Tag: discernment

• [GULP!] …I Might Have Been a Legalist

  The apostles and elders met to consider this question. After much discussion, Peter got up and addressed them: “Brothers, you know that some time ago God made a choice among you that the Gentiles might hear from my lips the message of the gospel and believe. God, who knows the heart, showed that he accepted them by giving…

  Blake

  October 26, 2017

  Acts 15, Church Unity, conflict, Discerning God’s Will Together, leadership

  Acts 15, argument, Barnabas, church, circumcision, conflict, council, discernment, evidence, Hebrew, James, Jerusalem, Judaizer, justice, Paul, Peter

• 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

  assignment, Bethesda, blind, calling, church, crippled, discernment, faith, healing, Jesus, John 5, lame, Mark 1, ministry, mission, planning, pool, prayer, vision

• Making Your Church’s Path Straight

  In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.  Proverbs 3:6 My GPS and I have a tense relationship. I often don’t understand her directions. I can be traveling 70 mph down the highway, and she will tell me “in a quarter mile, stay straight on.” What does that even mean? And why does she say…

  Blake

  June 10, 2014

  Discerning God’s Will Together, leadership, prayer

  church, culture, discernment, forward, GPS, journey, maps, path, Proverbs 3, road, Spirit, straight, understanding, wisdom