Blogs

The following is a listing of all the blogs by Richard Spann posted to date. The table is fully searchable by key word in the title or by date posted.  To access the blog, simply click on the title. These blogs can be used in many ways, including personal devotions, one-on-one discipling relationships or small groups (including church life groups, Sunday School, etc.). These contain Biblical and practical wisdom that the Kansas Communities Ministry has been blessed with for over 50 years. (Click here for the legacy blog page.)

Blogs

Posting sequenceDate PostedBlog Title
15/11/10Of Goads and Nails
25/18/10Intentionality Lived Out
36/1/10Proclaiming the Word to the World
46/15/10Starting Where You Are
56/28/10The Ability God Requires
67/21/10The Ministry: Prayer
78/5/10Whatever is Not of God
88/9/10Thoughts on Leadership
99/6/10Grace Teaches Our Hearts to Fear
109/22/10Enoch Walked With God
1110/21/10Be There
1211/8/10If I Feel Like Reading My Bible ...
1311/16/10As You Have Therefore Received Christ Jesus as Lord
1411/30/10Faithful, Not Successful
1512/11/10God’s Desire — Our Obedience
161/10/11Good Things in Christ
171/20/11Sow a Thought
181/31/11My Objective
192/15/11Come Apart or Your Will Come Apart
202/28/11Five Elements of a Team
213/23/11Wild-Eyed Fanatics
223/28/11Deep Water Fishing
234/15/11Discipleship
244/22/11God Is Our Shield
255/9/11More Good Things
265/22/11On Holiness
276/12/11God Doesn’t Give Up On Usl
286/27/11El Roi
297/15/11You May Impress From a Distance, But
308/4/11Resting in God Alone
318/17/11Lessons in Listening
329/14/11God’s Gracious Provision
339/30/11Do the Right Thing
3411/19/11The Power of Example
3512/17/11WDJD: What Did Jesus Do
361/3/12His Grace is Sufficient
371/15/12The Need is Not the Calll
382/2/12Still More Good Things
392/16/12Even More Good Thingsl
403/20/12Emotion is No Substitute for Activity
414/9/12Many Start Well; Few Finish Well
424/18/12Expression Deepens Impression
435/6/12Harvest is Plentiful, Workers are Few
445/27/12Success is Never Final; Failure is Never Fatal
456/12/12Willing to be Willing to be Willing
466/26/12Through Troubles: Dwell in the Secret Place
477/15/12The Harvestl
488/12/12John 13:34-35
4910/3/12Belonging to the Lord
5010/24/12Trusting in the Lord
5110/27/12Depend on God Daily
5211/25/12Turning Our Eyes to Jesus
5311/25/12Real Teaching Not Just Telling
5412/28/12Don’t Delay to Obey
551/17/13Walking in God’s Word
562/4/13Who Do You Say That I Am
572/21/13Keeping the Main Thing the Main Thing
583/6/13Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
594/26/13Be a Running Brook
604/26/13Making Christ Visible
616/16/13We ARE the Message
626/16/13Though the Fig Tree Does Not Bud, Yet I Will Rejoice in the Lord!
637/6/13The Peanut Butter Jar
648/14/13Do You Love Me More Than These?
658/14/13The Worries of This Life
669/3/13Tell Archippus
6710/25/13Well Done
6811/19/13Problem Or Promise
6912/7/13This Book Will Keep You From Sin, Or...
701/1/14The Fear of the Lord is the Beginning of Wisdom
711/6/14Does Your Outgo Exceed Your Intake?
721/25/14Speaking to the Heart
732/1/14Tell Them Why, Keep Them At It
742/22/14Peace is the Presence of the Lord
753/11/141 Corinthians 15:58
764/10/14One Thing
775/5/14Colossians 3:23-24
785/18/14As You Sent Me Into the Word, I Have Sent Them Into the World
796/1/14Missing Links
806/24/14Be Merciful to Those Who Doubt
817/7/14Make Disciples
828/4/14Develop Laborers
838/18/14At All Times, Under Any Conditions
8410/16/14Leadership Development
8511/22/14This is the Day
8612/10/14Mark or Blur
8712/17/14Not Yet Obtained
881/16/15Hope, Joy, Crown, Glory
891/31/15Our Security is Based on God’s Grip On Us, Not Our Grip on Him
902/13/15Hearts Set on Pilgrimage
