Earthly Treasures or Biblical Blessings? So often in our lives we associate a “blessings” with earthly treasures. Money, fancy cars, tech, clothes, etc. Whenever we receive something new we say, “God has blessed us greatly!” This is incredibly far from the truth. The biblical definition of a blessing is anything that grows your intimacy with [...]
Season of Division If you were to turn in your Bible to the books of Samuel and Kings you would read about a period of almost 500 years when the nations Israel and Judah were struggling with a disobedience that led to an incredible missed opportunity that altered the future of the nations. They split [...]
Is your Church producing quality disciples? Jesus had crowds follow him around with their feet, but not many people followed with their hearts. They were practically just there for the show. Doesn't that feel like most church attendees nowadays... practically just there for the show? [bctt tweet="Jesus had crowds follow him around with their feet, [...]
Worship is NOT Music If you have gone to church just once in your life, you would probably know quickly that churches sing songs. As a church body, we sing to God declaring how worthy He is of all our praise. This is good... However, if we are not taught correctly, we will end up [...]
Sacrificial Leadership Effective leadership starts with sacrifice. In Romans 12, Paul writes about offering ourselves as a living sacrifice to God. Paul says it clearly in Romans 12:1, “And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you. Let them be [...]
Courage To Lead Listening to Lisa Bevere speak, you will hear her talk about purpose - maybe you were placed here to do something that has never been done before. And that could mean addressing poverty in a brand new way that hasn’t been tried yet. But, it could also mean leading your uniquely placed [...]
God Provides For Your NEEDS So many times we plead for God to give us our desires while he is busy caring for our needs. Then we get confused as to why God didn’t give us what we asked for. And, we use God as a punching bag for not giving us our desires. Little [...]
It's Not Culture Versus The Bible... Culture might tell you that you need a certain degree in order to be a missionary or be a certified pastor, but the Bible does not. The Bible tells you point-blank what you need to do in order to be a missionary or a pastor. Make disciples. That’s in [...]
The Trip That Transformed My Worldview Throughout most of high school I was never the one that wanted to get a degree. I never knew what I wanted to do after graduation. I didn't know what I was good at and I wasn't sure what I was passionate about. The thought of college and a [...]
Where Should I Travel? I believe that 18 and fresh out of high school is not necessarily the time that you will know what you are doing rest of your life. There are questions all over... “Where are you going?” And, “What major?” And, “What are your plans next?” ...and they can be frustrating as [...]
