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Fulfillment and Frustration
As a pastor, what do you find to be the most fulfilling part of your ministry? What is the most frustrating thing you experience in ministry? How do you keep the frustrating
part(s) from getting you down? Read the responses.
Seven Thoughts on Prayer
Tony Cooke
Some get excessively concerned about technicalities when they pray. Granted, we want to pray accurately, according to the truth of Scripture, and according to the leading of the Holy Spirit. But people can get so caught up in hyper-technicalities that they get off track when it comes to simply trusting God.
As Corrie Ten Boom said, “Nestle, don’t wrestle.” Read this article by Tony Cooke.
Excerpt from “Permission Granted—Liberation and Motivation for Spectator Churchgoers”
Pastor Stan Saunders
Churches today are structured more as a “come and watch us” model. We entertain people who come to our churches with professional music, professional preaching, and with professional care. The pastor and staff are paid to do the work of ministry. They babysit the children, entertain the teenagers, visit the sick, teach, preach and pray. These are the services we “sell” to our community. It is no wonder that our churches are full of apathetic and bored believers. Read this article by Stan Saunders.
Excerpt from “7 Unchanging Laws for Happiness and Success”
Pastor Doug Bird
Happiness and success in life are found in knowing and applying the fundamentals. How many times have we heard that, yet is so true. Whether it's in business, sports, ministry, or life, happiness and success happens when the fundamentals are emphasized and applied. There are unchanging laws that God has hardwired into his universe. Law’s like the law the seed, the law the ground, the law of harvest and many more, these laws work every time you apply them and they will bring happiness and success in your life. Read this article by Doug Bird.
The Digital Genesis for Your Church
Cullen Swanson
When building a new website, giving a website a face-lift, or executing a social media marketing campaign for a church, the solution is often staring you right in the face. There is less focus on the what and more time and energy is spent on the how. Churches are like finger prints; there's a bunch of them, and each ministry is unique in its own way.
This article contains some ideas that I have seen over the years that began as cutting edge ideas, but are now commonplace and easy to implement. Read this article by Cullen Swanson.
Why God Used D.L. Moody
R.A. Torrey
God does not give His power arbitrarily. It is true that He gives it to whomsoever He will, but He wills to give it on certain conditions, which are clearly revealed in His Word; and D. L. Moody met those conditions... But how was it that D. L. Moody had that power of God so wonderfully manifested in his life? Pondering this question, it seemed to me that there were seven things in the life of D. L. Moody that accounted for God's using him so largely as He did. Read this article by R.A. Torrey.
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MARRIAGE
“What counts in making a happy marriage is not so much how compatible you are, but how you deal with incompatibility.”
- George Levinger
PRIDE
“Not every man can carry a full cup. Sudden elevation frequently leads to pride and a fall. The most exacting test of all is to survive prosperity.”
- Oswald Sanders
MOVEMENTS
“First there is a man, then a movement, then a machine, and then a monument.”
- Vance Havner
ACCOMPLISHMENT
"If we did all the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astonish ourselves."
- Thomas Edison
HAPPINESS
“He is the happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.”
- Johann von Goethe