Discipleship | Family | Leadership | NT
Praying for Healing or Ending the Suffering?
Navigating prayer for healing and trusting God’s will can be challenging. Here’s how to balance faith, compassion, and understanding.
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THE FINANCIAL COST OF LOVING YOUR NEIGHBOUR
Have you heard of the Good Samaritan? If you’ve grown up in Western society, it likely rings a bell. The Good Samaritan is one of the most well-known parables of Jesus.
Throughout Christianity, in every denomination, fellowship, and network; every follower of Jesus learns about The Good Samaritan early on in their faith journey. Even those from other faith backgrounds, or even from an atheist or agnostic position, have a loose idea of The Good Samaritan.
This parable brings about an internal conflict that was felt with the initial audience, and has continued throughout the millennia, right up into our modern era.
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PARENTING WITH THE POWER OF COMPASSION
Learning From Jesus’ Ministry. This week we’ve been talking about how to show Biblical love as parents. Yesterday, we discussed the necessity of consequences that find in Scripture and that we need to gives for our children. But consequences are just half of showing Biblical love. Scripture teaches us a balance between consequence and compassion. Sometimes…
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HOW TO BECOME A PARENT THAT SHOWS BIBLICAL LOVE
What Every Parent Needs To Know. The excitement is overwhelming for a young couple, about to have a baby. That moment, months before the baby arrives, looking at that positive pregnancy test or filling out those initial papers for adoption; the couple is filled with elattion. They realise that they are no longer just husband and wife;…
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CONSIDER COMPASSION
Communicating With Our World: Part 2 This morning, as we move to part 2 of our post-series Communicating With Our World, I want to begin with one of the most familiar verses in all of Scripture: John 3:16. “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in…
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ARE WE CHOOSING FREEDOM?
PAUL: THE LEADING CHOLERIC Two things come to end today. First, we end our week-long study of the Apostle Paul. But second, we end our month-long post-series, “Leaders Are Everywhere: God can use anyone, from anywhere, to do anything.“ To recap, we looked at 4 Biblical leaders over 4 weeks: MOSES: The Analytical Melancholy ABRAHAM:…
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SMALL GROUP GROWTH – KEY #3: RELATIONSHIPS
Plan for small group success! Over the past week, we’ve been looking at ways to make sure our small group ministry produces tangible growth this coming season. So far, we’ve covered the following: Key #1: God’s Word – Taught, Explored and Applied Key #2: Prayer – Given as Requests are Shared Key #3: Relationships A small group…
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Why Leaders Must Choose Compassion
Compassion isn’t weakness. It’s the mark of great leadership.
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How a Child Sponsorship Transformed My Family’s Life
Child sponsorship changed our family’s life and gave us a new “South American brother.” Learn how sponsoring a child can impact your family too.
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Learning Someone’s Story Like Jesus Did
Jesus didn’t rush past people. He learned their stories, and that care still shapes how we love others today.
