- 1. How the Tongue Can Spiritually Lead You, Not Spiritually Destroy You
- The manner in which our minds, emotions and tongues function is perhaps the greatest indicator of our spiritual health and psychological strength. If our minds are clean and clear, they will undoubtedly ...
- Created on 02 September 2021
- 2. Why Radical Times Require Radical Believers
- Will the church concede, compete or conquer in the adverse atmosphere of conflict and cancel culture? We live in a generation that believes our present-day sins are less odious to God than past generations. ...
- Created on 15 March 2021
- 3. How Your Staff Can Find Strength From This Tumultuous 2020
- By now, that is starting to sound like an adjective. If something is described as "2020," it's difficult, chaotic or unnerving. And let's be honest, much of 2020 has felt that way. From the global pandemic ...
- Created on 30 November 2020
- 4. Why More Pastors Need to Master This Biblical Language
- I dreaded Greek more than any other class in college. It had me awake at 7:30 a.m., enduring lectures until 9 a.m.—and it was torture. Back then, I wouldn't have been voted the student most likely to write ...
- Created on 03 October 2019
- 5. What You Can Expect When You Take Faith-Filled, Spirit-Led Risks
- The story of Rahab reminds us that when we take faith-filled, Spirit-led risks, not only does God exceed our expectations for our own lives, but He weaves our stories into His grand story of redemption. ...
- Created on 11 July 2019
- 6. 5 Thought Patterns That Hurt Your Leadership
- The primary responsibility of a leader is to think. A leader's thoughts must be bathed in prayer, sifted through wise counsel and compared to experience. Your leadership never rises above your thought ...
- Created on 28 November 2018
- 7. What to Do With Your Pesky, Wayward Thoughts
- "We are taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ" (2 Cor. 10:5, NASB). "Let the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, my strength and my ...
- Created on 12 September 2018
- 8. Pleasant Surprises Every Spirit-Led Leader Will One Day Receive
- June's Employment Report was a pleasant surprise. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) indicated that the monthly change in nonfarm employment was a strong 222,000 (70,000 above the newly revised May estimate ...
- Created on 10 July 2017
- 9. Arm Yourself With These Scriptural Truths to Overcome Life's Biggest Challenges
- Genuine intimacy begins and ends with these four short words: "I Live 4 U." "I Live 4 U" opens our heart to intimacy and connecting with God. "I Live 4 U" moves our life to be inspired by faith and expectation. ...
- Created on 20 June 2017
- 10. 14 Critical Differences Between a Natural Leader and a Supernatural Leader
- So, you want to make a big marketplace impact for the kingdom? You've only got one option—an option rarely discussed. We are inundated with books, blogs, magazines, conferences, podcasts and more on how ...
- Created on 31 May 2017
- 11. The After-Effects of a Spirit-Filled Prayer
- Does prayer make any difference? Absolutely! And prayer makes a difference because the living God, the Holy Spirit, lives inside the one praying. Further, when God's people get together and pray as a community, ...
- Created on 07 November 2016
- 12. When Spontaneous Worship Works Well on Sunday—And When It Doesn't
- Planned worship. Prophetic worship. Structure or spontaneity? Beyond the wars of modern or traditional, rock band or liturgical, is another worship war. Do we allow the band to flow in the moment or do ...
- Created on 20 September 2016
- 13. Spirit-Empowered, Multi-Ethnic Ministry Requires This Sacrifice
- Recently I preached a sermon at Bethel World Outreach Church in Brentwood, Tennessee that looked at Jesus' answer to our current ethnic and cultural divides. It's the same answer whether you're in 21st-century ...
- Created on 12 August 2016
- 14. Why Preaching About Self-Control Simply Isn't Enough for Pastors
- Sin is no respecter of persons. It does not care what your name is, what your title is, how successful you are or how large your platform is. It's not impressed with how long you have been in ministry, ...
- Created on 26 July 2016
- 15. Unique Ministry Provides Hope, Life, Vision to Impoverished Worldwide
- Jim and Amy Schneider describe their eyewear company as a "business of ministry." Based in Western Pennsylvania, Eyes of Faith Optical designs eyewear—which features Scripture on the temple of the glasses—and ...
- Created on 13 July 2016
- 16. Carnal-Minded Leaders Cannot Please God
- A double-minded leader is unstable in all of his ways. A leader may claim to lead with the mind of Christ but a carnally minded leader isn't difficult to discern. The most obvious "tell" of a carnal leader ...
- Created on 28 January 2016