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Category Archives: leadership
Tribute to a Pastor Part Two
My second, slightly delayed, portion of Tribute to a Pastor: Leading a Meeting This would be where his pastoral gifting and leadership anointing would be seen. As a church who believes in the priesthood of all believers, we see an … Continue reading
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Tagged evangelical christians, friendship, mission, pleasing God, revival, wisdom
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Tribute to a Pastor Part One
On the occasion of our pastor retiring last Sunday, I wanted to give three examples of him in action. The first one would be in a meeting where he is giving the Word, which will be the remainder of this … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible study, dreams and visions, eternal destiny, evangelical christians, fanning the flame
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Shortcuts to His presence
In the incredible mercy of God, when we don’t deserve it at all, we sometimes find ourselves in the flow of what He is doing – either sharing something of Him when we weren’t looking for it, or receiving a … Continue reading
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Tagged Amalekites, Bible reading, daily life, God's presence, Matt Redman, mercy, mortify the flesh, obedience, problems
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Fifty Summer Tweaks for Preachers (reblog)
Just caught up a bit with Pete Mead’s splendid blog Biblical Preaching and was so impressed with his summer series that I thought I’d pop it here in one go. For me, numbers 10, 16, 20, 22 and 44 look really … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible reading, concordance, cross reference, fanning the flame, preaching, wisdom
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Evening by Evening
Just picked up Spurgeon’s “Evening by Evening” and flicked to a current entry. It stirred me, so I include it here: ‘In the evening withhold not thine hand.’ In the evening of the day, opportunities are plentiful to witness for … Continue reading
The secret of your destiny
We only know what God has planned for us when we open His Word and read the luminous stories of those who God used. I read in a sermon the other day that everyone in the Bible given an assignment … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible reading, destinies, heart cry, john piper, mission, saviour jesus christ, writing
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Er, can I just say something?
When we consider where God has brought us, and what he has done in our lives, it normally blows our minds. Certainly, speaking for myself, I cannot get over the generosity with which he has treated me. Should I look … Continue reading
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Longer and Further
It is time to give up my bigger aspirations, I think. I have just been reading a post on leadership on Michael Hyatt’s blog, and felt as if I was ‘reading it from the outside’, as if I was peering … Continue reading
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How He gets us ready
Father is preparing us for a glorious future. This much we know. We can often get downhearted because our present doesn’t appear to be too fantastic. It’s so easy to get embroiled in a current predicament. We find it straightforward … Continue reading
Reaching twentysomethings
I listened this morning to an itunes u podcast (this is my latest discovery) by Mike Pilavachi (recorded last year) addressing theology students at Ridley Hall, on how to reach twenty somethings. His talk interested me enough to want to … Continue reading
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Tagged mike pilavachi, ridley hall, soul survivor watford
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