Extravagant Faith in an Extravagant God
Like you, I'm seeking for direction and the will of God for this upcoming year. While I am thankful for what was accomplished in 2011, I sense a challenge by the Holy Ghost to believe God for bigger things and greater accomplishments. There is much to be done and this much to be done will require extravagant believing and boldness on my part. As you spend time with God, remember this. God isn't frightened by your boldness and extravagant faith. In fact, we need to remember that God is limited by the opposite, fear and small mindedness. Our timidity and peanut-sized dreaming will lock us into...
Merry Christmas from the Burns Family!
Let me introduce the Burns family. Our 4-year-old grandson, Joey, is standing in front of Jason’s beautiful wife, Elisabeth Our oldest son, Jason, is holding our 19-month-old grandson, Gavin I don’t know of anyone I’d rather stand beside than my beautiful wife Vickie Standing to our right and completing the Burns’ household are our sons Michael and Aaron. Vickie and I pray that this is a blessed, Christ-filled Christmas season and that the upcoming year will be a testimony of the goodness of our God.
The Blood, The Word, The Name
A couple of Sundays ago, we opened our home to our entire staff of children's ministry staff for a come and go open house Christmas party. It was so much fun. We had so many of our volunteer staff and their families with us that it was wall-to-wall people. And, to make things even more exciting, some of the families brought trays of finger foods and others brought plates of desserts. We had tables and counters covered with food. Great friends, unbelievable food ... it was heaven on earth. Towards the end of the evening, one of our staff was playing songs from the iTunes on my computer....
The Importance of Being Filled with the Spirit
My lifestyle at times can get way too hectic and I have to be creative in finding opportunities to read. Thankfully, my iPad is with me 90% of my day and often gives me the ability to read a portion of a downloaded book whenever a brief time of solitude presents itself. I am often able to read a few pages while I am waiting on an appointment or away from the office and have a few minutes of "me" time when there are no phone calls or people to interact with. I recently downloaded a book that I would encourage you to purchase. The Complete Smith Wigglesworth is a collection of his sermons and...
Planning for a Supernatural Children’s Ministry
Can you believe that 2011 is almost history? Wasn't it just yesterday that we were saying goodbye to 2010 and hello to 2011? I've spent some time lately looking back at the last 11 months of this year and analyzing what has transpired in our children's ministry, looking at the goals that were established at the beginning of the year and where we stand today on those goals. Hopefully you too have or will be doing this soon. I have examined the subjects/themes that were taught, the different areas in which we've challenged the children, and the social/relational development of our children....
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