https://www.rickbergen.net Help Plant 1,000 Churches Fri, 07 Nov 2025 23:01:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 169531157 https://www.rickbergen.net/?p=190 https://www.rickbergen.net/?p=190#respond Mon, 13 Aug 2012 12:25:00 +0000 Rick Bergen http://www.rickbergen.net/2012/08/13/just-before-church/ How does God measure sincerity? Do we have to look sincere? What if we don’t look or act sincere? How does God measure this? I know that if you act grateful, soon you will be grateful. Maybe it works like that. One thing I know is true. We sincerely need God’s presence and assistance in this church plant. He is the motor, and the fuel that runs the motor. Without Him we are just a machine that doesn’t work. He is the air we breathe, and the wind in our sails. I sincerely believe this. I can relate to Moses’ prayer, and I paraphrase here, “If you don’t come with us, then let’s not do this anymore.”  Exodus 33:15-23. Amazingly, God’s presence still shows up when His people sincerely desire it. But it shows up in varying degrees. I feel like a kid in the kitchen, looking for the dial. How do we crank it up?

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