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Don’t Become a Fellowship Agoraphobe | Christ Above All
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8220;In Christ” Jesus. Praying for Effective Preaching During Summer Sabbatical →. May 3, 2014 · 2:11 PM. Don’t Become a Fellowship Agoraphobe. 8220;is an anxiety disorder characterized by anxiety in situations where the sufferer perceives certain environments as dangerous or uncomfortable.”. I have observed many in the body of Christ who appear to suffer from what we might call a “fellowship agoraphobia.” Fellowship (. Keeps other believers at an unhealthy distance. The Necessity of Body Life. Many in t...
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September 13, 2014 · 3:41 PM. Before anything else is said, on behalf of my wife Sheri and myself, I want to express our heartfelt thanks to the elders and congregation for making this past summer possible. Just before our departure a member of our church family came up and kindly quipped, You have a great group of elders around you. Perhaps you developed a new habit of praying for all the elders with an increased sense of urgency. Might I encourage you to make this your new normal? So how did it go?
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Books I Read on Sabbatical | Christ Above All
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Two are Better than One. The Fruit of Small Seeds and Deeds →. October 14, 2014 · 7:10 AM. Books I Read on Sabbatical. This summer’s sabbatical was not to be a “working” break so I read very little by way of methodology and philosophy of ministry. It’s hard for me to turn off the utilitarian “how could this improve our ministry? 8221; perspective. As I result, I started with. Black Hawk Down,. I won’t comment much on each of the remaining books but will provide a few thoughts. I really enjoyed Dallimore&...
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The Fruit of Small Seeds and Deeds | Christ Above All
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Books I Read on Sabbatical. Gratitude Towards God & How Not to Tease Your Grandchildren →. November 3, 2014 · 9:26 PM. The Fruit of Small Seeds and Deeds. A Few Reflections on Sunday’s God at Work Testimony. The Story of God. And a personal discipleship through the book. What is the Gospel? In the end, our gracious Lord brought them to see Jesus is Lord of all. Their testimony reminds us that we often see very little of the fruit of our ministry. Paul states,. 8211; Galatians 6:9. Please consider how you...
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Praying for Effective Preaching During Summer Sabbatical | Christ Above All
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Don’t Become a Fellowship Agoraphobe. Sabbatical Reflections →. May 27, 2014 · 3:27 PM. Praying for Effective Preaching During Summer Sabbatical. I would like to set before you a portion of a handout we produced several years ago entitled, “How. To Pray for Effective Preaching.”. It was and remains adapted in part from the Westminster Assembly’s. PREPARING TO RECEIVE THE WORD. 2 Listen carefully to the sermon. Take notes of important points. 5 Evaluate what you hear by the Word of God. 8 Talk about the s...
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Evangelism | Christ Above All
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March 24, 2016 · 1:31 PM. 6 Ways To Promote the Gospel & Demonstrate Your Love for Others This Easter. This is a body life post for Grace Bible Church of Pleasant Hill. PRAY before coming to worship. Arrive EARLY to our worship services. With your heart prepared to exalt the Lord for His gracious salvation. Show your concern and love for others by not being a distraction by arriving after the service of worship has already begun. This is a simple act that shows consideration. Here is the link to the new ...
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Newer posts →. June 1, 2015 · 12:06 PM. Praying the Church Forward. In our recent annual elders’ church evaluation and strategy meetings we came to the unanimous understanding that several challenges lie before our local congregation. Of course, this is consistently the case for every local church. There is always some challenge on the horizon. But it is important to stress that while identifying what needs to be done is a healthy exercise for church leadership, prayer is never the last step. Various fac...
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Spiritual Gifts | Christ Above All
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Category Archives: Spiritual Gifts. September 13, 2014 · 3:41 PM. Before anything else is said, on behalf of my wife Sheri and myself, I want to express our heartfelt thanks to the elders and congregation for making this past summer possible. Just before our departure a member of our church family came up and kindly quipped, You have a great group of elders around you. Perhaps you developed a new habit of praying for all the elders with an increased sense of urgency. Might I encourage you to make thi...
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Children in the Worship Service | Christ Above All
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Fit for the Times. Praying the Church Forward →. February 22, 2015 · 10:52 AM. Children in the Worship Service. Let the Children Come to Me. It is important at this point to be mindful of the interpretive principle that description is not the same as prescription. There is no commandment to. Have children and their families united in. I listed several benefits derived from this:. Children pick-up more than you think. Children benefit from observing their parents worship. Generation home-schooling Christi...
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Two are Better than One | Christ Above All
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Books I Read on Sabbatical →. September 17, 2014 · 5:35 PM. Two are Better than One. Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls. And has not another to lift him up! How Close is Too Close? The truth be known, in total, we spent 5 weeks of the summer break together in the confined space of a medium sized RV and (wait for it) she never kicked me out not once! What did you learn? I learned ...
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