“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” – Howard Thurman (Christian clergyman, author, and activist) Analyze where the Christian church stands today. Take an honest look at the standing of one of the most treasured [...]
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Analyzing the Church’s Commitment to the Its Calling
Posted in America, community, evangelism, foreign missions, gospel, leadership, ministry, outreach, poverty, prison, resources, service, solutions, The Great Commission, witnesses, works on February 20, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Develop Difference Makers
Posted in calling, Christianity, community, evangelism, foreign missions, labor, ministry, outreach, service, The Great Commission, truth, witnesses, works on February 9, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, [even] unto the end of the world. Amen. – Matthew 28:19-20 (KJV) The [...]
Living as Missionaries
Posted in gospel, Operation Reach Out, The Great Commission, witnesses, works on April 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
“If we are all Christians, we shall all be missionaries.”- D.L. Moody Missionaries are on a mission. They go out and about, spreading the gospel and good works. Some teach English in foreign lands while teaching the Bible. Others conduct special projects through urban ministry. Missionaries do the will of God by doing the works [...]
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 »
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 [...]
From Eden to Egypt- Day 3
Posted in creation, earth, From Eden to Egypt, witnesses on November 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In the beginning God created… – Genesis 1:1 God is active. He’s always doing something. Even from the very beginning, God was actively engaged in creating. The mental picture that is set forth in this phrase has our minds seeking to formulate the pre-creation thoughts of One whose thoughts and ways are far above our [...]
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 [...]
Intensify Inclusion
Posted in America, church, community, compassion, denominations, HIV, love, Love Your Neighbor, mission, Operation Reach Out, outreach, poverty, prison, resources, service, witnesses, works, youth on August 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.- Galatians 3:28 (NLT) There are some who consider their congregations “open,” but their reality is something entirely different. However, some of the churches that come out of a background of putting [...]
Encountering Jesus
Posted in believers, evangelism, fellowship, gospel, outreach, relationships, testimony, The Great Commission, witnesses on August 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Since meeting Jesus: Who have you brought to Him? To whom have you brought Him? It makes sense. If you have a relationship with someone and you think someone else should meet that peron, you arrange a way for the two to meet and get together. Levi held a party for his fellow tax collectors [...]
Creating Fishers of Men
Posted in action, believers, calling, change, choices, discipleship, evangelism, expectations, follow, gospel, inspiration, Jesus, Love Your Neighbor, messiah, ministry, new nature, Operation Reach Out, preaching, productivity, relationships, resources, salvation, stewardship, strategy, teaching, The Great Commission, witnesses, works, tagged calling, change, Christ, discipleship, evangelism, fishers of men, Jesus, ministry, outreach, preach, relationship, sacrifice, Word on July 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Creating Fishers of Men: Then Jesus said to them, “Follow Me, and I will make you become fishers of men.”-Mark 1:17 Practical Applications •Relevance “fishers of men” Jesus shared something that these fishers understood. They knew about fishing. Now they needed to learn about fishing for men. •Realism “. . . I will [...]
