Hardly the message one wants to bring to a person in power. Jesus’ words, quoted from Isaiah 41, give a resounding yes to our longings and questions.The days of our lives are in God’s hands. The following post is one of the most popular posts on my blog in the last month. Will you let Him?Paul warns Timothy not to allow other things to edge out God’s place in his life. Will you live today or merely exist .
The “whole congregation” approved this decision and chose seven deacons (Acts 6:1-5). What role has God given you? Are you listening?Elijah’s public ministry began with warning King Ahab about a coming, prolonged drought. depend on His strength or your own? We wonder if He will once more show His forgiveness, love, and power on our behalf. exalt God or edge Him out .
Like parents are entrusted with children to nurture, protect, and guide. He uses every one of them to transform us into the image of Jesus, even the hard ones. What difference did the time Elijah spent beside the brook make in his life? The Lord still speaks today. Let Him transform you so that the life you live on earth reflects life in heaven.The sun rises, a new day begins. He lives in Pewee Valley, Kentucky (just outside Louisville), with his wife Heidi. Elijah trusted and obeyed God’s direction in his public leadership role as well as in his private life.
Michael Mack has been involved in small group ministry as a pastor, writer, trainer, and speaker for more than 25 years. I am reposting some of most-read posts from the past as I speak at the Cell-Church Conference in Brazil. God’s Word and Spirit provide what we need when we need to hear it. . He founded SmallGroups.com in 1995 and started Small Group Leadership in 2012.
You can’t sustain it. And being unable to get to Him because of the crowd, they removed the roof above Him; and when they had dug an opening, they let down the pallet on which the paralytic was lying. . See the "About Michael Mack" page under About Us for more about him. This devotional is intended to be a two-week focused reflection on how you as a leader in a faith-based organization reflect the not only the missional values of your organization but the Gospel of Christ in our day-to-day lives.
Do you schedule a 5 or 15 minute meeting with God and just do the bare minimum because you feel you I’m concerned for us, Christian leaders, that perhaps we’ve set our own agendas for our times with God rather than coming humbly to him seeking out his agenda and purposes for our time together.
We, too, are called to make God our audience of One, wholeheartedly seeking Him and His purpose. And those are fine, I suppose, for new Christians.
The Lord provided direction, protection, and daily provision for His servant.
. Does your heart lead you to exalt God or to edge Him out of your life and leadership?Jesus’ visit to the temple as a boy revealed His commitment to understanding Scripture and having it shape His values and priorities.
We learn to practice habits that nourish and sustain us on this journey of transformation.
How do you influence the thinking, behavior, and development of others? Yet he made it clear that he was not the only leader. The Lord is near. Later, Paul emerged as a powerful ambassador, teacher, and evangelist. Is God’s willingness to save still available? Just as Paul said of himself, “to live is Christ” (Philippians 1:21), his letters urge Timothy to be faithful and focused on ministry. Your circumstances may or may not be to your liking. Taken from Youth For Christ president Dan Wolgemuth’s weekly blog, “Friday Fragments,” these 30 devotions offer a fresh vision for ministry and challenging insight into what it means to walk with God. Elijah had to trust that these unclean, carrion-eating birds would bring him food fit to eat. God longs to make a difference in your life today. Do you? Required fields are marked “If today’s church does not recapture the sacrificial spirit of the early church, it will …Download the Introduction and Chapter 1 of Worlds Greatest Small Group.“If today’s church does not recapture the sacrificial spirit of the early church, it will …As a small group leader, how many people do you think you can effectively lead, shepherd, …Why do some churches grow and multiply, some plateau, and others decline?