I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives his life for the sheep.- John 10:11 (NCV) Lost people need help finding their way. They end in the wrong places because they don’t know how to find their own way. They need someone who can help them find their way step by step and day [...]
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Leading the Lost
Posted in assurance, blessings, Christianity, encouragement, follow, freedom, Jesus, lost, Operation Reach Out, outreach, street ministry, The Great Commission, wisdom, witnesses, tagged blessing, calling, Christ, church, discipleship, faith, help, Jesus, ministry, outreach on November 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Advocate for All
Posted in action, believers, choices, community, freedom, Love Your Neighbor, outreach, peace, service, solutions, witnesses, tagged church, community, fishers of men, ministry, outreach, service, work on October 14, 2010 | 2 Comments »
“First they came for the Communists, but I was not a Communist so I did not speak out. Then they came for the Socialists and the Trade Unionists, but I was neither, so I did not speak out. Then they came for the Jews, but I was not a Jew so I did not speak [...]
Revolutionary Tendencies
Posted in fear, freedom, future, poetry, prophecy, tagged change, community, heart, power, service, work on June 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Worries and woes are my soul’s bitter foes. They tend to leave me dreary. Or, is it weary? Either way you say it, They wear on me. They wear me down. My ups never seem to outweigh my downs. One day my weight will be lighter. One day I will no longer worry And my [...]
End the Hate
Posted in change, Christian, faith, freedom, growth, methods on March 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Along the way of life, someone must have sense enough to cut off the chain of hate. -Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus shared that we should love our enemies. Gandhi fought off the British Empire without fighting a war. In the struggle for Civil Rights, Dr. King preached [...]
Wonderful to Wonder
Posted in answers, expressions, freedom, inspiration, tagged daily on February 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Have you ever just drifted away wondering? I don’t mean to wander but to wonder. I mean a time when you simply let go of your cares and stresses for a moment and simply let your mind be free to roam the expanses of your imagination. I often wonder when I “people watch.” I try [...]
Recruit through Relationships
Posted in freedom, hope, relationships, resources, service, strategy, trouble, volunteer on December 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We often recruit people who are like us. It just seems natural. We draw peolpe who look or dress like us. In fact, we really get those people who share our personal opinions and viewpoints. They say great minds think alike, but that means little when these minds are geared towards selfish gain.Look at recruitment [...]
Making Peace Both Near and Far
Posted in family, freedom, joy, peace on September 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Some of us need to make peace with family. No matter how far that you have come, you still need to make peace. Someone just needs to bury the hatchet ASAP. There is no more time to waste. Friendships have lied in ruin because of the failure of one side to approach making peace and [...]
A New Creation in Christ
Posted in Christianity, freedom, new nature, salvation on May 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!- 2 Cor. 5:17 (NIV) God does something to us when we accept Christ. There is something new that takes place within us. We may not be able to pinpoint it to any one thing in particular, [...]