My friend and mentor Bill Reed, wrote this week about the disciplines of Simplicity, Silence, Serenity, and Surrender espoused by Charles Swindoll in his book Intimacy with the Almighty. Bill passed on this quote from pages 51-53: Harassed by life, exhausted, we look about us for somewhere to be quiet, to be genuine, a place of refreshment. … More You Hold in Your Hands the Word of the Living God
Wednesday is for Prayer I would prefer to talk about prayer rather than dole out prayer requests. But you, the growing audience for this blog have been traveling with me in the journey of exploration into what it means to be Intensely Local in focus and so I want to share some prayer requests that … More Neighbors in Crisis
Wednesday is for Prayer No blog post today but just enough time to put out some prayer requests. Pray for Tony, Tony, Bill, Stephen, Christopher. These are 5 of the men in the REBEL One Cluster for Church Planters. Five great men with great hearts, refreshing visions, and teachable spirits. Each of these men wants … More Would You take Five Minutes on This?
More for Wednesday Thoughts and Prayers With the great advance of the gospel in the rest of the world through house churches, why is it that the American Church seems to be so slow to pick up on the trend? It is hard to find a more pragmatic people than citizens of the USA, so … More Why Does America Seem to Have a House Church Aversion?
Wednesday is for Prayer Before I became the pastor of Trinity Church, (and before I even knew Manchester Creek Community Church existed) my intention was to plant a new church in the Vernon Hills/Mundelein area of IL. God changed those plans and I don’t need to go into that here. But part of the strategy … More Boys Night Out with Six Residents of Vernon Hills
Today was the first meeting of the what I am calling the Church Planting Rebel ONE mentor group. These men have some great stories to tell and great hearts for God. In the coming weeks you will hear more about them both here on the blog, and if you are on our partner in ministry … More Prayer for Men Who Want to Change the World
Got back last night from a 3 day meeting in Arkansas of the Dynamic Church Planting International North American World Zone Leadership team. It was a time of prayer, fellowship and strategic planning for the task playing a strategic role in the planting of 700,000 churches over the next 40 years that missiologists are saying … More National Strategy Session for North American Church Planting
Wednesday is for Prayer What would happen if every believer, every born-again believer in Jesus Christ were to do just two things: Spend one hour praying. One hour alone with God, seeking His face, seeking His guidance, confessing sin, asking for strength and boldness to live for Him. Went out and consciously looked for an … More What Would Happen if …
Wednesday is for Prayer A Holy Experience If you have never visited the site, I want to offer you a glimpse into a truly great writer for our time. Ann Voskamp is an artist. She is an artist with words, with a camera, with music selection, but most of all she is an artist because her … More The Best Devotional Writer of Our Time
Wednesday is for Prayer It is always appropriate and productive to meditate on the passion of Christ. Hosea 10:8; Isaiah 2:19-20; Luke 23:27-32 Jesus—beaten and bruised and bloody beyond recognition—walks toward His destiny. Simon the Cyrene is next, carrying the cross that will lift Him up to His death. Following behind, multitudes of people are … More Gazing at His Suffering Draws the Heart to Christ
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