Wednesday is for Prayer How do You name Yourself in these passages? (Revelation 2-3) 2:1 The One who holds the seven stars in his right hand 2:7 The One who walks among the seven golden lampstands 2:8 The first and the last 2:8 (The One) who was dead and has come to … More Praying through the Names of God
Wednesday is for Prayer Busy day today. At 10 am a Skype conference call with North American World Zone Leaders of Dynamic Church Planting International. We will be mapping out strategies and plans to resource and network with other church planting agencies to accelerate church planting in North America. Following the Skype conference call and … More In Need of Prayer (aren’t we always?)
Revised and Re-posted It’s time to begin to think about mid-term elections and this came up on my random post generator. It’s a post I did after the election and not inappropriate to remember the whole year. Now would also be a good time to buy and read or buy and give or recommend my … More That Christ and the Gospel, Not Elections, Would Be the Center of Our Joy
Wednesday is for Prayer John 2:1-12 Jesus celebates with a family at a wedding in Cana a few days later . . . John 2:13-22 Jesus cleanses the Temple of money changers for the first time. “Lord, you entered into the community and celebrated with the bridal party at Cana and then just a … More Party Going Prophets Able to Laugh and Live for Holiness
Wednesday is for Prayer Sometimes a truth is presented in such beautiful, and pristine clarity that it takes your breath away with its obvious weight and importance. When I read Bill Thrasher’s[1] comment on prayer it hit me that way. Here it is: “Don’t resist helplessness—it’s the power of your prayer life.” He echoes the … More Helplessness is an Extraordinary Teacher
Monday is for Prayer Powerless ministries are easy to explain. Somewhere along the line, the pastor and leaders of the church gave up concentrated effort in prayer. Other things became more important than daily attention to Christ. Conversation with the Master became rote, ritualistic, stale and cold. Now the ministry continues but the fire has gone … More Powerless Ministries are Easy to Explain
Wednesday is for Prayer Great Prayer for Church Planters May God be gracious to us and bless us, and make his face to shine upon us, Selah That your way may be known on earth, your saving power among the nations. (Psalm 67:1-2) If you are reading the Psalms through in a month, the morning … More A Church Planter’s Prayer
Wednesday is for Prayer Recently, I heard of a man whose ministry was being undercut by unwarranted rumor and innuendo. The guilty parties never went to him. They never loved him enough to talk to him as a brother. But they were more than willing to voice their opposition to his ministry and question his character … More Integrity in Ministry and Life
Wednesday is for Prayer Two things to notice and reflect upon when reading/thinking about the psalms. One, the presence of lament—-whole Psalms and portions of many others are given over to lament. Two, the almost complete absence of lament in the songs of 21st century Christians. Maybe one of the reasons we are so weak … More A Morning Prayer of Confession
“He Doesn’t Deal with Us According to Our Sins” Psalm 103:10-12 10 “He has not dealt with us . according to our sins, Nor rewarded us . according to our iniquities. 11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth, . So … More The Extravagance of Grace
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