Scripture: John 13:3 “Jesus knew that the Father had given him authority over everything and that he had come from God and would return to God.” Observation: We just did a mini study on this verse working through Leadership Essentials, a workbook the staff is going through. The focus was about the servant heart of [...]
Scripture: Romans 12:8 “If God has given you leadership ability, take the responsibility seriously.” Observation: My small group, which I started by saying “I don’t want to lead,” is an arena of my life I seem to struggle with leadership. Not so much in a structured or official way, but in the organic areas of [...]
Scripture: Titus 2:7-8 “In all things show yourself to be an example of good deeds, with purity in doctrine, dignified, sound in speech which is beyond reproach, so that the opponent will be put to shame, having nothing bad to say about us.” (NASB) Observation: The letters Paul writes to these young leaders are really [...]
As I read today nothing really jumped out at me. However, as I prayed and talked with God I kept thinking about Small Group. Last Friday the group unanomously changed the night to Wednesday night – a night which has a high improbablility of Nicole and I ever attending. I began to feel a little [...]
Scripture: Judges 18:6 “In those days Israel had no king, so the people did whatever seemed right in their own eyes.” Observation: I love that I get to claim Christ as my king. The plan God laid out after watching his people turn away without leadership is awesome – he removes or abandons the political [...]
Scripture: Judges 2:18-19 “Whenever the Lord placed a judge of Israel, he was with the judge and rescued the people from their enemies throughout the judge’s lifetime. But when the judge died the people returned to their corrupt ways, behaving worse than those who lived before them. And they refused to give up their evil [...]