912/28/15God’s Love; Christ’s Perseverance
923/14/15The Battle is the Lord’s
934/16/15Hebrews 3:13
946/19/15Hearing What God Has Done for Us
957/4/15Finding Delight
967/12/15Transformation
978/8/15Evangelism is a Process
988/22/15Men of Ephraim
999/12/15Redeem the Time
10010/4/15Prioritize Your Life
10110/19/15Don’t Wait For Perfect Conditions
10211/14/15Keeping Elephants Off Your Air Hose
10312/6/15God’s Promises to Us
10412/14/15Freely Accept them
1051/11/16Preach the Gospel Daily
1062/1/16Aim for the Ripple
1072/14/16Be Shepherds of God’s Flock
1082/28/16If Not Me Then Who
1093/30/16Everybody Can Help Somebody
1104/17/16Resentment Destroys Its Own Container
1115/7/16Is Jesus Enough
1126/6/16If My People
1136/30/16What is That to You
1148/5/16Two Kinds of People
1159/22/16Rest Remember Refresh
11610/17/16Righteous Peace and Joy
11711/8/16We Have Found the Enemy
11812/17/16Lifeline Illustration
1191/22/17As Close to God as We Choose
1202/18/17Faithful, Available, Teachable
1213/8/17Deliver Me? or Glorify Yourself!
1223/27/17Float Your Boat in Deep Waters
1235/27/17Knowing the Outcome
1246/12/17Mission, Method, Motive
1257/24/17The Urgent and the Important
1269/4/17Interruptions — Obstacles or Opportunities?
12712/3/17Why Memorize Scripture?
12812/26/17Matthew 6:33
1293/29/18Two Steps in Making Disciples
1305/5/18Men of Issachar
1317/29/18Battle
1328/6/18The Truth is What God Says About You
1339/3/18God Gives Discernment
13410/14/18Dirt in the Heart
13511/5/18Don’t Get Hung Up on Motives
1361/2/19Don’t Seek the Word of the Lord
1371/10/19The Promises of God Prompt Prayers
1381/24/19What We Do in the Moments
1392/22/19The People are Crying for Bread
1403/31/19We Are Looking to Be Comfortable
1415/19/19And He Spake a Parable
1428/11/19It is More Important to Talk to God About Men
1438/11/19The Test of a Movement
1449/15/19If You Are Suffering Without Succeeding
1459/15/19However When the Son of Man Comes
14611/9/19Do Not Fret
14711/16/19Love the Lord Your God
14811/23/19Store Up Treasures for Yourselves
14911/30/19Navigating through the Grey Areas of Life
15012/7/19Your Leadership is Not Determined
15112/14/19Deep Down in Your Soul
1522/10/20If You Don’t Believe in the Sovereignty of God
1532/24/20God Does Not Tell Us to Break Habits
1543/9/20The God-Centered Life
1553/21/20Walking in Darkness
1563/23/20Habakkuk 2:3
1574/4/20When God Hides Himself
1584/6/20What is a Disciple?
1594/20/20Lessons to be Learned
1609/17/20The Walk of Faith
16110/20/20Fear or Faith?
16211/8/20Who Are You, Lord? What Shall I Do, Lord?
16311/9/20The Biblical Response to Governing Authority
1643/23/21The Last Enemy
1657/26/21Do You Really Believe That What You Believe is Really Real?
1662/6/22God Will Become All You Need Him to Be
1672/28/22Running the Race
1684/17/22Not By Bread Alone
1695/7/22He Must Become Greater
1706/30/22Living By Faith
17110/3/22Embraced By the Infinite Love of God
17211/17/22Matthew 9:36-38
17311/17/22What’s the Hurry?
17411/17/22Forgetting What is Behind
1751/27/23Because He Lives
1761/27/23The High Places
1772/27/23Created to See
1784/4/23Come Near to God
1795/29/23If the Mind is Closed …
1803/3/25Come Near to God
1813/3/25Motivation
1823/3/25If Your Natural Life is Spiritual …
1833/3/25The Perfection of God’s Plan for Us
1843/3/25Christmas Letter 2021 — Joy and Peace
1853/3/25For Even the Son of Man
1863/3/25The Joy of the Lord
1873/3/25We ARE saved by the Object of Our Faith
1883/3/25Gifts for the King
1893/3/25Luke 6:38
1903/3/25Releasing Control
1913/3/25Exceedingly Abundantly Above
1923/3/25The Great Commission
1933/3/25Sin
1943/3/25Shrewd As Snakes
1953/3/25The Longest Journey
1963/3/25When His Answer is “No”
1973/3/25If
1983/3/25The Extravagant Life
1993/3/25The Mind of Christ