Let’s get right to it. You are called to the ministry. I am called to the ministry. That doesn’t mean we are all called to pulpit ministry. Ministry isn’t about a platform. We need to define ministry. Ministry is, simply put, our life in service to the King. Ministry isn’t about a platform. It’s about people. What ministry looks like ...
I’ve never been to prison, but I have learned some things from prison. One of which is assignments are temporary, but the call is permanent. Imagine how confined Paul must have felt after all those years of active ministry. He went from missionary trip to missionary trip. He served in between trips at the church in Antioch. He preached in crusades. ...
People ask us all the time, “How do you do everything you do?” Ummmm? Ministry. Kids. Family. All the things. Life is busy for all of us these days. Who else lives tired? “For this purpose I work, striving constantly in reliance upon the strength of Him who is mightily working in me, empowering me.” Colossians 1:29 (tnt) This verse ...
In our younger days, my brother did something stupid and crazy. He was kind of a daredevil anyway, so it wasn’t an unusual occurrence. But this was even crazier than normal. (Although we did dare him to run around the house in his bare feet and jammies in like 6′ of snow. But that’s a story for another day.) We ...
Last night at church we had our First Wednesday Worship night. It’s a time we set aside each month just to worship the Lord. My husband wasn’t able to be there right when it started, so I got to open the service and the Lord gave me a word of encouragement to share. “It’s the end of the day, and ...