fully know the meaning on the written pages of Scripture until we understand the…

John 2:11 makes it clear that Jesus transformed water into wine to reveal His glory. His power to perform miracles is not surprising. It is a little surprising that He did this without any fanfare. There was no, Hey, ya’ll, watch this! Two things happened. He gave instructions and the servants obeyed. We are not…

Evangelism Challenge Think evangelism is hard or intimidating? We teach mission volunteers the why’s and how’s of evangelism. People need to be reminded often that winning a soul is only the beginning of evangelism. Why? Evangelism, in terms set by Jesus in the Great Commission, is making disciples. We no longer understand that. A quick…

Love The Lord So, good men are the few who have learned to lean, learned to lead, and they will also love the Lord. Now, we see that in I Corinthians 13:1-3 – Though I speak with the tongues of men and angels and do not have love, I have become a noisy gong or…

Good Men Learn To Lead Another mark of those good men so needed by the world and Kingdom is that they have learned to lead. Is that an out front, take charge kind of thing? Well, it might be. But let me give you a few other thoughts. The Word says they’ve learned to lead…

Lean On The Lord Before we address the need to lean on the Lord, I’d like to help you girls out. We’re honoring fathers, but I need to help you ladies with a little insight. If you’ve been married for any length of time, you’ve probably figured all these things out. But just in case,…

Good men lean, lead and love. In fact, the Word tells us to know the love of God which is unknowable. It has no height, no depth, no breadth, or other limit. But Ephesians 3 tells us to know that love. So our walk with the Father is an endless, eternal journey into the limitless…

I Like Simple  The more writing I do the more likely it is I will be remembered for two things: I Like Simple Sonic Drive-in One’s preferences and habits have a way of showing up in blogs, lessons, and sermons! There is a very simple command given to us in Ephesians 5:1 – Therefore, be…