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Whenever someone says that they are not being “fed” by their pastor’s preaching at their church, I tell them to not criticize or complain. Afterall, it is not easy to deliver a good sermon every Sunday. Not every pastor is a good preacher.
Rather than expecting your pastor to “feed” you (and I don’t think…
In my Sunday School lesson, I taught from Charles Stanley’s principle that “you know you are growing in your relationship with Christ when spiritual battles are more fierce and you are still rejoicing.”
Rejoicing during hard times is not natural. It’s supernatural, and that is why it is an indication that you are growing spiritually.
In the early 80’s when I was in seminary, I was looking for an internship with a church. At the time, the concept of ABC (American Born Chinese) ministry was just beginning to emerge. English-speaking-only Chinese churches without a Chinese congregation were starting to be planted in Southern Cal. (Multi-cultural Asian American churches has not even been conceived.)
I found this lying around in my house, part of an article by John Piper from DesiringGod.org.:
What we mean by the sovereignty of God is captured in paragraph 3.2 of The Bethlehem Baptist Church Elder Affirmation of Faith. The dozens of biblical passages used to support this paragraph are found in the online…
I spoke at my daughter’s college fellowship group retreat on Saturday, and as is always the case, the teacher probably got more out of it than the students.
There was good feedback from the girls, and I myself also learned one thing that I need to apply to myself.
When you need to make a decision and ask for God’s leading, how do you know what His answer is?
Two situations recently taught me something about discerning God’s leading.
A friend had to make a decision – yes or no in accepting a position.
Me: “Why don’t you ask God to give you a sign?”
My recent surgery experience taught me a few things about praying for others.
*I found it hard to pray for myself. I couldn’t concentrate, and was distracted by attending to immediate details and worries. However, I was reminded that many people were praying for me. I was comforted to know that God heard all those prayers, even if he didn’t hear any from me.
A few weekends ago at our church retreat, the speaker talked about having a memorial of Bible verses.
Memorials are things that remind us of something that happened in the past. The Lincoln Memorial, the USS Arizona Memorial. Memorials, often referred to in the Old Testament, also serves to pass on history to future generations.
I read this from my daily email from Family Life, and found it very encouraging. As Dennis Rainey says in this piece, I haven’t the foggiest idea of what God is up to. But either He is sovereign or He’s not. Since I believe He is, then that settles that.
This is a true story.
Our former preaching pastor Mike used to say that we are a Costco generation – when we have a need, we don’t have to ask God for help; we get it from Costco.
I find that true of myself.
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