3 Strategies to Start Living By Faith this Week
What would it look like to give God your first and best? How would living by faith, impact this year?
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THE PHYSICAL COST OF LOVING YOUR NEIGHBOUR
Something that many of us would say we don’t have enough of. Especially if you serve in any area of leadership. Whether you lead at work, in the church, or in a community association, you know how much time and energy it takes to keep an organization pointed in the right direction and moving forward.
It can be truly exhausting!
That is course, is on a normal year. This past year has been a massive challenge for every leader. Ask any manager or director, supervisor or shop foreman, pastor, or board member, and they’ll tell you that over the past year, their time and energy has been depleted to an extent that they’ve never felt before.
Today, we’re looking back at the parable of The Good Samaritan, specifically related to the Samaritan’s sacrifice of time and energy. What can we learn about the amount the physical cost of loving our neighbour?
#GoodSamaritan #Samaritan #Cost #Sacrifice #Jesus #Parable #Gospel
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WHAT DOES THE PASTOR DO ALL WEEK?
Or What Should He Be Doing? To start answering that question, I’d like to share a story that a pastor told me lately. I was having breakfast with one of these friends, who holds a couple of decades of pastoral experience. After giving our order to the waitress, we started chatting about my upcoming candidation…
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CONSIDER THE COST
Communicating With Our World: Part 3 Yesterday, we considered compassion. This morning, we Consider the Cost as we strive to communicate with our world. Going back to our key verse, John 3:16, we see that “…God so loved the world, that He gave His one and only Son…” We read in the Old Testament that…
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BIBLES VS. CALENDARS
A Struggle of Priority As Fall approaches, school starts up again and families get back into their routines. Churches often follow suit. Life’s going to get busy for pastors, ministry staff and all of those who volunteer in a local church. With the busyness of ministry, church can become very structure and process heavy. There always seems to…
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HOW GENEROSITY OF TIME CAN DEEPEN THE HOSPITALITY EXPERIENCE
Receiving hospitality feels great! That moment when someone has gone out of their way, to make us feel welcomed and comfortable. When we feel like we belong in a place that is not our home. Generosity given in abundance, outside of what would ever be expected. That’s hospitality.
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Bible | Discipleship | Leadership | NT
How Faith and Leadership Develop Over Time
A Few Abstract Reflections From My Ministry Journey: In reflecting on my last three years in ministry, I found myself pondering the significance of age concerning Jesus’ earthly ministry. For context, you can explore my earlier post: “What’s the Significance of Turning 30?” Today, I invite you to dive into a few insights that I’ve gleaned from Hebrews 11—a potentially abstract exploration of faith and leadership. The author opens up with a powerful statement.
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The Perfect Song for Christmas Morning
Ease into Christmas morning with Deni Gauthier’s warm rendition of Christmas Time Is Here. A peaceful start to a joyful day!
