Tag: hope

• Being the Orange

  Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect… Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good. Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor. Do…

  Blake

  June 24, 2014

  Church Unity, Genuine Community, leadership, missional, prayer, strategic planning, The Church’s Influence, the revolution

  agape, apart, Christian, church, community, conformed, different, evil, family, generosity, generous, genuine, good, honor, hope, hospitality, humility, love, morality, Paul, prayer, revolution, Romans 12, Spirit, transformed, ubuntu, unity, zeal

• Hope for the Barren Church

  Thursday Re-mix: Because the Lord had closed Hannah’s womb, her rival kept provoking her in order to irritate her. This went on year after year. Whenever Hannah went up to the house of the Lord, her rival provoked her till she wept and would not eat. 1 Samuel 1:6-7 In ancient times, being barren was a major affliction.  I suppose…

  Blake

  June 19, 2014

  conflict, prayer

  1 Samuel 1, barren, child, church, conflict, crisis, destitute, economy, future, Hannah, hope, humility, prayer, season, womb

• The Future of the Church…It’s Complicated

  “For thus says the Lord: When seventy years are completed for Babylon,I will visit you, and I will fulfill to you my promise and bring you back to this place. For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.” Jeremiah 29:10-11 Then the Lord said, “I have…

  Blake

  April 3, 2014

  conflict, leadership, Spiritual Formation

  brokenness, church, consequences, God, gospel, hardship, hope, human, Jeremiah 29, judgment, Numbers 14, pain, prosperity, sin, struggles, welfare