Archive for October, 2006

Ministry is…

30, Oct 2006

MINISTRY IS…giving when you feel like keeping,
praying for others when you need to be prayed for,
feeding others when your own soul is hungry,
living truth before people even when you can’t see results,
hurting with other people even when your own hurt can’t be spoken,
keeping your word even when it is not convenient,
it is being faithful when [...]

Another hymn "messed with"

26, Oct 2006

Here we are yet again. Chris Tomlin has successfully synthesized the old and the new, the traditional and the contemporary. He has done it in such a respectful and loving way that anyone who criticizes it needs to go have their heart examined.
I picked up Chris's latest effort, See the Morning, last week when I [...]

The missing facets

20, Oct 2006

Lifestyle
Worship, as said so many times before in this series, is so much more than just music. It is an everyday activity which should take place every second of every minute. Does that even seem possible? Imagine being able to worship the Lord every moment of every day. Do you think we would be less [...]

faith

16, Oct 2006

If your faith does not influence every part of your life and affect every decision you make, then you really do not have faith, you're just practicing a hobby.

Add a little polish to those facets

10, Oct 2006

Service
Jesus tells us that "inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me." Matthew 25:40 (NKJV)
When we serve one another, Jesus tells us we are really serving Him. If you don't think you have any gifts that are useful to serve, you're wrong. God made [...]

More facets: like diamonds in the rough

3, Oct 2006

Relationships
"So continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they ate their food with gladness and simplicity or heart" Acts 2:46. (NKJV)
This is probably one of my greatest personal failures. I am shy and introverted by nature. I can stand before large crowds and lead worship or sing [...]


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