by Dan Jarvis | Nov 13, 2015 | Humility, Six Responses to God
Whose turn is it in the “chess game” of spiritual life—ours or God’s? Or, as some have proposed, is God making the moves on both sides of the board, whether or not we recognize His hand in doing so? This question is, of course, quite loaded, especially as it relates...
by EM Bounds | Nov 13, 2015 | Church Leadership, Personal Growth
In the Christian system, unction is the anointing of the Holy Ghost that separates and qualifies men for God’s work. Unction is the one divine enablement by which the preacher accomplishes the saving ends of preaching. Without it, no true spiritual results are...
by Brian Hedges | Nov 13, 2015 | Church Leadership, Personal Growth
Several years ago I read Patrick Lencioni’s The Five Temptations of a CEO, a “leadership fable” about Andrew O’Brien, who is approaching his one-year anniversary as CEO of Trinity Systems. Faced with his accountability for the company’s poor fiscal results, Andrew...
by Dan Jarvis | Nov 13, 2015 | Honesty, Six Responses to God
When Life Action’s church event arrived in his Texas church, Rick Lawson had no idea what God had in store for him. “I was an engineering supervisor with one of the largest defense contractors for the U.S. government. In that role, I had top-level security...
by Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth | Nov 13, 2015 | Humility, Six Responses to God
Well, why would a man check into a hospital and allow the surgeon to start cutting? Because he knows that surgery is the only way to experience healing and to be physically restored. What makes a woman willing to endure long hours of intense labor? She knows that...
by Dan Jarvis | Nov 10, 2015 | Humility, Six Responses to God
Jesus taught that multitudes will be cast out of heaven on Judgment Day who honestly believed themselves to be heaven-bound. They’ll leave the throne room sadly, befuddled by their self-deception, terrified by their fate. I wonder: If it’s possible to deceive...
by Brian Hedges | Nov 10, 2015 | Humility, Six Responses to God
1. Know the greatness of your sin and your God. John Owen said, “Two things need to humble us. First, let us consider God in His greatness, glory, holiness, power, majesty, and authority. Then, let us consider ourselves in our mean, abject, and sinful condition.” True...
by Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth | Nov 10, 2015 | Humility, Six Responses to God
The small band of church leaders had been praying earnestly for revival in their community—a village on the Isle of Lewis, the largest isle of the Outer Hebrides, just off the coast of Scotland. They were particularly burdened for the young people of the island who...
by Dr. Richard Fisher | Nov 10, 2015 | Honesty, Six Responses to God
“Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded. Lament and mourn and weep! Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom. Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He...
by Dr. Richard Fisher | Nov 10, 2015 | Humility, Six Responses to God
I grew up in a home full of positive affirmation. I can still hear my mother saying, “We are so proud of you, Son!” (Just recently she said those very words to my brother Mike and me as we celebrated her 90th birthday.) Is that kind of pride wrong? Human culture, of...
