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- 1. How Christian Parents Can Protect Their Kids From Greed This Christmas
- Kids love Christmas. And let's be honest, a big, if not the biggest reason, is the gifts. As kids make their "wish list" for Christmas, you can see it in their eyes. Presents. It's about getting the ...
- Created on 11 December 2019
- 2. How Holy Spirit Will Crush Favoritism in the Pulpit in 2020 ...
- I want to say loud and proud that I am an advocate for girl power. I am for the church empowering women, because I know the Holy Spirit has been doing so for thousands of years. This past weekend, I had ...
- Created on 09 December 2019
- 3. 7 Essential Skills to Help You Grow Your Church
- I came close to titling these "essential" skills, but I knew that was unfair. God grows churches, and He works through all different types of people. I have heard great pastors say—"I know how to teach ...
- Created on 09 December 2019
- 4. How You Can Equip Parents to Lead Their Children to Jesus
- I'm thankful for children's ministry leaders who lead children to Christ. It is exciting to see a child come to Christ, isn't it? But for me, it's even more exciting when parents lead their children ...
- Created on 06 December 2019
- 5. 3 Tips on Selecting a Missions Partner
- I average one about every other day. Someone wants our church to become a mission partner. The requests come through different means—email, in-person, lunch meetings, over coffee, phone calls and social ...
- Created on 06 December 2019
- 6. What to Do When You Are Unfairly Criticized as a Pastor
- Everyone who does anything will be criticized. As a rule, the critics are the do-nothings, the nay-sayers and spectators who sit in the grandstand and feed off one another's negativism. The man in the ...
- Created on 06 December 2019
- 7. Why So Many Pastors Are Concerned About Economy's Impact on Churches
- As retail stores hope the holiday shopping season gives their bottom line a lift, American Protestant pastors are less sure the economy is helping their congregation this year. Around 2 in 5 pastors of ...
- Created on 05 December 2019
- 8. How You Can Enjoy God's Unmerited Favor This Christmas Season
- ... practical biblical messages mixed with her own special brand of hope and humor. She has written five books: No More Ordinary, Holy Estrogen!, The Rooms of a Woman's Heart, Defiant Joy! and Refined: Fin ...
- Created on 05 December 2019
- 9. 10 Basic Relationship Skills All Leaders Need
- Getting along with people can be more complicated than it appears. If it were easy, everybody would be good at it! How you treat people, how they treat you, what makes it work well and why it doesn't work ...
- Created on 04 December 2019
- 10. What We Must Teach Church Kids About the LGBTQ Agenda
- LGBTQ forces are pushing to make sure the next generation not only approves, but also celebrates their lifestyle. Here are some examples: The percentage of LGBTQ characters on prime-time TV this ...
- Created on 03 December 2019
- 11. Walk Through This Open Door and Unleash Holy Spirit Power ...
- ... the miraculous birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and Christmas is still—and always will be—the season of Holy Spirit opportunity. Of course, Christmas is when we celebrate that Jesus was born ...
- Created on 03 December 2019
- 12. 12 Questions That Will Make You a Better Leader
- Have you ever heard the phrase, "There are no bad questions"? In leadership, this might be true. I have learned in my years of leadership—I only know what I know. And many times, I don't know much. Plus, ...
- Created on 02 December 2019
- 13. Rick Warren: 7 Christmas Sermon Ideas to Engage the Unchurched
- Like many of you, I have struggled to prepare Christmas sermons that are faithful to Scripture and yet engaging to an unchurched audience. This year I'll prepare sermons for my 40th Christmas season at ...
- Created on 02 December 2019
- 14. How You Can Successfully Lead Change in 2020
- The year 2020 is just around the corner and change is non-negotiable. That's not a prophetic statement. The need for change in the local church is always in play. The issue is whether you are out in front, ...
- Created on 02 December 2019
- 15. Are You Letting Society or the Spirit Shape Your Story?
- ... has a purpose for each one of them. The Holy Spirit wants to shape their life story even though we may see the world trying to define and write their life story, and our life story, for us. God is transforming ...
- Created on 26 November 2019
- 16. 10 Secrets to Make Jesus More Real to Children on Sunday
- Do you ever wonder if the kids got anything out of the lesson you just shared with them? If you do, you're not alone. We've all been there. Today, I want to share with you 10 secrets to kids learning ...
- Created on 25 November 2019
- 17. Why This Church Crowd Has a Lot to Answer For
- First, they told us our language was too churchified and we would need to jettison such terms as justification, sanctification and washed in the blood. I remember Arthur Blessit. The hippie-looking, jive-talking, ...
- Created on 25 November 2019
- 18. 7 Everyday Ways You Can Encourage Your Flock
- ... lways appropriate and incredibly encouraging. Prayer is personal and carries a certain level of intimacy, so when you pray for someone, it creates an encouraging moment. This is true if for no other reaso ...
- Created on 21 November 2019
- 19. Why the Enemy Has No Chance Against This Powerful Holy Spirit Weapon ...
- ... nd of love and of a sound mind" (2 Tim. 1:7, NKJV). I believe that each of these fear-abolishing Holy Spirit gifts—power, love and a sound mind—are specifically designed to help us overcome our three e ...
- Created on 12 November 2019
- 20. How Elijah's Prophetic Prayer Will Bring Forth Holy Spirit Rain Today ...
- Turbulence in the atmosphere. Winds of unrest and instability. Air quality poor. Vision limited. Prophetic word: "Holy Spirit rain is falling in limited locations but is going to expand and sweep throughou ...
- Created on 29 October 2019
