The first year Deanna and I were married we bought a sewing machine. A few weeks ago Deanna gave it to Samara, who lives at our house. Samara is a genius, and started sewing clothes for her daughters, and for others too.
Julia is tickled pink all day with her new dress. She was SO pleased.
Nothing warms a parent’s heart like when your children are happy.
IF you are stressed because you simply do not have enough time in the day, . . . it is time to rebel.
The next time you buying groceries pick the longest checkout line. You don’t have the time but do it anyway. This is important. Use the extra time to be amazed at the abundance God has put within your reach. Spend a bit of your extra time trying to talk to the strangers around you. At least soak in some of their pain or well-being. If the person behind you is obviously stressed, let that person go in front of you. Without talking transmit the Presence of God.
After you have paid for your groceries, do a quick emotional check.
There are three distinct phases to church life.
1. Birth: How do groups of people start meeting together as a church?
2. Growth: How do churches stay relevant and alive year after year?
3. Transition: How do we pass over our churches to the next generation?
Each phase has its own set of challenges and best practices. We are continually learning more about how to plant sustainable, reproducing churches.
Immanuel Prayer Workshop
Discovery Group evangelism training
Church and Personal Finance Training
Worship
“Oh God. Just show me clearly Your will for my whole life, and I will do it. I want to follow You. I will complete Your plan for my whole life if you will just show me.
Most of us would complete God’s plan for our whole lives if God would clearly spell it out for us. The big problem is that most of us would start on our life journey and only rarely check back in with God. God longs for a daily relationship with us. God shows us what to do next even if we do not know the whole plan (John Eldredge, Wild at Heart devotional, Youversion Bible App).
How to Pray.
1. Prayer is talking with our Father.
2. “Where is Your Kingdom breaking in to this present age?”
3. “We rely on You for daily provision.”
4. “Complete forgiveness all around.”
5. “Please protect us and keep us safe.”
Matthew 6
9 “This, then, is how you should pray:
“‘Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
10 your kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
11 Give us today our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our debts,
as we also have forgiven our debtors.
13 And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from the evil one.