Tag: calling

• Corporate Prayer as a Means of Focus

  So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, that the Son does likewise. John 5:19 And rising very early in the morning, while it was still dark, he departed and went out to a…

  Blake

  July 15, 2014

  Discerning God’s Will Together, leadership, prayer, strategic planning

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• Pastor Sisyphus’ Bad Day

  “If you have raced with men on foot, and they have wearied you,     how will you compete with horses? And if in a safe land you are so trusting,     what will you do in the thicket of the Jordan?  Jeremiah 12:5 Church leadership, especially the pastorate, can feel a little like the plight of Sisyphus…forever pushing…

  Blake

  March 20, 2014

  conflict, Everyone’s a Minister, leadership, Why I Love My Pastor

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• Loving God’s People (When Killing them Would be Easier)

  Tuesday Re-mix – So Moses went back to the LORD and said, “Oh, what a great sin these people have committed! They have made themselves gods of gold.  But now, please forgive their sin—but if not, then blot me out of the book you have written.”  Exodus 32:31-32 Of the men who went to explore the…

  Blake

  August 14, 2012

  leadership, prayer

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