God is with you and can reach you no matter what your circumstances. Jesus said in Matthew 28 that if we’re making disciples He will always be with us to the end of time. Don’t give up. In Numbers 11, we find the question “Is the Lord’s arm is too short?” It’s not. Don’t give …
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Covid 19 brought a whole new situation to most of us — staying home to work, learn and meet. We used to go ‘places’ where things happened. Places included church buildings, retail shops, offices, conference rooms, schools, gymnasiums, schools and retreat centres. We’d actually go to them. (it’s’ not just a legend) Going was part …
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1. God’s Call On You Do you have a very clear call story? Do you know when and where it took place. How God spoke to your heart and you knew it was God speaking! If you’ve got a story like that then you have an amazing reason why we need you in ministry. The …
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Woke up this morning discouraged at all the things I hadn’t done the day before, (or the day before that as a matter-of-fact). Thinking, why am I even doing this, what makes me think I can do this? Very frustrating. The good news is the sun was shining. The sun shine always encourages me, a …
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Okay, maybe it’s not today. Maybe you read those words and and say, “Hold on, do you have any idea how busy my day is today?!” If that’s the case then maybe tomorrow has to be the day. But wait, that’s the problem isn’t it? I’ll do my passion project, that thing I really want …
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I need to clean out my computer! I’ve got old files that I haven’t looked at in years. I discovered resumés and cover letters from a whole slew of jobs I applied for. There’s stuff from about 4 or 5 years ago when I was looking for a bivocational gig to help support my church …
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We all need people we can trust. Someone whose advice you seek because you know it’s good and they are reliable, capable and experienced. There are no lack of opinions around these days but someone you can depend upon is so rare. Alan and Sandy were like that for me. For over 40 years I …
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So, we’re used to the fact that things aren’t what they used to be. We’ve settled in with that. But as you start a day, week, month, quarter you’ve got to ask, what do I do now? If you’re a leader in school, church, government, community groups or business then people are looking to you …
YOU NEVER KNOW WHO GOD IS GONNA USE was a song by the late Rich Mullins. Always encouraged me to hear that song. It talked about all kinds of people in the Bible that God used …Miriam who danced, Samson who had his sight taken , Balaam’s donkey [okay not a person but used by …
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Let’s talk about people. Aargh. People can tick you off like nothing else. Not the weather, not big business, not media, not the government, not fast food orders that are wrong, not getting stuck on hold with customer service, not even getting cut off after spending an hour or more on hold(s) with customer service. …