REVIVE YOUR SPIRITUAL LIFE
One Year Later
It was a year ago that my husband, John, and I stood on the stage of a megachurch in front of thousands of people and said our goodbyes as their senior pastor and his wife. It was a bittersweet day for me. Bitter because I truly loved being a senior pastor’s wife;...
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Why Pastors Are Discouraged, and What to Do About It
As President of Life Action, I spend much of my time with pastors—listening, encouraging, seeking to be a friend. And I have never seen a time like this in my thirty-eight years in ministry. Pastors are discouraged today at a level that is dangerous to the body of...
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Keep It Simple
Would you agree that we often make things more complicated than they need to be? Of course life comes with hardships; we all face losses and challenges that require nothing less than God’s strength to endure. But the regular days—the get up, go to work, come home, do...
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I Am the Problem
In my first year as president of Life Action, I have been blessed beyond measure by the humility of the servants who give their lives to this ministry. I often say these days that if the culture of Life Action could somehow be transplanted into every local church, we...
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Honesty: The Best Choice!
Ananias and Sapphira will forever be remembered as deceivers. Their story is told in Acts 5. Here are the lowlights: The church was young and vibrant. Believers understood their need for one another and interacted with great transparency, love, and generosity. Ananias...
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SBC LUNCHEON VIDEO ARCHIVE
On June 12, 2018, over 400 pastors and leaders came together for the Life Action luncheon at the Southern Baptist Convention. Featured speakers included John Avant, J.D. Greear, and Ken Hemphill as they explored the answer to the current crisis in American evangelicalism.
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Is God Real in Your Life?
You won’t find a single conversion story in the Bible where a person was only slightly changed or simply made a “better” person. God’s grace is transformative. The change He brings to each life is real, thorough, and pronounced. Can you imagine— Peter, Andrew, James,...
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Our Fresh Vision: Call Believers to Say Yes to God
Byron Paulus (Executive Director/CEO of Life Action Ministries) interviewed John Avant (President of the Life Action Division) about Life Action's new vision for the future. Q: John, we both know that a movement of revival cannot be relegated to a mere formula. Yet...
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Will You Forgive and Trust?
Grudges are destructive. We’ve all seen the wreckage. Some have lost friends because of hurts that were never resolved. A former friend becomes just that—a former friend, a persona non grata, because one hurt the other and forgiveness was never sought or granted....
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Three Things to Do When You Feel Betrayed
As I write this, it is Thursday of Easter week. This was the night Jesus was betrayed. Have you ever been betrayed? It is a terrible feeling, and one of the most difficult things in life to deal with. In fact, it can become a “root of bitterness” (Heb. 12:15), a...
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