Tag: ministry
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A Message to One and All
Titus 2:1-10 “But as for you, teach what accords with sound doctrine. Older men are to be sober-minded, dignified, self-controlled, sound in faith, in love, and in steadfastness. Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good, and so train the…
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Streams in the Desert
Numbers 10:29-32 “And Moses said to Hobab the son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses’ father-in-law, ‘We are setting out for the place of which the Lord said, “I will give it to you.” Come with us, and we will do good to you, for the Lord has promised good to Israel . . . And…
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Motivations for Ministry
1 Thessalonians 2:1-3 “For you yourselves know, brothers, that our coming to you was not in vain. . . For our appeal does not spring from error or impurity or any attempt to deceive” Motivation for ministry: it’s such a critical thing. As Paul recounts the underlying characteristics of his fruitful ministry among the Thessalonians, he describes both what it was, and…
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The Work
Colossians 1:29 “For this I toil, struggling with all his energy that he powerfully works within me.” Have you ever heard the term “Let go and let God?” I’m not sure who coined that phrase, or what he or she originally meant by it, but one thing it can’t mean is that we foist everything on God and…
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What is our role?
Colossians 1:7 “Epaphras our beloved fellow servant. He is a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf and has made known to us your love in the Spirit.” If you attend a church, how do you view your role there? Is the church you attend a place you go because of a sense of obligation? Do you go because you just…
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Overlooked?
Hebrews 6:10 “For God is not unjust so as to overlook your work and the love that you have shown for his name in serving the saints, as you still do. “ How long have you been serving the Lord in some way? Maybe you’ve been a Sunday School teacher, teaching little children week after week for many years. …
To Encourage You 