Advertisements
Tag Archives: wisdom
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
Posted in church growth, devotion, leadership, taking a look
Tagged evangelical christians, friendship, mission, pleasing God, revival, wisdom
Leave a comment
Get off the throne of your life
A friend sent me this, and I thought I would blog it here: The ‘now and not yet’ of the Kingdom of God Is a misleading catchphrase which a lot of Christians have accepted without challenging its implications. First, it … Continue reading
Encounter His Presence
I read this prayer this morning, and it is inspiring me: Lord, You love to speak, even without the need for words. You listen to our inmost thoughts and draw our hearts to stillness. Guard our hearing, Lord; For … Continue reading
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
Posted in Bible, church growth, leadership
Tagged Bible reading, concordance, cross reference, fanning the flame, preaching, wisdom
Leave a comment
A quick way to deal with obstacles to discipleship
Just now I felt a tug from the Holy Spirit and saw a half-formed image of a physical organ, pulsing, like a heart, but then forming a shell over it. I got a sense that regular dipping in water or … Continue reading
Posted in prayer, revival
Tagged cross of jesus, good soil, mortify the flesh, parable of the sower, problems, wisdom
Leave a comment
Reaching out for Christ (re-post)
Wisdom cries out in the streets; she cries aloud in the trains and on the motorway. She streams through the sunlight and penetrates through the rain. She importunes us for attention and for reverence. She speaks to us through the … Continue reading
Posted in culture, devotion, prayer
Tagged daddy, daily life, mortify the flesh, wisdom
Leave a comment
Dreaming while you sleep
For some reason, the title of this track from the Genesis album ‘We Can’t Dance’ popped into my head: the chorus “All my life I’ll be haunted by all my life just one moment in time”. A song about a … Continue reading
Day 13 – Crying Aloud
Wisdom cries out in the streets; she cries aloud in the trains and on the motorway. She streams through the sunlight and penetrates through the rain. She importunes us for attention and for reverence. She speaks to us through the … Continue reading
Posted in culture, devotion, prayer
Tagged daddy, daily life, mortify the flesh, wisdom
Leave a comment
