10/08/23 Sunday Prayer Challenge
This morning, take time to pray for any members of your church who might even now be debating whether to come to church. Pray…
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An Encouraging Word for Church Leaders for Today
Psalm 63:3-4 “My lips will glorify you because your faithful love is better than life. So I will bless you as long as I…
Read More10/07/23 Saturday Prayer Challenge
Today, pray this prayer that Thom Rainer includes in the Pray & Go book that accompanies the Hope Initiative, a strategy to move churches…
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10 More Questions I Ask as I Anticipate Teaching and Preaching God’s Word this Weekend
Some years ago, I wrote another post about questions I ask before preaching or teaching. Those questions still rattle in my head, but I also…
Read More10/06/23 There is a Fountain
READING: Zechariah 12-14, Malachi 1-3 I love this hymn, and I regret that we don’t sing it much anymore. I remember the first time I heard it. That’s been…
Read More10/05/23 Our Whistling God
READING: Zechariah 5-11 I can only barely whistle . . . and then only with great effort . . . and even then for…
Read More10/04/23 Simple
READING: Zephaniah 3, Haggai 1-2, Zechariah 1-4 It’s simple, really. All of us are sinners. Even as believers, we still wrestle with temptation and…
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Wednesday Words: Jeremy Kimble on Why Being a Member of a Church Matters
I found these words from professor Jeremy Kimble to be helpful: It is within the church that a follower of Jesus will experience a…
Read More10/03/23 Always God
READING: Nahum 3, Habakkuk 1-3, Zephaniah 1-3 One writer has written of Habakkuk 3:17-18 (a portion of today’s reading), “Of all the wonderful passages…
Read More10/02/23 Who is Like Our God?
READING: Micah 3-7, Nahum 1-2 It’s a great question to think about as we begin this week together: “Who is a God like our…
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