I am the Lord, I have called you in righteousness, I will also hold you by the hand and watch over you, and I will appoint you as a covenant to the people, as a light to the nations, this is what God the Lord says, who created the heavens and stretched them out, whoContinue reading “We Are The Body”
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Recognized As Blessed
Then their offspring will be known among the nations, and their descendants in the midst of the peoples. All who see them will recognize them because they are the offspring whom the Lord has blessed. – Isaiah 61:9 As a pastor, I often had the opportunity to lead the churches that I served through periodsContinue reading “Recognized As Blessed”
Broken Cisterns
For My people have committed two evils: they have abandoned Me, the fountain of living waters, to carve out for themselves cisterns, broken cisterns that do not hold water. – Jeremiah 2:13 Whether a church is contemporary, liturgical, blended, or emerging (choose the latest marketing description), most maintain some form of tradition. Such “practices” areContinue reading “Broken Cisterns”
Pastors, Be Blessed
But now that Timothy has come to us from you, and has brought us good news of your faith and love, and that you always think kindly of us, longing to see us just as we also long to see you, for this reason, brothers and sisters, in all our distress and affliction we wereContinue reading “Pastors, Be Blessed”
The Spirit We Need
Do not quench the Spirit, do not utterly reject prophecies, but examine everything; hold firmly to that which is good, abstain from every form of evil. – 1 Thessalonians 5:19-22 There are a few things that a person should never do to the Holy Spirit. The list includes blaspheming and grieving, but Paul informs usContinue reading “The Spirit We Need”
“Disciplined”
Reject a divisive person after a first and second warning, knowing that such a person has deviated from what is right and is sinning, being self-condemned. – Titus 3:10-11 In First Corinthians, chapter five, the Apostle Paul addressed the actions that should lead a local church to discipline one of its members. The list ofContinue reading ““Disciplined””