Helping individuals walk with Christ
How to Keep the Elephants off your Air Hose Howard Hendricks The alarm clock has awakened you early in the morning. After getting dressed and starting the coffeemaker, getting ready for your quiet time with the Lord, you remember a meeting that was scheduled early that morning. Without having time to really talk …
If you wait for perfect conditions you will never get anything done. Ecclesiastes 11:4 A. Cast your bread upon the waters for after many days you will find it again. Give portions to seven, yes to eight, for you do not know what disaster may come upon the land. Be Diligent (Faithful) In Ministry B.If clouds …
PRIORITIZE YOUR LIFE Essential Necessary Good Delegate Eliminate — Lorne Sanny I was challenged by Mike Treneer eight years ago to begin tabulating “goads and nails” from Navigators who had influenced our Kansas Ministry. The above comments by Lorne were the first to come to my mind. Of all his comments those of …
Redeem the Time One of the problems that may occur among followers of Christ is our failure to use time wisely. Lack of certainty in what should be done may be replaced by doing many things. Work, hobbies, family activities and even church programs all compete for our time. Sometimes these are done …
The men of Ephraim, though armed with bows, turned back on the day of battle. Psalm 78:9 We know little about this group called “the men of Ephraim.” It is quite likely that they were noted for their training and ability like the green berets of today. They also were singled out from …
Evangelism is a process, the new birth is an event. Jim Petersen My first exposure to evangelism was in 1964 when I was a medical student in Kansas City, Kansas. Bill Bright and his team from Campus Crusade for Christ arrived in Kansas City for a week long instruction in evangelism culminating in …
Our goal is Transformation, not Conformation Following High School, I left for basic training in the Air Force at Lackland AFB, San Antonio, Texas. One of my responsibilities as a basic airman was that of being a barracks guard of our building which housed about eighty men. Once morning inspection was over, I …
Our lives are defined by those things in which we find delight. Webster’s dictionary defines delight as extreme satisfaction, anything that gives great pleasure, or a high degree of gratification of mind or sense. The Lord has given us many things to see and do during our earthly sojourn. He is pleased that we find …
People are more interested in hearing what God has done for you than they are in hearing what you have done for God. Lorne Sanny Over the last forty years I have heard many speakers from a number of organizations and churches. The messages that have had the greatest impact on my life …
But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called Today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness. Hebrews 3:13 We are admonished in this verse to encourage one another in order to prevent hardening by sin’s deceitfulness. I am not sure exactly how this process develops, but …