A Week In The Life
What on earth does an executive director do? (Don't feel bad for wondering. I didn't know either.) Here is what a recent week looked like.
What on earth does an executive director do? (Don't feel bad for wondering. I didn't know either.) Here is what a recent week looked like.
How do we create a culture of grace? What fosters a community of acceptance and flexibility where people can relax and be themselves? So many of us want that kind of connection so why is it so elusive?
God calls the disqualified. That means you are not limited by your past. One of the great impediments to love is feeling unworthy. But Jesus says that he who has been forgiven much, loves much (Luke 7:41–50). So Step Three is this: Return to your first love. Return to your first love for Jesus.
Last week I wrote about confession - the first step in taking your spiritual inventory and moving into 2015 with increasing freedom. The second step in taking your spiritual inventory is to forgive. Who has hurt you? Make a list. That is your list of people to forgive. I know. It may not seem fair. However, the truth is that your unforgiveness is like a chain around you
How can we drop 2014's baggage and make a fresh start in 2015? How can we live this year with increasing freedom? I once heard a preacher suggest a spiritual inventory. I discovered it gave me the chance to start with small things I could control . . . and even though those things were small, the sense of freedom I received was long-lasting.
Personal ministry is biblical – and you don’t have to be an expert to do it. Jesus said giving a cup of cold water was valuable (Matthew 10:42). Think about that. He says one cup. In a hot dry country, water is life . . . and cold water is a delicious pleasure.
How can we develop a mind at peace? As we seek to hear from God, it is important that we learn how to calm the waves inside. But how can we experience rest in God when we live in such a tense and busy world?
You may never have fought in a real war, but if you’ve ever played a game of Risk, you know that some battlegrounds are more strategic than others. When it comes to holiness and personal peace, that make-or-break zone is the mind. Here are three ways to let God's kingdom come and rule in our minds.
One of our key goals as Baptist Women is that each of us could grow in genuine experience of God. Wouldn’t we all like to be like Moses whom God talked to “as a friend talks to a friend” (Exodus 33:11)?
Usually when God leads me onto a new life path, He impresses a particular Scripture on my heart. That Scripture then becomes something I pray through or work toward. Often, the Scripture may contain promises to claim from Him. When I was appointed to CBWOQ, God gave me Ephesians 3:14-21 from the New Living Translation.