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Serving Outside of Our Comfort Zones Or Serving the Way Jesus Did
I would like to propose that serving is not just “showing up,” but it is opening our hearts to see and serve people– especially people who draw us out of our comfort zones.
Why Groups?
“I’m busy, I don’t do good meeting new people, it’s not my thing, and I don’t have anything in common with anybody.” These are all excuses we use not to attend a small group. Hey! I get it. I too have used the same excuses after a long week or day. If you just give it...
IT
Google the word “it” and you get a reference to a horror movie. Look “it” up in the dictionary and you will discover the following definitions: pronoun: it used to refer to a thing previously mentioned or easily identified. "a room with two beds in it" referring to...
What Kind of Evangelist Are You and How to Do It Best
When people think about the word evangelist, their minds often go straight to people preaching in the streets. Realistically, evangelism is not that hard and not always that “out there”. There are three types of evangelists: passive, soft, and hard. Everyone can...
A Perspective on Pain
It is early Friday morning as I sit down to write out the thoughts that have been stirring in my mind about “Pain”. I grab my bowl of oatmeal and turn on the tv to check the news and weather. Timing is perfect, on pops a commercial. Here is the scenario: several...
I’M A WHAT?!
That’s right, you are! No matter how hard you want to run from it, escape it, dodge it, dip it or elude it; it’s going to find you. You don’t have a choice about the matter and it can be overwhelming and most assuredly should be taken seriously. Many have failed at...
Are you Fully Convinced?
Have you ever been in a church service and felt completely unable to get out of your own head and worship? The worship team is jumping around with joy, telling you to "enter in" and you just stand there paralyzed with the thoughts of how you've messed up this...
How To Lose Your Audience: A Lesson In Christian Communication
We are living in critical times with massively important topics being spoken about all the time- in government halls, across kitchen tables, across computer screens, and from behind the pulpit.
Joy
We’ve been talking about freedom at New Covenant Church for a while now. I think that most of us realize that Freedom is not the absence of something, but rather the presence of SOMEONE. It will happen naturally: With more of Jesus in our lives, there will be more...
Don’t Hinder the Children
“...some children were brought to Him so that He might lay His hands on them and pray; and the disciples rebuked them. But Jesus said, ‘Let the children alone, and do not hinder them from coming to Me; for the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to such as these.’” Being in...
Remember His Goodness.
In the midst of the New Year and the highs and lows that are bound to happen, here are a 3 ways to keep your eye on the goodness of God throughout 2019.
Calling Emmanuel
Ever since I was a little girl, one of my favorite names of the Lord has been Emmanuel. Many of us know the meaning of this particular name, and we see and hear of it more often during the Christmas and holiday season, but I often wonder how much we truly let the...
