by Life Action | Oct 22, 2020 | Revive & Restart
Video 2: Example In order to experience true change in our lives, we need to choose to be examples of God’s power. When we choose to allow His power instead of idols to fill our lives, others will see His example of love, faith, and hope in us. Change must begin in...
by Life Action | Oct 13, 2020 | Revive & Restart
Video 1: Change Despite racial divisions and riots, God worked in the young church in Thessalonica. Paul encouraged the new believers to live in grace and peace. He knew that true change would come only through the power of Christ being evident in their lives. When...
by Bill Elliff | Oct 8, 2020 | Church Leadership, Men's Content
It’s been a problem since the beginning of time. The rise of Internet availability has made it incredibly more accessible, but lust has always been one of Satan’s most powerful tools to mar the image of God in us. Paul was intense about this because he understood the...
by Bill Elliff | Oct 2, 2020 | Church Leadership, Pastors & Leaders Content
Everything flows from the presence of the Lord. Everything. If you have Him, you have everything you need. Without Him—His life, presence, provision, and power—you have nothing of importance. Our greatest concern as pastors should be simply this: Are we personally...
by Life Action | Sep 30, 2020 | Say Yes to God
The LORD said to Joshua, “Get up! Why have you fallen on your face?” (Joshua 7:10 ESV). The heart posture of the repenter—and often the physical posture as well—begins at ground level. But there comes a time when he or she must stand up and get moving again. Once the...
by Bill Elliff | Sep 17, 2020 | Church Leadership, Men's Content
The rapid spread of the church in the New Testament can only be attributed to two things: the gracious, miraculous activity of the Holy Spirit, and the bold witness of His followers. If God had not moved, nothing would have happened. If believers had not shared the...
by Bill Elliff | Sep 3, 2020 | Church Leadership, Pastors & Leaders Content
In His sovereignty, God has ordained preaching as a primary means of transforming lives. He has graciously given us creation, His Word, and most dramatically, Himself, in the person of His Son, so that we might know Him. By these three means God sufficiently reveals...
by Life Action | Aug 31, 2020 | Say Yes to God
We have an anchor that keeps the soul Steadfast and sure while the billows roll. Fastened to the Rock which cannot move— Grounded firm and deep in the Savior’s love. Though these words carry a “grown-up” message, they were actually written by Priscilla Jane Owens...
by Bill Elliff | Aug 26, 2020 | Church Leadership, Pastors & Leaders Content
It’s a simple sentence, but amazingly telling. It was the reason David was the greatest king Israel ever knew and that God could entrust such a responsibility into his hands. And, it’s the necessary essential of all great leaders: David realized that the LORD had...
by Bill Elliff | Aug 12, 2020 | Church Leadership
Now it came about after these things, that God tested Abraham, and said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.” He said, “Take now your son, your only son, whom you love, Isaac, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the...
